The French public budget › Local authorities · Towns and their groupings · 2024
Education, training & apprenticeship
Primary education, school boarding and meals, shared services (education)…: the 3rd largest of the 9 areas of towns and their groupings in 2024.
30.6bn€
spent in 2024 (estimate)
What it pays for, in 2024
Primary education59%17.9bn€
School boarding and meals23%7.1bn€
Shared services (education)12%3.8bn€
Other ancillary education services4%1.2bn€
Higher, vocational and continuing education1%388M€
Secondary education< 1%247M€
Estimated amount: local authorities’ 2024 spending (Eurostat, government accounts 2024 ↗), split according to: Local finance observatory (OFGL), 2025 accounts ↗, Local finance observatory (OFGL), 2025 report ↗.