Focus on Mexico
The 2024-2025 school year closed with 5,601,256 students in privately funded schools, spread across 42,117 schools and taught by 512,082 teachers. That is 16.3% of the 34,370,623 students in the National Education System.
Between the 2022-2023 and 2024-2025 school years, private enrollment gained 270,512 students (+5.1%), while public enrollment lost 581,588 (-2.0%). Over the same period the number of private schools fell from 42,458 to 42,117: the sector is growing in students and concentrating in fewer schools. The institutions that gain enrollment do so at the expense of those that do not.
The private share varies by level: 38.1% in higher education, 15.0% in upper secondary and 11.5% in basic education, where every point is contested. And the digital ground is ready: in 2024, 83.1% of people aged six or older used the internet and 73.6% of households had access.
- 5,601,256students in private schools, 2024-2025 school year
- +5.1%private enrollment between 2022-2023 and 2024-2025
- -2.0%public enrollment over the same period
- 83.1%of people aged six or older used the internet in 2024
