List of schools in Indonesia


This is a list of notable schools in Indonesia. This list is not intended to be complete, as there would be too many schools.

Schools in Indonesia

In Indonesia, primary schools or SD are from 1st to 6th grade, while high schools generally comprise junior secondary school or SMP, senior secondary school or SMA or SMU and SMK, with virtually all public schools operated this way. Private schools may combine them, even though the students still wear different uniforms.
Public schools employ standardized uniform outfits: red skirts and short trousers for primary schoolers, navy blue skirts and short trousers for junior secondary schoolers, and grey long skirts and long trousers for senior secondary schoolers. Vocational schools and some vocational schoolers add different uniform outfits. With some students wearing a white shirt on top. Private schools may choose different outfits for their students, but schools generally employ uniforms—sometimes several sets of them—including the Pramuka uniform, the batik uniform, etc. Public schools often, but not always, employ numbers in their names, corresponding to the order of their formation, e.g. SD/SMP/SMA Negeri 1/2/3, etc., followed by city/regency names, and usually don't carry personal names.
Before 2015, the mandatory time in school in Indonesia was 9 years, from 1st to 9th grade; therefore, senior secondary school was not mandatory. Since 2015, however, the mandatory school has been extended throughout the 12th grades. Tertiary schools are college and university level.
Schools in Indonesia are under the care of the Ministry of Education and Culture, and for some period, the universities are moved under the Ministry of Research and Technology. The religious schools are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Religion.
Religiously organized schools include Muslim, Christian, and Catholic private schools. Muslim schools uses Arabic terms in their names, like: Madrasah Ibtidaiyah = SD, Madrasah Tsanawiyah = SMP, and Madrasah Aliyah = SMA. Christian schools use the abbreviation SDK, SMPK, SMAK/SMUK, or spelt out SD Kristen, SMP Kristen, or SMA Kristen in their names. Catholic schools use Saints and Saintesses' names in their school names or use Kolese in their names. Secular schools didn't use any of the above and chose secular names. Vocational schools are called SMK. Foreign-operated schools may use English, romanized Arabic, or Chinese names.

Statistics of senior secondary schools

;General schools
According to school year 2017–18 senior secondary school statistics from Ministry of Education, in 2017, Indonesia has 13.495 SMA with more than 160 thousand total classrooms and 30 thousands laboratories and 11 thousands libraries, 1,6 million new/10th grade SMA students, 4.8 million total SMA students, 1.4 million graduates, more than 300 thousands SMA headperson and teachers, and almost 60 thousand other non-teaching staff.
The most schools are in West Java and East Java, with around 1.5 thousand each, while the youngest province of Indonesia, North Kalimantan, has the fewest schools, 59, with 16 thousand students.
With regard to school time, almost all schools are morning schools, while 4,4% are evening schools, and the rest are a combination. With regard to religion, 79% of the students are Moslem, 12% Protestants, 5% Catholics, 2% Hindu, 1% Buddhist, with a very small minority of Confucianist religion, and other beliefs. With regard to preference for public/private schools, Moslem and Hindu students overwhelmingly favor public schools, Christians and Catholics somewhat prefer public schools, and Buddhists and Confucianists overwhelmingly favor private schools.
;Teachers
In 2017, Indonesia had more than 300 thousands SMA teachers and headmasters/mistresses, which is highly skewed towards public schools ; among them, 156 thousand full-time teachers have the coveted status of National Civil Servant, further split between 147 thousands teaching in public school and 8 thousands in private schools, while the rest of the teachers are privately employed or part-time teachers. The majority of the teachers have a bachelor's degree or higher, are quite young, and are relatively new. Their numbers have decreased by around 20% from two years ago. The average number of teachers per school is 23.
;Students
In 2017, Indonesia had 4.8 million total SMA students, averaging 356 students per school in general, 519 students per public school, and 190 students per private school, with an average of 30 students per class and 16 students per teacher. The number of repeat-graders are 0.2% on average, and the number of dropouts are 0.67%, distributed around 25% 10th graders, 25% 11th graders, and 50% 12th graders with total of more than 31 thousand students, which are lower than the previous two years. The average completion rate of SMA students is 98.8%.
From provincial statistics, the province with the most students per school is Bali, while the least is North Maluku, and the most teachers per school are West Sumatra and Bali, and the least is North Maluku. But for private school, West Java has the most number of students per school, while private schools in Central Kalimantan only have 95 students per school.

List of public primary schools

Below are some public primary schools in Indonesia:

List of private senior primary schools

Below are some of the private schools in Indonesia:

List of public major secondary high schools

Below are some of the public senior secondary schools in Indonesia:

List of public senior vocational schools

Below are some of the public senior vocational school in Indonesia: