School enrolment in Dubai: students by area and curriculum

The 196 private schools in Dubai that report enrolment in their latest KHDA inspection profile (out of 227) teach 345,367 students; Mirdif & Eastern Suburbs is the largest area with 61,460 and British / UK the largest curriculum with 159,047.

Source: student numbers as stated in each school's most recent KHDA inspection profile (mostly 2023-24 and 2024-25). Schools without a reported figure are not counted; a school with two curricula appears under both. Data as of 2026-09-06. Method: /methodology.

Student numbers by area and curriculum, Dubai
Area / curriculumSchoolsReportingStudentsAvg per school
Mirdif & Eastern Suburbsarea433661,4601,707
Barsha & Quozarea373360,2071,824
Qusais & Nahdaarea292444,3161,847
Airport & Festival Cityarea101029,7472,975
Jebel Ali & Furjanarea131220,7591,730
Oud Metha & Zabeelarea11918,5662,063
Meydan & Creek Harbourarea131217,5621,464
Silicon Oasis & Academicarea8816,3562,045
Dubailand & Ranchesarea11815,1341,892
Umm Suqeim & Sufouharea10713,4261,918
Jumeirah & Umm Suqeimarea989,9601,245
Jumeirah & Waslarea559,1311,826
Emirates Hills, JLT & Parksarea447,9241,981
Sports City & Motor Cityarea657,2841,457
Bur Dubai & Mankhoolarea665,273879
Deira Cornichearea333,8981,299
Deira Centralarea553,331666
Muwaileh & University Cityarea111,0331,033
British / UKcurriculum10082159,0471,767
Indiancurriculum323088,2142,940
American / UScurriculum403650,1831,394
IBcurriculum181621,1541,322
Arabic / MoEcurriculum151414,9431,067
Frenchcurriculum8712,7771,825
Pakistanicurriculum222,9861,493
Philippinecurriculum212,4952,495
Iraniancurriculum33998333
Germancurriculum11946946
Russiancurriculum11514514
Chinesecurriculum11506506
Australiancurriculum11424424
Japanesecurriculum11175175

Each school's own figure and its profile year are on the school page.

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