In the school year 2026 to 2027, 6 small schools close in Austria. In Steiermark, 3 schools close. These are the middle school Weiz 1 and 2 primary schools. In Ober-Oesterreich, 3 schools also close. These schools are in the region Inn-Viertel. There, 124 children learn most recently.
In Salzburg, 1 school closes for 1 year. This is the school for jobs named Poly-technische Schule in Neumarkt. Maybe it opens again later. In the city Salzburg, 2 business schools join together. There is no exact rule for small schools. Every state decides this alone. Sometimes the number of classes counts.
Many states use school groups now. A school group is a team of schools. They share the office work and the teachers. This saves money and stops closures. In Steiermark, 26 such groups exist now. Also in Burgenland and in Nieder-Oesterreich, new groups grow. In Kaernten, a new learning area is planned.
