Education Statistics

Nigeria Federal Ministry of Education | Digital National Education Management Information System

Zamfara State

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School ownership

Learners

1,061,437

Teachers

21,224

Classrooms

12,905

Schools

2,907

Schools reporting census2,908

School reports expected2,915

Reporting completeness99.8%

Key indicators vs Federal

Indicator	Zamfara State	Federal	vs Federal
Learner–teacher ratio	50.0	33.6	▲ +16.4
Learner–classroom ratio	99.0	90.7	▲ +8.3
Learner–school ratio	365.1	190.7	▲ +174.4
Learner–toilet ratio	181.1	66.0	▲ +115.1
Learner–lab ratio	797.0	349.0	▲ +448.0
Female learners (%)	41.8%	49.6%	▼ -7.8 pp
Female teachers (%)	41.6%	55.6%	▼ -14.0 pp

Learners by public/private

91%Public

Public — 962,710

Private — 98,727

Schools by public/private

87%Public

Public — 2,530

Private — 385

Showing: All schools (Total)

Org unit	Learners	Learner:teacher	Learner:classroom	Learner:toilet	Learner:lab	Female learners %	Female teachers %	Special needs
Anka LGA ›	42,831	69.6	81	170	10,707.8	38.7	29.4	364
Bakura LGA ›	60,682	92.8	105.8	243.7	60,682	37.7	16.8	993
Birnin Magaji LGA ›	35,357	80.4	77	153.1		36.8	14.8	123
Bukkuyum LGA ›	67,177	148	127.9	381.7	4,478.5	41.3	12.3	1,246
Bungudu LGA ›	84,260	57.6	91.6	174.8	42,130	40.3	26.6	2,203
Gummi LGA ›	75,868	72.8	109.5	412.3	37,934	39.7	21	2,561
Gusau LGA ›	191,716	19	97.3	96.9	1,114.6	44.6	61.3	1,433
Kaura Namoda LGA ›	69,687	86.7	96.6	279.9	17,421.8	44.2	32.8	674
Maradun LGA ›	71,679	110.3	117.2	311.6	14,335.8	45.7	20.8	480
Maru LGA ›	65,687	81.6	94.6	218.2	21,895.7	40.5	23.7	1,604
Shinkafi LGA ›	63,094	79.2	85.3	217.6	5,257.8	40	20.5	274
Talata Mafara LGA ›	109,895	64.5	129.4	249.8	12,210.6	42.3	28.1	1,798
Tsafe LGA ›	59,850	58	97.7	163.5	5,985	43.1	25.9	884
Zurmi LGA ›	63,654	91.3	76.9	147.3	63,654	40.6	19.4	699