# Schools in Minsk and the Minsk district

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/schools-minsk/
- Published: 1924-06-21T17:10:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T01:41:54+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/shkoly-miensku-mienskim-paviecie.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/shkoly-v-minske.md

> Minsk now has 38 schools and the district 224, almost all of them Belarusian. Figures are given on pupils, teachers, language of instruction and the land allotments of the schools.

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Minsk now has 38 schools with a total of 11339 pupils. Of these, 17 are full seven-year schools and 21 are incomplete ones.

The teaching staff in Minsk schools is also larger this year than last year: a year ago there were 451 teachers and 96 technical staff, now there are 503 teachers and 100 technical staff.

There are 32 physical culture teachers in the schools.

In the district there are now 224 schools in all, with a total of 13925 pupils and 335 teachers.

Of these, the full seven-year schools have 1428 pupils and 48 teachers.

By the language in which lessons are given, the schools break down as follows: 197 Belarusian (12774 pupils), 5 Polish, 4 Jewish.

All the schools, with the exception of the schools of Uzda volost, have been allotted land of 3 to 5 desyatinas, and some schools also have orchards.