| Number of Regular School Entrants by Level & Type | 
| 單位:萬人 | 
| Unit:in 10 Thousand | 
|  | 1949 | 1965 | 1978 | 1980 | 1985 | 1996 | 1997 | 
| 研究生(人)Graduate Education(Person) | 242 | 1456 | 10708 | 3616 | 46871 | 59398 | 63749 | 
| 普通高等學校本??芔ndergraduate Education | 3.06 | 16.42 | 40.15 | 28.12 | 61.92 | 96.58 | 100.04 | 
| 普通中等學校Reg.Secondary Schools | 50.97 | 673.11 | 2769.29 | 2044.92 | 1825.70 | 2457.13 | 2575.27 | 
| 中等專業學校Specialized Sec. Schools | 9.74 | 20.85 | 44.70 | 46.76 | 66.83 | 152.34 | 162.11 | 
| 中等技術學校Sec. Technical Schools | 4.28 | 14.64 | 26.79 | 25.29 | 45.36 | 120.77 | 129.57 | 
| 中等師范學校Teachers Training Schools | 5.46 | 6.21 | 17.91 | 21.47 | 21.47 | 31.57 | 32.54 | 
| 技工學校Skilled Worker Schools | ... | ... | 25.70 | 33.13 | 35.54 | 72.68 | 73.40 | 
| 普通中學General Sec. Schools | 41.23 | 345.78 | 2698.89 | 1934.31 | 1606.91 | 2042.93 | 2128.20 | 
| 高中Senior | 7.11 | 45.89 | 692.91 | 383.40 | 257.51 | 282.23 | 322.61 | 
| 初中Junior | 34.12 | 299.89 | 2005.98 | 1550.91 | 1349.40 | 1760.70 | 1805.59 | 
| 職業中學Vocational Schools | - | 306.48 | ... | 30.72 | 116.10 | 188.91 | 211.22 | 
| 高中Senior | - | 55.67 | ... | 24.06 | 98.49 | 158.23 | 180.34 | 
| 初中Junior | - | 250.81 | ... | 6.66 | 17.61 | 30.68 | 30.88 | 
| 工讀學校Correctional Work-study Schools | - | - | - | ... | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.34 | 
| 小學Primary Schools | 680.00 | 3296.02 | 3315.36 | 2942.34 | 2298.17 | 2524.66 | 2462.04 | 
| 特殊教育學校Special Education Schools | ... | ... | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.92 | 4.82 | 4.61 |