Private primary and secondary education — Public schooling · Budget

Lower-secondary teaching, elementary teaching, general & technological upper-secondary teaching…: the 3rd largest of the 6 parts of “Public schooling”.

8.9bn€

voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)

2% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 20248.9bn€

Spent in 20258.8bn€

Voted for 20268.9bn€

What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025

Lower-secondary teaching25%2.3bn€

Elementary teaching18%1.6bn€

General & technological upper-secondary teaching17%1.5bn€

Vocational upper-secondary teaching11%978M€

Operation of institutions8%737M€

Pre-primary education7%606M€

Post-baccalaureate teaching in lycée3%308M€

Support functions3%246M€

4 more lines, from 226 M€ to 85 M€

Substitute teachers3%226M€

Specific schooling arrangements2%198M€

Training of teaching staff2%163M€

Social support for pupils< 1%85M€

Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.