Comprehensive schools

Helsinki has 100 City-run comprehensive schools, providing education for a total of 45,000 children and young people. Of our schools, 86 are Finnish-language schools and 14 are Swedish-language schools. Additionally, there are a few contractual schools that are private schools that have a contract with the city to provide free-of-charge basic education. There are also other private and state-run comprehensive schools in Helsinki.

Search for City-run comprehensive schools

You can search for your child's primary comprehensive school, called a local school, with the child's home address, or other schools with the school’s information. The search includes all comprehensive schools run by the City of Helsinki, covering grades 1–9.

100 schools

Koskela Primary School

Located in Koskela, our school is a primary school that includes grades 1-6. The teaching language is Finnish.

Address: Juhana-herttuan tie 13, 00600 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Kruununhaka Lower Secondary School

Located in Kruununhaka, our school is a lower secondary school that includes grades 7-9. The teaching language is Finnish.

Address: Snellmaninkatu 18, 00170 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Kruunuvuorenranta Comprehensive School

Located in Kruunuvuorenranta, our school is comprehensive school, which in a few years will have grades 1-9. The language of instruction is Finnish.

Address: Jurmonkuja 1, 00590 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Kulosaari Primary School

Located in Kulosaari, our school is a primary school that includes grades 1-6. The teaching language is Finnish.

Address: Kyösti Kallion tie 1, 00570 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Kulosaari Secondary School

Lower secondary and general upper secondary schools with Finnish- and English-language instruction. Local school for those living in Kulosaari area.

Address: Ståhlberginkuja 1, 00570 Helsinki

Language of instruction: English Finnish

Käpylä Comprehensive School

Located in Käpylä, our school includes primary school grades 1-6 and lower secondary school grades 7-9. The teaching language is Finnish.

Address: Mäkelänkatu 89, 00610 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Laajasalo Comprehensive School

Laajasalo Comprehensive School offers bilingual Finnish-English classes and weighted-curriculum education in music and physical education.

Address: Koulutanhua 1, 00840 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Lauttasaari Primary School

Located in Lauttasaari, our school is a primary school that includes grades 1-6. The teaching language is Finnish.

Address: Myllykalliontie 3, 00200 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Lauttasaari Secondary School

Address: Isokaari 19, 00200 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Maatulli Comprehensive School

Maatulli Comprehensive School is located in the Tapulikaupunki area of Puistola. Our school includes grades 1-9.

Address: Maatullinkuja 8, 00750 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Malmi Comprehensive School

Located in Malmi, our school includes primary school grades 1-6 and lower secondary school grades 7-9. The teaching language is Finnish.

Address: Talvelantie 1, 00700 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Malminkartano Primary School

Located in Malminkartano, our school is a primary school that includes grades 1-6. The teaching language is Finnish.

Address: Puustellintie 6, 00410 Helsinki

Language of instruction: Finnish Swedish

Maunula Secondary School and Helsinki School of Mathematics

Our English-speaking classes are a section of the otherwise Finnish-speaking Maunulan yhteiskoulu lower secondary school. Studying in the English-spea

Address: Kuusikkotie 3, 00630 Helsinki

Language of instruction: English Finnish Swedish