| Table 8. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by District, Western: 2000 | ||||
| Total | Middle Fly | North Fly | South Fly | |
| Total | 125,605 | 45,323 | 42,445 | 37,837 |
| Yes currently | 28,875 | 9,942 | 10,228 | 8,705 |
| In the past but not now | 55,976 | 19,416 | 16,730 | 19,830 |
| Never | 40,754 | 15,965 | 15,487 | 9,302 |
| Males | 64,959 | 22,990 | 22,642 | 19,327 |
| Yes currently | 15,481 | 5,324 | 5,624 | 4,533 |
| In the past but not now | 30,956 | 10,546 | 9,887 | 10,523 |
| Never | 18,522 | 7,120 | 7,131 | 4,271 |
| Females | 60,646 | 22,333 | 19,803 | 18,510 |
| Yes currently | 13,394 | 4,618 | 4,604 | 4,172 |
| In the past but not now | 25,020 | 8,870 | 6,843 | 9,307 |
| Never | 22,232 | 8,845 | 8,356 | 5,031 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||||
| Total | 80,454 | 28,380 | 25,807 | 26,267 |
| None | 2,614 | 1,189 | 763 | 662 |
| Primary | 58,734 | 22,454 | 16,392 | 19,888 |
| Secondary | 19,106 | 4,737 | 8,652 | 5,717 |
| Males | 44,215 | 15,339 | 14,936 | 13,940 |
| None | 1,377 | 605 | 414 | 358 |
| Primary | 30,686 | 11,825 | 8,733 | 10,128 |
| Secondary | 12,152 | 2,909 | 5,789 | 3,454 |
| Females | 36,239 | 13,041 | 10,871 | 12,327 |
| None | 1,237 | 584 | 349 | 304 |
| Primary | 28,048 | 10,629 | 7,659 | 9,760 |
| Secondary | 6,954 | 1,828 | 2,863 | 2,263 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||
| Note: Educational Attainment probably miscoded | ||||