Admission to high school 2025. How many students entered the first option and how many students were distributed with averages below 5


Students at high school / photo: Inquam Photos / George Călin
Over 110,000 high school graduates were distributed computerized in high school in the first stage of admission of 2025, and over 40% of them were admitted to their first option. In contrast, over 3,400 students remained unrestricted, most of them from Constanța and Brașov counties, where the non -recartalized rate exceeds 15%.
112.196 students assigned to high school, over 43% at first option
In total, 115,638 students completed options for admission to high school, but only 112.196 (97.02%) were assigned in the first stage. 48,912 students (43.6%) were admitted to their first option, according to the data published by the Ministry of Education.
Distribution according to the completed option:
- At the first option: 43.6%
- Second option: 10.57%
- Third option: 7.07%
- Fourth option: 5.53%
- Fifth option: 4.59%
- Sixth option or more: 28.64%
The total number of options completed: 2,569,525, on average 22.22 options per student, as in the previous year.
3,442 students remained unrestricted. Problems in Constanta and Brașov
3,442 students (2.98%) were not distributed in this first stage, although they completed options. The highest percentage of non-recartedly registered in:
- Constanta – 11.3%
- Brașov – 11.4%
- Ilfov – 17.9%
- Mureș – 17.48%
Other counties with notable problems regarding the free places or the high rate of the unrestricted candidates: Arad, Bacău, Timiș, Vaslui, Suceava.


What the averages of the theoretical high schools look like
The students assigned to the theoretical high schools had the following distribution of the averages:
- 20,454 students with average between 9 and 10
- 22,771 students with average between 8 and 9
- 12,307 students with average between 7 and 8
- 6,294 students with average between 6 and 7
- 3,520 students with average between 5 and 6
- 1,939 students with average below 5
Apart from computer distribution: vocational, military, Roma, CES
Prior to computerized distribution, in special stages, were admitted:
- 13,452 students – in vocational high schools
- 816 students-in vocational-military high schools
- 3,027 students – on places reserved for Roma students
- 2,021 students – in places for students with special educational requirements (CES)
Also, 16,675 eighth-grade graduates chose the professional education route.
What follows after the first stage of computerized distribution
- July 24–29: submission of files in the high schools in which the students were assigned.
- July 30 – August 1: solving special situations, at the level of county commissions.
- August 1-19: Stage II Admission-for non-repealed students and for those in previous series who have not turned 18.
6,606 free places will be available in this second stage.




