Educational Years

School years
The table below describes the most common patterns for schooling in the state sector:

Minimum age Year Months Schools
2 N/A N/A Nursery Maternal
3 1° de preescolar N/A Preschool Kinder / Jardín de Niños / Educación preescolar
4 2° de preescolar N/A
5 3° de preescolar N/A
6 1° de primaria N/A Primary school / Elementary school Primaria / Educación básica
7 2° de primaria N/A
8 3° de primaria N/A
9 4° de primaria N/A
10 5° de primaria N/A
11 6° de primaria N/A
12 1° de secundaria N/A Secondary school / Middle school / Junior High School Secundaria / Educación básica
13 2° de secundaria N/A
14 3° de secundaria N/A
15 4°/1° de preparatoria 1st and 2nd semesters High school Preparatoria / Bachillerato / Educación media superior
16 5°/2° de preparatoria 3rd and 4th semesters
17 6°/3° de preparatoria 5th and 6th semesters
18 N/A 1st and 2nd semesters / 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters Bachelor's degree / Licentiate Licenciatura / Educación superior
19 N/A 3rd and 4th semesters / 4th, 5th and 6th quarters
20 N/A 5th and 6th semesters / 7th, 8th and 9th quarters
21 N/A 7th and 8th semesters / 10th quarter
22 N/A 9th and 10th semester (in most of the cases)
N/A N/A ... Master's degree Maestría
N/A N/A ... Doctorate Doctorado