The 2025-2026 academic year has registered a record in the historical series of foreign students enrolled in non-university education centers in the Canary Islands: 42,432, 12.83% of the total.
That's 4,011 more than the previous year, according to figures published this Monday by the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (Istac).
The majority of foreign students in the Canary Islands pursue their studies in publicly owned centers: 36,060 compared to 6,372 enrolled in private ones.
The data, disaggregated by stage, is as follows: 5,663 foreign students in early childhood education, 15,975 in primary education, 12,922 in compulsory secondary education, 12,922 in upper secondary education, and 4,385 in vocational training. In addition, there are 324 students enrolled in special education and 29 in other training programs.
Among foreign students in Canary Islands schools, the majority come from other European countries (20,156), ahead of those from South America (14,241), Africa (5,944), Central America (3,718), Asia (3,596), North America (281), Oceania (19), and another 136 whose data is not specified.
In total, there are 330,648 students enrolled this year in general education (excluding language centers, arts, and sports education), of which 254,782 are in public centers and 75,866 in private ones.
That's 2,000 fewer than in the 2024-2025 academic year to be distributed among 33,722 teachers, 177 more than a year ago.
In the Canary Islands, there are 887 non-university general education centers, 644 public and 243 private.
