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

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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	South Korea	United Kingdom
Gender parity index	0.988 Ranked 88th.	1.01 Ranked 63th. 3% more than South Korea
Lower Secondary > Students per teacher	18.01 Ranked 32nd. 18% more than United Kingdom	15.25 Ranked 47th.
Lower secondary school duration	3 Ranked 179th. The same as United Kingdom	3 Ranked 138th.
Lower secondary starting age	12 Ranked 131st. 9% more than United Kingdom	11 Ranked 170th.
Private school share	31.46% Ranked 18th. 7% more than United Kingdom	29.43% Ranked 24th.
Proportion spent on all staff salaries	70.05% Ranked 65th. 14% more than United Kingdom	61.19% Ranked 72nd.
Share of total education spending	38.22% Ranked 36th.	48.32% Ranked 7th. 26% more than South Korea
Students per teacher	16.16 Ranked 43th. 13% more than United Kingdom	14.27 Ranked 56th.
Upper Secondary > Students per teacher	14.69 Ranked 36th. 8% more than United Kingdom	13.6 Ranked 46th.
Upper secondary school duration	3 Ranked 132nd.	4 Ranked 32nd. 33% more than South Korea
Upper secondary starting age	15 Ranked 159th. 7% more than United Kingdom	14 Ranked 190th.

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