Education > High school Stats: compare key data on Germany & South Korea

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Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for lower secondary (middle school) education.
Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for secondary education that goes to school staff salaries.
Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to secondary education.
Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for upper secondary (high school) education.
Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.

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STAT	Germany	South Korea
Gender parity index	0.947 Ranked 110th.	0.988 Ranked 88th. 4% more than Germany
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher	11.92 Ranked 57th.	18.01 Ranked 32nd. 51% more than Germany
Lower secondary school duration	6 Ranked 1st. Twice as much as South Korea	3 Ranked 179th.
Lower secondary starting age	10 Ranked 193th.	12 Ranked 131st. 20% more than Germany
Private school share	8.76% Ranked 81st.	31.46% Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Germany
Proportion spent on all staff salaries	83.24% Ranked 36th. 19% more than South Korea	70.05% Ranked 65th.
Share of total education spending	45.55% Ranked 13th. 19% more than South Korea	38.22% Ranked 36th.
Students per teacher	12.88 Ranked 64th.	16.16 Ranked 43th. 26% more than Germany
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher	15.02 Ranked 35th. 2% more than South Korea	14.69 Ranked 36th.
Upper secondary school duration	3 Ranked 53th. The same as South Korea	3 Ranked 132nd.
Upper secondary starting age	16 Ranked 17th. 7% more than South Korea	15 Ranked 159th.

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