Saxony-Anhalt school transitions show 40.5% move to Gymnasium

In the 2025/26 school year, 18,513 students in Saxony-Anhalt transitioned from primary school to secondary education. According to data from the State Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt, 40.5 percent of these students, totaling 7,494 children, chose to attend a Gymnasium.

Other distribution figures include 36.0 percent moving to a Sekundarschule, 15.3 percent to a Gemeinschaftsschule, 5.5 percent to an Integrierte Gesamtschule, and 1.4 percent to a kooperative Gesamtschule. Only 1.2 percent transitioned to a Förderschule or a Waldorf school.

Compared to the 2016/17 school year, the proportion of students entering Gymnasiums and Sekundarschulen decreased by 2.7 percentage points, while the share of students entering Gemeinschaftsschulen rose by five percentage points. Regional variations were notable: Magdeburg and Dessau-Roßlau recorded the highest Gymnasium transition rates at 48.0 percent and 47.8 percent, respectively.