Total - Students in Primary School - Both sexes (Number)
| 2017 | 2019 | 2020 |
| East Azerbaijan | 3,50,154 | 3,78,996 | 3,86,118 |
| West Azerbaijan | 3,23,821 | 3,46,808 | 3,54,190 |
| Ardabil | 1,16,717 | 1,23,961 | 1,26,433 |
| Isfahan | 4,30,089 | 4,66,943 | 4,79,180 |
| Ilam | 52,758 | 54,719 | 55,660 |
| Bushehr | 1,10,733 | 1,23,814 | 1,28,066 |
| Tehran | 10,51,498 | 11,32,264 | 11,63,731 |
| Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province | 93,929 | 1,01,701 | 1,03,611 |
| South Khorasan | 80,926 | 88,355 | 91,953 |
| Razavi Khorasan | 6,64,883 | 7,29,990 | 7,56,848 |
| North Khorasan | 92,979 | 99,609 | 1,02,172 |
| Khuzestan | 5,17,981 | 5,65,378 | 5,79,594 |
| Zanjan | 94,157 | 1,02,192 | 1,05,302 |
| Semnan | 58,985 | 63,436 | 65,169 |
| Sistan and Baluchestan | 4,01,827 | 4,70,314 | 4,95,842 |
| Fars | 4,38,128 | 4,75,101 | 4,86,186 |
| Qazvin | 1,14,403 | 1,22,004 | 1,24,658 |
| Qom | 1,25,343 | 1,39,576 | 1,44,924 |
| Kurdistan | 1,47,134 | 1,55,346 | 1,58,156 |
| Kerman | 3,05,252 | 3,36,480 | 3,45,738 |
| Kermanshah | 1,70,002 | 1,75,078 | 1,76,813 |
| Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad | 75,719 | 83,091 | 85,254 |
| Golestan | 1,88,865 | 2,09,397 | 2,17,010 |
| Gilan | 1,85,689 | 1,89,277 | 1,90,816 |
| Lorestan | 1,69,769 | 1,79,793 | 1,83,967 |
| Mazandaran | 2,53,515 | 2,63,491 | 2,66,577 |
| Markazi | 1,21,744 | 1,27,265 | 1,29,040 |
| Hormozgan | 1,91,939 | 2,17,732 | 2,27,485 |
| Hamadan | 1,51,542 | 1,61,782 | 1,65,277 |
| Yazd | 1,14,108 | 1,35,306 | 1,41,734 |
| Alborz | 2,27,916 | 2,50,228 | 2,56,113 |