Children in enrolled in public elementary school in Nigeria 2019, by state

In the school year 2018/2019, 22.7 million children in Nigeria were enrolled in public elementary schools. The official primary education age in Nigeria goes from six to 11 years old. Children aged above 11 years who attend elementary school are considered over-aged. The North-West state of Kano counted the largest number of pupils in public elementary schools, with over three million, while the state of Katsina, in the North-West as well, had the second largest number of children who were attending elementary schools.

在2018/2019学年度，尼日利亚共有2270万名儿童就读于公立小学。尼日利亚的官方小学教育年龄范围介于6至11岁之间。11岁以上的儿童若就读小学，则被视为超龄。位于西北部的卡诺州在公立小学中拥有最多的学生人数，超过三百万，而同样位于西北部的卡齐纳州则是第二多数学生就读小学的州。