There are sixty-two schools in Cardenal Caro, one of the three provinces of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region in Chile. The province contains several primary schools and eight secondary schools. All schools in Cardenal Caro are municipal (owned by the government of their respective communes) except seven, including the Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu, the Colegio Charly's School and the Instituto Railef, which are semi-private (subsidized by the state). Most schools are located in rural areas, while twenty are located in urban areas. All of them are coeducational.
Students in Chilean schools begin their formal education in prekínder between the ages of two and five. Primero básico is the first grade of primary education, which lasts until octavo básico (eighth grade). Students begin their secondary education in primero medio (ninth grade), and graduate in cuarto medio (twelfth grade).[1]
In 2010, there were seventy-eight schools in Cardenal Caro,[2] with 7,400 students in total.[3] As of 2020, the number of students in the province slightly increased to 7,724. The Liceo Agustín Ross Edwards from Pichilemu has the most students, with 660, and is followed by the Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre, also from Pichilemu, with 541, Escuela Cardenal Raúl Silva Henríquez from Litueche, with 538, and the Colegio Divino Maestro, from the provincial capital, with 416.