Significantly, Jerusalem has an extremely high percentage of men who studied in a yeshiva – 27% compared with a national rate of 7%
By MICHAL KORACHeducation stats 250(photo credit: Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies)
Newly released data from a census taken in December 2008 by the Central Bureau of Statistics makes it possible to classify Jerusalem’s neighborhoods by their levels of education.These data reveal that the breakdown of educational background (by highest degree earned) among Jerusalem’s population is similar to the national average. Thirty-six percent of Jerusalem’s residents aged 15 and above had completed high school (58% of whom had completed matriculation) as compared with a national high-school graduation rate of 40%, of which 57% had completed matriculation. Eleven percent of Jerusalem’s population has non-academic post-high school education (compared with a national rate of 12%), and 22% held bachelor’s or post-bachelor’s degrees (compared with a national rate of 23%).Significantly, Jerusalem has an extremely high percentage of men who studied in a yeshiva – 27% compared with a national rate of 7%.Of Israeli cities with 100,000 residents or more, only Bnei Brak had a higher percentage of males who had studied in yeshiva – 67%.The highest percentage of university graduates with a bachelor’s degree or higher was found in the neighborhoods of Rassco, Givat Mordechai, the German Colony, Katamon, Rehavia, French Hill, Abu Tor, Baka and Yemin Moshe. The lowest percentages of university graduates, which varied between 2% and 10%, were found in the haredi neighborhoods of Geula, Mea She’arim, Sanhedria, Tel Arza, Romema, Makor Baruch and Ramat Shlomo.Jerusalem’s haredi population is, by no account, homogeneous with regard to education. Some heavily haredi neighborhoods boast a relatively high proportion of university-educated residents, such as Har Nof (28%) and Givat Shaul (20%).www.jiis.org
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