There are sixty-two schools in Cardenal Caro, one of the three provinces of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region in Chile. The province contains several primary schools and eight secondary schools. All schools in Cardenal Caro are municipal (owned by the government of their respective communes) except seven, including the Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu, the Colegio Charly's School and the Instituto Railef, which are semi-private (subsidized by the state). Most schools are located in rural areas, while twenty are located in urban areas. All of them are coeducational.
Students in Chilean schools begin their formal education in prekínder between the ages of two and five. Primero básico is the first grade of primary education, which lasts until octavo básico (eighth grade). Students begin their secondary education in primero medio (ninth grade), and graduate in cuarto medio (twelfth grade).[1]
In 2010, there were seventy-eight schools in Cardenal Caro,[2] with 7,400 students in total.[3] As of 2020, the number of students in the province slightly increased to 7,724. The Liceo Agustín Ross Edwards from Pichilemu has the most students, with 660, and is followed by the Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre, also from Pichilemu, with 541, Escuela Cardenal Raúl Silva Henríquez from Litueche, with 538, and the Colegio Divino Maestro, from the provincial capital, with 416.
The enrollments given here are based on figures from the 2020 school year provided by the Ministry of Education. The number given in the last column corresponds to the database number (Rol de Base de Datos – RBD) for each school, provided by the Ministry of Education, and links to their respective page on the Más Información, Mejor Educación (MIME) website, which includes, among other things, information on the educational establishments' administrative staff, ranks per scores in the Sistema de Medición de Calidad de la Educación (Education Quality Measurement System – SIMCE) and Prueba de Selección Universitaria (University Selection Test – PSU) tests, and extracurricular activities. Thirty-nine schools without students are not included.