The source adds the following information: "The ratio of students per teaching staff is the total number of full-time equivalent students enrolled at a specific level of education divided by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers at the same level. Teachers refer to professional personnel directly involved in teaching students: classroom teachers, special education teachers and other teachers who work with students as a whole class in a classroom, in small groups in a resource room, or in one-to-one teaching inside or outside a regular classroom. This does not include teachers’ aides and other paraprofessional personnel."
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Pupil/teacher ratio in primary education in France and in the OECD 2013-2020
Between 2013 and 2020, the average number of pupils in primary schools per teacher decreased slightly in France, from pupils to . However, this ratio is still higher than the OECD average, which was almost four points lower in 2020. In addition, the number of students per teacher in the OECD has also been declining since 2013, from to . In 2022, there were over **primary school teachers in France.
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