The French public budget › Education and research · State · 2026
Public schooling
Public secondary school education, public primary school education, private primary and secondary education…: the largest of the 31 missions in the State budget for 2026.
89.6bn€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
Year by year
Spent in 202486.4bn€
Spent in 202587.7bn€
Voted for 202689.6bn€
What it pays for, voted for 2026
Public secondary school education45%40.0bn€Public primary school education31%27.9bn€Private primary and secondary education10%8.9bn€Pupil life9%8.1bn€Support for national education policy3%3.0bn€Agricultural technical education2%1.7bn€Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗.