| Table 8. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by District, West Sepik: 2000 | |||||
| Total | Aitape/Lumi | Nuku | Telefomin | Vanimo/Green River | |
| Total | 154,021 | 44,017 | 38,194 | 29,989 | 41,821 |
| Yes currently | 22,433 | 7,854 | 4,904 | 4,046 | 5,629 |
| In the past but not now | 50,783 | 18,715 | 11,913 | 6,205 | 13,950 |
| Never | 80,805 | 17,448 | 21,377 | 19,738 | 22,242 |
| Males | 79,057 | 22,408 | 19,243 | 15,153 | 22,253 |
| Yes currently | 12,579 | 4,316 | 2,794 | 2,293 | 3,176 |
| In the past but not now | 29,830 | 10,601 | 6,943 | 3,636 | 8,650 |
| Never | 36,648 | 7,491 | 9,506 | 9,224 | 10,427 |
| Females | 74,964 | 21,609 | 18,951 | 14,836 | 19,568 |
| Yes currently | 9,854 | 3,538 | 2,110 | 1,753 | 2,453 |
| In the past but not now | 20,953 | 8,114 | 4,970 | 2,569 | 5,300 |
| Never | 44,157 | 9,957 | 11,871 | 10,514 | 11,815 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | |||||
| Total | 70,410 | 25,630 | 16,204 | 9,673 | 18,903 |
| None | 1,358 | 286 | 381 | 408 | 283 |
| Primary | 55,484 | 20,442 | 13,592 | 7,770 | 13,680 |
| Secondary | 13,568 | 4,902 | 2,231 | 1,495 | 4,940 |
| Males | 40,841 | 14,406 | 9,399 | 5,610 | 11,426 |
| None | 683 | 148 | 211 | 188 | 136 |
| Primary | 31,344 | 11,185 | 7,685 | 4,418 | 8,056 |
| Secondary | 8,814 | 3,073 | 1,503 | 1,004 | 3,234 |
| Females | 29,569 | 11,224 | 6,805 | 4,063 | 7,477 |
| None | 675 | 138 | 170 | 220 | 147 |
| Primary | 24,140 | 9,257 | 5,907 | 3,352 | 5,624 |
| Secondary | 4,754 | 1,829 | 728 | 491 | 1,706 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||
| Note: Educational Attainment probably miscoded | |||||