| Table 8. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by District, Eastern Highlands: 2000 | |||||||||
| Total | Daulo | Goroka | Henganofi | Kainanatu | Lufa | Obura/Wonenara | Okapa | Unggai/Benna | |
| Total | 370,742 | 27,348 | 62,061 | 47,745 | 77,629 | 39,633 | 24,308 | 53,247 | 38,771 |
| Yes currently | 56,480 | 3,983 | 13,459 | 5,959 | 12,676 | 4,924 | 1,334 | 8,373 | 5,772 |
| In the past but not now | 90,948 | 6,738 | 22,094 | 10,365 | 21,391 | 7,463 | 2,624 | 9,762 | 10,511 |
| Never | 223,314 | 16,627 | 26,508 | 31,421 | 43,562 | 27,246 | 20,350 | 35,112 | 22,488 |
| Males | 190,705 | 14,473 | 32,447 | 24,402 | 40,134 | 20,075 | 12,259 | 27,098 | 19,817 |
| Yes currently | 31,953 | 2,305 | 7,332 | 3,402 | 7,094 | 2,900 | 779 | 4,801 | 3,340 |
| In the past but not now | 55,007 | 4,186 | 12,614 | 6,296 | 13,043 | 4,576 | 1,794 | 6,083 | 6,415 |
| Never | 103,745 | 7,982 | 12,501 | 14,704 | 19,997 | 12,599 | 9,686 | 16,214 | 10,062 |
| Females | 180,037 | 12,875 | 29,614 | 23,343 | 37,495 | 19,558 | 12,049 | 26,149 | 18,954 |
| Yes currently | 24,527 | 1,678 | 6,127 | 2,557 | 5,582 | 2,024 | 555 | 3,572 | 2,432 |
| In the past but not now | 35,941 | 2,552 | 9,480 | 4,069 | 8,348 | 2,887 | 830 | 3,679 | 4,096 |
| Never | 119,569 | 8,645 | 14,007 | 16,717 | 23,565 | 14,647 | 10,664 | 18,898 | 12,426 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | |||||||||
| Total | 139,317 | 10,309 | 33,821 | 15,558 | 31,566 | 11,681 | 3,789 | 17,096 | 15,497 |
| None | 3,618 | 226 | 876 | 197 | 754 | 460 | 131 | 441 | 533 |
| Primary | 100,752 | 7,783 | 19,069 | 12,424 | 23,592 | 9,217 | 3,177 | 13,944 | 11,546 |
| Secondary | 34,947 | 2,300 | 13,876 | 2,937 | 7,220 | 2,004 | 481 | 2,711 | 3,418 |
| Male | |||||||||
| Males | 82,353 | 6,253 | 19,005 | 9,253 | 18,734 | 7,058 | 2,461 | 10,298 | 9,291 |
| None | 1,990 | 122 | 494 | 113 | 427 | 284 | 64 | 238 | 248 |
| Primary | 57,616 | 4,587 | 10,278 | 7,069 | 13,436 | 5,375 | 2,029 | 8,063 | 6,779 |
| Secondary | 22,747 | 1,544 | 8,233 | 2,071 | 4,871 | 1,399 | 368 | 1,997 | 2,264 |
| Females | 56,964 | 4,056 | 14,816 | 6,305 | 12,832 | 4,623 | 1,328 | 6,798 | 6,206 |
| None | 1,628 | 104 | 382 | 84 | 327 | 176 | 67 | 203 | 285 |
| Primary | 43,136 | 3,196 | 8,791 | 5,355 | 10,156 | 3,842 | 1,148 | 5,881 | 4,767 |
| Secondary | 12,200 | 756 | 5,643 | 866 | 2,349 | 605 | 113 | 714 | 1,154 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||||||
| Note: Educational Attainment is probably miscoded | |||||||||