| Table 8. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by District, Western Highlands: 2000 | |||||
| Total | Dei | Mt Hagen | Mul/Baiyer | Tambul/Nebilyer | |
| Total | 381,577 | 127,391 | 74,951 | 82,075 | 97,160 |
| Yes currently | 52,442 | 16,393 | 13,585 | 9,951 | 12,513 |
| In the past but not now | 88,365 | 28,488 | 24,317 | 15,380 | 20,180 |
| Never | 240,770 | 82,510 | 37,049 | 56,744 | 64,467 |
| Males | 194,679 | 65,003 | 38,550 | 42,219 | 48,907 |
| Yes currently | 29,524 | 9,243 | 7,469 | 5,787 | 7,025 |
| In the past but not now | 52,481 | 16,643 | 14,197 | 9,656 | 11,985 |
| Never | 112,674 | 39,117 | 16,884 | 26,776 | 29,897 |
| Females | 186,898 | 62,388 | 36,401 | 39,856 | 48,253 |
| Yes currently | 22,918 | 7,150 | 6,116 | 4,164 | 5,488 |
| In the past but not now | 35,884 | 11,845 | 10,120 | 5,724 | 8,195 |
| Never | 128,096 | 43,393 | 20,165 | 29,968 | 34,570 |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | |||||
| Total | 136,283 | 43,040 | 37,270 | 24,313 | 31,660 |
| None | 2,356 | 906 | 684 | 235 | 531 |
| Primary | 95,479 | 31,024 | 22,551 | 18,791 | 23,113 |
| Secondary | 38,448 | 11,110 | 14,035 | 5,287 | 8,016 |
| Males | 79,469 | 24,896 | 21,274 | 14,886 | 18,413 |
| None | 1,247 | 484 | 356 | 128 | 279 |
| Primary | 53,433 | 17,066 | 12,350 | 11,123 | 12,894 |
| Secondary | 24,789 | 7,346 | 8,568 | 3,635 | 5,240 |
| Females | 56,814 | 18,144 | 15,996 | 9,427 | 13,247 |
| None | 1,109 | 422 | 328 | 107 | 252 |
| Primary | 42,046 | 13,958 | 10,201 | 7,668 | 10,219 |
| Secondary | 13,659 | 3,764 | 5,467 | 1,652 | 2,776 |
| Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||
| Note: Educational Attainment probably miscoded | |||||