# Romanian villages left without a school, 2013–2026

Romania's official school list for 2013–14 held 6,833 villages with at least one school. The 2025–26 list holds 5,700. The map shows every village, year by year: where the school stayed, where it went, and where only the kindergarten is left.

- **6,833 → 5,700**: villages with at least one school, 2013–14 → 2025–26 (Ministry of Education)
- **1,329**: villages with a school in 2013–14 and none in 2025–26, 19.4% of them
- **−76% and −27%**: rural school units and rural classrooms, 1996–2025 (National Institute of Statistics)

> The official count of rural schools has fallen 76% since 1996, but it counts legal units, not buildings. Rural classrooms fell 27%, and villages with a school fell 16.6% since 2013.

## Map

### A village with a school: what it means on the map

Each dot is a village on the Ministry of Education's official list that has, in the chosen year, at least one school structure: a primary or lower-secondary school, a lyceum or a college. Kindergartens and crèches do not count as schools.

In 2013–14 the list held 6,833 such villages. Filled dots are villages that have a school in the year shown.

### Of 6,833 villages, 5,504 still have a school

By 2025–26, 1,329 villages on the starting list have no school on the Ministry's list. On the map they are the empty rings: 19.4% of the villages, almost one in five. Nearly all had a single school (1,320 of 1,329), so one structure gone means a village without a school.

For 39 of them the 2025–26 list has a school with the same village name in the same county, under another code. Their loss is unclear; without them, 1,290 remain (18.9%) with no school of the same name in the same county.

The total of villages with a school fell by 1,133 (−16.6%), not by 1,329, because 196 villages show a school only after 2013–14. For 169 of them the first appearance is in the 2014–15 or 2015–16 list, which may show that the starting list left them out; a first appearance cannot tell an omission from a newly opened school.

### Where most of them went

By county, the share of villages left without a school runs from 43.5% in Hunedoara County, in south-west Transylvania (70 of 161 villages), to 4.0% in Brașov County. The first six counties, Hunedoara, Gorj, Sălaj, Alba, Vaslui and Bistrița-Năsăud, lose between 27% and 44% of their villages.

Counties where a commune (Romania's rural municipality, made of one or more villages) has more villages on average lose more: the correlation between the average number of villages per commune and the share of villages without a school is 0.65 (41 counties). It is a measured association, not an explanation.

### What stays where the school was

In 433 of the 1,329 villages the kindergarten remains; in 896 the Ministry's list has no unit at all. On the map, a ring with a dot inside marks a surviving kindergarten.

A village without a school is not a village without children: the list does not say how many pupils each structure has. How many children attend school in each commune, against how many were born, is the subject of the page “Where do the children go to school?”.

### Search for a village

Type the name of a village or of its commune. The card shows its schools in 2013–14 and 2025–26 and the years in which the village had a school.

## 76%, 27% or 17%: how much the rural network lost

Official statistics show a collapse: primary and lower-secondary education units in rural Romania fell from 11,376 in 1996 to 2,704 in 2025, down 76%. Hence the impression that three in four village schools disappeared.

The National Institute of Statistics (INS) counts only units with legal personality: their own tax code, management and premises. A small school placed under another school's authority drops out of the count even if it stays open. Attached structures appear separately only from 2021–22.

It shows most clearly in 2003. In a single year rural units fell by 3,458 (−33.2%), rural classrooms by 261 (−0.5%) and pupils by 4,151 (−0.4%). Classrooms and pupils stayed almost the same, which fits administrative mergers; the series do not show, however, whether buildings closed.

Over 1996–2025 as a whole, rural classrooms fell 27.3% (from 53,951 to 39,226) and pupils 37.2% (from 1,033,880 to 649,278). Per pupil there are more classrooms: 19.2 pupils per classroom in 1996, 16.6 in 2025.

The Ministry's list describes the same network: in 2013–14 it has 4,008 primary and lower-secondary schools with legal personality, against 4,045 at INS (rural and urban).

## Counties, from the most to the least affected

The table covers 41 counties (Bucharest has no villages on the list). “Without a school” means villages with a school in 2013–14 and none in 2025–26; 39 of them are unclear, as the method explains.

| County | Villages with a school 2013–14 | Villages with a school 2025–26 | Without a school now | Share without |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hunedoara | 161 | 94 | 70 | 43.5% |
| Gorj | 206 | 137 | 70 | 34.0% |
| Sălaj | 166 | 113 | 53 | 31.9% |
| Alba | 191 | 135 | 59 | 30.9% |
| Vaslui | 308 | 216 | 93 | 30.2% |
| Bistrița-Năsăud | 162 | 118 | 44 | 27.2% |
| Mehedinți | 139 | 108 | 37 | 26.6% |
| Buzău | 212 | 169 | 55 | 25.9% |
| Tulcea | 92 | 69 | 23 | 25.0% |
| Bihor | 272 | 215 | 67 | 24.6% |
| Neamț | 186 | 150 | 45 | 24.2% |
| Maramureș | 144 | 113 | 33 | 22.9% |
| Vrancea | 190 | 148 | 43 | 22.6% |
| Cluj | 171 | 133 | 38 | 22.2% |
| Brăila | 79 | 62 | 17 | 21.5% |
| Bacău | 285 | 236 | 60 | 21.1% |
| Caraș-Severin | 152 | 130 | 31 | 20.4% |
| Dolj | 218 | 180 | 42 | 19.3% |
| Mureș | 292 | 242 | 54 | 18.5% |
| Iași | 324 | 271 | 56 | 17.3% |
| Dâmbovița | 180 | 149 | 31 | 17.2% |
| Constanța | 131 | 110 | 21 | 16.0% |
| Timiș | 191 | 168 | 30 | 15.7% |
| Sibiu | 122 | 103 | 19 | 15.6% |
| Botoșani | 221 | 212 | 34 | 15.4% |
| Satu Mare | 120 | 102 | 18 | 15.0% |
| Vâlcea | 135 | 126 | 20 | 14.8% |
| Olt | 164 | 142 | 24 | 14.6% |
| Suceava | 252 | 221 | 35 | 13.9% |
| Ilfov | 39 | 34 | 5 | 12.8% |
| Arad | 149 | 135 | 16 | 10.7% |
| Galați | 108 | 98 | 11 | 10.2% |
| Argeș | 160 | 185 | 16 | 10.0% |
| Prahova | 201 | 183 | 18 | 9.0% |
| Călărași | 80 | 77 | 7 | 8.8% |
| Covasna | 105 | 99 | 7 | 6.7% |
| Harghita | 141 | 140 | 8 | 5.7% |
| Teleorman | 105 | 101 | 6 | 5.7% |
| Giurgiu | 109 | 105 | 6 | 5.5% |
| Ialomița | 71 | 72 | 3 | 4.2% |
| Brașov | 99 | 99 | 4 | 4.0% |

## The 1,329 villages without a school, by county

Villages that had a school in 2013–14 and have none on the 2025–26 list, with their commune. Those marked with an asterisk are unclear: the new list has a school with the same village name in the same county, under another code.

**Hunedoara** (70): Balomir, Banpotoc, Batiz, Bălata, Bârcea Mare, Bârsău, Birtin, Boholt, Boița, Boz, Brotuna, Căinelu de Sus, Căzănești, Cerbăl, Chimindia, Chișcădaga, Cinciș-Cerna, Ciopeia, Ciungani, Costești, Crișan, Crivadia, Dealu Mare, Federi, Fizeș, Fizești, Gânțaga, Gelmar, Geoagiu-Băi, Glodghilești, Grădiștea de Munte, Hărțăgani, Hășdat, Hobița, Homorod, Leșnic, Livadia, Lunca, Lunca, Luncoiu de Sus, Măceu, Mănerău, Meria, Micănești, Mihăiești, Mintia, Nojag, Obârșa, Ohaba-Ponor, Păucinești, Peștenița, Poiana Răchițelii, Prăvăleni, Rădulești, Râu Alb, Râu Mic, Rișca, Sălașu de Jos, Sălciva, Sâncrai, Sânpetru, Stejărel, Sulighete, Șerel, Țărățel, Valea Lupului, Vălioara, Vărmaga, Vâlcele, Vâlcelele Bune

**Gorj** (70): Aninișu din Vale, Apa Neagră, Arjoci, Artanu, Baloșani, Baniu, Bădești, Bâltișoara, Blahnița de Sus, Brădet, Brădiceni, Brătuia, Broșteni, Calapăru, Cartiu, Cărbunești-Sat, Câmpofeni, Cârbești, Ciorari, Cloșani, Cojani, Cojmănești, Costeni, Crasna din Deal, Crețești, Croici, Curpen, Curtișoara, Dobrița, Drăgoiești, Dumbrăveni, Floreșteni, Frasin, Frunza, Glodeni, Gornăcel, Hăiești, Horezu, Iliești, Larga, Licurici, Logrești-Moșteni, Menții din Dos, Miculești, Mierea, Moi, Ohaba-Jiu, Păișani, Picu, Piscoiu, Poienița, Rugi, Runcurel, Seaca, Sohodol, Stăncești-Larga, Sterpoaia, Strâmba-Vulcan, Strâmtu, Stroiești, Sura, Șipotu, Ștefănești, Tâlvești, Urda de Jos, Valea Pojarului, Văieni, Văluța, Vierșani, Zorlești

**Sălaj** (53): Aleuș, Badon, Bădăcin, Borza, Bozieș, Bozna, Călacea, Chechiș, Chendrea, Chichișa, Chilioara, Cormeniș, Cosniciu de Sus, Cozla, Doh, Drighiu, Fildu de Jos, Gălpâia, Gostila, Huseni, Inău, Lemniu, Leșmir, Mal, Moigrad-Porolissum, Muncel, Poarta Sălajului, Poiana Onții, Popteleac, Preoteasa, Ratin, Răstolțu Deșert, Recea, Romita, Sălăjeni, Sâncraiu Silvaniei, Sângeorgiu de Meseș, Sânpetru Almașului, Sighetu Silvaniei, Someș-Guruslău, Sub Cetate, Șumal, Tetișu, Tihău, Traniș, Trestia, Turbuța, Tusa, Uileacu Șimleului, Ulciug, Valea Loznei, Valea Lungă, Zalnoc

**Alba** (59): Almașu de Mijloc, Arți, Balomiru de Câmp, Băcăinți, Băgău, Bălești, Bârsana, Beța, Bobărești, Bucerdea Vinoasă, Cerbu, Ceru-Băcăinți, Cib, Cistei, Ciugudu de Jos, Dealu Frumos, Dealu Goiești, Feisa, Galda de Sus, Gârbova de Jos, Gârde, Geogel, Geomal, Giurgiuț, Gura Arieșului, Hădărău, Hăpria, Iclod, Întregalde, Laz, Lăzești, Leorinț, Lunca, Mănărade, Mărgineni, Mătișești, Obreja, Pănade, Păștești, Pătrușești, Peleș, Pleși, Poiana, Presaca Ampoiului, Reciu, Rogoz, Runc, Sartăș, Săliștea-Deal, Sânbenedic, Sfoartea, Stâna de Mureș, Sucești, Șeușa, Tomuțești, Totoi, Trâmpoiele, Valea Lupșii, Valea Morii

**Vaslui** (93): 1 Decembrie, Albești*, Armășeni, Băbuța, Bălteni-Deal, Bărtăluș-Mocani, Benești, Bogdana-Voloseni, Bozia, Brădești, Broscoșești, Broșteni, Buda*, Buda*, Budu Cantemir, Buscata, Butucăria, Cănțălărești, Chersăcosu, Chițcani, Corbu, Corodești, Coșca, Dealu Mare, Delea, Dinga, Dobroslovești, Docani, Docăneasa, Dumbrăveni, Fântânele, Fedești, Frasinu, Fundătura, Ghergheleu, Ghicani, Glodeni, Gura Idrici, Halta Dodești, Hârșoveni, Horoiata, Idrici, Iezer, Ivănești*, Jigălia, Leoști, Mărășeni, Mânjești, Mânzătești, Moara Domnească, Morăreni, Movileni, Obârșeni*, Odaia Bogdana, Odaia Bursucani, Plopi, Plopoasa, Plotonești, Pochidia, Podu Oprii, Poiana, Poienești-Deal, Popești*, Portari, Rădești, Răduiești, Rășcani, Rășcani, Râșnița, Rediu*, Rotari, Rusca, Siliștea*, Sofronești, Stroiești, Stuhuleț, Șișcani, Tătărăni*, Tulești, Tupilați, Țibăneștii Buhlii, Uncești, Urlați, Ursoaia, Vadurile, Valea lui Darie, Valea Mare*, Valea Oanei, Văleni*, Văleni*, Vișinari, Vovriești, Zgura

**Bistrița-Năsăud** (44): Alunișul, Apatiu, Archiud, Beudiu, Borleasa, Budești-Fânațe, Buduș, Căianu Mare, Chețiu, Chiraleș, Ciosa, Coldău, Colibița, Cristur-Șieu, Dobricel, Dumbrăveni, Fânațe, Fântânele, Fântânița, Gledin, Hălmăsău, Hășmașu Ciceului, Manic, Mijlocenii Bârgăului, Mititei, Mogoșeni, Moruț, Oarzina, Orosfaia, Rusu Bârgăului, Săsarm, Sâniacob, Sântioana, Sita, Slătinița, Strugureni, Stupini, Susenii Bârgăului, Tăure, Tonciu, Țăgșoru, Vermeș, Visuia, Zoreni

**Mehedinți** (37): Almăjel, Băluța, Băsești, Bâltanele, Bârâiacu, Cerna-Vârf, Cervenița, Cocorova, Comănești, Cordun, Crăguești, Crivina, Dâlbocița, Dobra, Fântâna Domnească, Imoasa, Izimșa, Izvorălu de Jos, Izvoru Aneștilor, Măru Roșu, Negoești, Ostrovu Corbului, Ostrovu Mare, Pavăț, Pârlagele, Peri, Pistrița, Pluta, Poiana, Proitești, Roșiori, Satu Mare, Severinești, Slașoma, Stignița, Titerlești, Valea Bună

**Buzău** (55): Albești, Aldeni, Alexandru Odobescu, Arcanu, Băbeni, Bălănești, Bâscenii de Jos, Beceni, Beciu, Begu, Bentu, Brăgăreasa, Buștea, Caragele, Călțuna, Cioranca, Coca-Antimirești, Colibași, Corbu, Costomiru, Cotu Ciorii, Curmătura, Dealul Viei, Dulbanu, Florești, Gara Bobocu, Găgeni, Grabicina de Jos, Gura Bădicului, Gura Câlnăului, Gura Văii, Lera, Livada Mică, Mitropolia, Muscel, Nehoiașu, Niculești, Ogrăzile, Plavățu, Pleșcoi, Pleșești, Plopeasa, Rubla, Rușavăț, Săsenii Noi, Sârbești, Tega, Vadu Sorești, Valea Cotoarei, Valea Largă-Sărulești, Valea Nucului, Vârf, Vispești, Zărneștii de Slănic, Zeletin

**Tulcea** (23): Calfa, Camena, Fântâna Mare, Garvăn, Gorgova, Iazurile, Lăstuni, Măgurele, Mina Altân Tepe, Mineri, Mircea Vodă, Nifon, Parcheș, Periprava, Plopul, Poșta, Rândunica, Sabangia, Satu Nou, Traian, Vasile Alecsandri, Visterna, Vișina

**Bihor** (67): Alparea, Belejeni, Birtin, Bistra, Borozel, Briheni, Bucium, Chistag, Ciutelec, Codru, Cotiglet, Cresuia, Criștioru de Jos, Dijir, Dolea, Drăgoteni, Făncica, Fâșca, Ferice, Fiziș, Foglaș, Forău, Gălășeni, Ghida, Ghighișeni, Ginta, Girișu de Criș, Giulești, Hârsești, Iteu, Izbuc, Lazuri, Lorău, Margine, Măgura, Mierlău, Miersig, Mizieș, Munteni, Peștere, Petreasa, Poiana*, Sacalasău, Sacalasău Nou, Satu Barbă, Săldăbagiu de Munte, Săliște de Pomezeu, Sebiș, Seghiște, Sighiștel, Sititelec, Sudrigiu, Suiug, Șișterea, Șoimi, Șumugiu, Șuștiu, Toboliu, Tria, Ucuriș, Uileacu de Munte, Valea de Jos, Valea de Sus, Valea Mare de Criș, Varviz, Vâlcelele, Zece Hotare

**Neamț** (45): Băneasa, Bătrânești, Bețești, Boiștea, Botești, Brășăuți, Buhonca, Căușeni, Ciurea, Cuci, Curechiștea, Dreptu, Frumosu, Gherăeștii Noi, Ghigoiești, Goșmani, Gura Văii, Hlăpești, Hoisești, Huisurez, Ingărești, Itrinești, Izvoru Alb, Lunca Moldovei, Mitocu Bălan, Negritești, Oanțu, Oșlobeni, Pârâul Pântei, Plăieșu, Poiana Humei, Poiana Largului, Popești, Preutești, Rotunda, Săcăleni, Săcălușești, Spiridonești, Stejaru*, Tabăra, Telec, Tețcani, Topolița, Traian, Vad

**Maramureș** (33): Bontăieni, Borcut, Bozânta Mare, Cărpiniș, Chechiș, Colțirea, Copalnic, Cornești, Corni, Costeni, Coștiui, Dănești, Dobricu Lăpușului, Finteușu Mare, Handalu Ilbei, Hărnicești, Hideaga, Iadăra, Larga, Mesteacăn, Mogoșești, Nănești, Negreia, Oarța de Jos, Odești, Piatra, Prislop, Satu Nou de Sus, Someș-Uileac, Stremț, Ungureni, Vad, Valea Stejarului

**Vrancea** (43): Bahnele, Beciu, Blidari, Bodești, Bonțești, Boțârlău, Brădetu, Călimăneasa, Costișa*, Dălhăuți, Dealu Cucului, Dealu Sării, Diocheți-Rediu, Dragosloveni*, Dumitreștii de Sus, Dumitreștii-Față, Galbeni, Lămotești, Lăstuni, Lepșa, Maluri, Mesteacănu, Ocheșești, Pădureni*, Păvălari, Pietroasa, Podu Lacului, Prisecani, Răchitosu, Rădăcinești, Răiuți, Românești, Scafari, Scânteia, Stupina, Șerbești, Topești, Trestieni, Țipău, Ursoaia, Varnița, Vâlcani, Vladnicu de Sus

**Cluj** (38): Agârbiciu, Agriș, Băgara, Bedeciu, Bogata de Sus, Boju, Bonț, Cetan, Chesău, Crăești, Cubleșu Someșan, Dângău Mare, Dumbrava, Feldioara, Fundătura, Gădălin, Huta, Inucu, Jucu de Mijloc, Macău, Muntele Băișorii, Nadășu, Orman, Pata, Săcălaia, Săcel, Sălicea, Săndulești, Sânmărtin, Sântioana, Stolna, Straja, Strâmbu, Tranișu, Turea, Urișor, Văleni, Vâlcele

**Brăila** (17): Albina, Băndoiu, Câineni-Băi, Chichinețu, Colțea, Constantinești, Corbu Nou, Corbu Vechi, Dedulești, Dudescu, Făurei-Sat, Gulianca, Ibrianu, Jugureanu, Latinu, Plopi, Scărlătești

**Bacău** (60): Albele, Antohești, Balotești, Băimac, Bărboasa, Bărnești, Băsăști, Blaga, Bolătău, Borșani, Boșoteni, Botești, Brad, Brătila, Buchila, Buda*, Căpotești, Căuia, Câmpeni, Cetățuia, Ciobănuș, Ciugheș, Cornățel, Coteni, Dămienești, Drăgești, Drăgești, Drăgușani, Ferestrău-Oituz, Fulgeriș, Fulgu, Fundoaia, Fundu Tutovei, Giurgeni, Huțu, Iaz, Marvila, Medeleni, Muncelu, Nazărioaia, Odobești, Osebiți, Pădureni, Păltinata, Poieni*, Popești, Prăjești*, Prisaca, Prohozești, Românești, Sărata*, Scărișoara, Străminoasa, Stufu, Taula, Tătărăști, Valea Arinilor, Valea Mică, Valea Șoșii, Vâlcele

**Caraș-Severin** (31): 23 August, Bigăr, Bogâltin, Borlovenii Noi, Ciuta, Dobraia, Globu Craiovei, Globurău, Iabalcea, Iaz, Ineleț, Lescovița, Liubcova, Mâtnicu Mare, Milcoveni, Nicolinț, Pătaș, Pârvova, Plugova, Răchita, Rusova Nouă, Sadova Nouă, Sadova Veche, Știnăpari, Ticvaniu Mic, Valea Bistrei, Valea Bolvașnița, Valea Roșie, Vălișoara, Vodnic, Zlagna

**Dolj** (42): Bodăieștii de Sus, Booveni, Boureni, Castrele Traiane, Căciulatu, Ciupercenii Vechi, Ciutura, Comoșteni, Cornu, Covei, Dudovicești, Foișor, Gabru, Hunia, Izvor, Milești, Moreni, Muereni, Obedin, Ohaba, Piorești, Piscani, Plosca, Popeasa, Preajba, Prunet, Racovița, Răcari, Robăneștii de Sus, Schitu, Secui, Sfârcea, Smârdan, Șimnicu de Sus, Tâmburești, Teiu, Tencănău, Tunarii Vechi, Urdinița, Vârvor, Veleni, Velești

**Mureș** (54): Abuș, Botei, Bozed, Căpâlna de Sus, Chiheru de Sus, Ciobotani, Ciretea, Coasta Mare, Culpiu, Dămieni, Dătășeni, Dubiștea de Pădure, Dulcea, Dumitreni, Ercea, Filitelnic, Gâmbuț, Gruișor, Habic, Iara de Mureș, Idicel, Ihod, Logig, Luieriu, Merișor, Meștera, Mitrești, Murgești, Nadășa, Nandra, Neagra, Păcureni, Păucișoara, Pietriș, Pusta, Râpa de Jos, Satu Nou*, Sălașuri, Sângeorgiu de Câmpie, Sântu, Seleuș*, Stejeriș, Sub Pădure, Suveica, Șincai-Fânațe, Teleac, Tușinu, Uila, Urisiu de Jos, Ursoaia, Valea Frăției, Valea Glodului, Valea Mare, Valea Rece

**Iași** (56): Albești, Alexandru cel Bun, Arama, Băiceni, Bălușești, Brătulești, Buda*, Budești, Buruienești, Buzdug, Cărbunari, Căuești, Cârlig, Chiperești, Ciurbești, Coada Stâncii, Cozia, Curagău, Cuza Vodă*, Deleni*, Doroșcani, Frăsuleni, Giurgești, Glăvănești, Grădinari, Hoisești, Iacobeni, Iorcani, Isaiia, Izvoarele, Lunca Rateș, Luncași, Lupăria, Mălăești, Miclăușeni, Obrijeni, Osoi*, Pocreaca, Podu Hagiului, Poiana cu Cetate, Poiana Mărului, Rediu*, Rusenii Vechi, Satu Nou*, Spinoasa, Sprânceana, Stânca*, Stroești, Tarnița, Tăutești, Traian, Tufeștii de Sus, Valea Racului, Vladomira, Vlădiceni, Zberoaia

**Dâmbovița** (31): Boteni, Broșteni, Burduca, Butoiu de Jos, Butoiu de Sus, Costeștii din Deal, Gemenea-Brătulești, Gheboieni, Glogoveanu, Gorgota, Gura Vulcanei, Hanu lui Pală, Ibrianu, Ionești, Izvoarele, Lăculețe, Merii, Mesteacăn, Olteni, Oncești, Postârnacu, Racovița, Săcueni, Săteni, Speriețeni, Suduleni, Tomșani, Ungureni*, Valea Leurzii, Viforâta, Zidurile

**Constanța** (21): Arsa, Carvăn, Conacu, Credința, Cuiugiuc, Dulgheru, Dunărea, Esechioi, Fântâna Mare, Lanurile, Mireasa, Osmancea, Răzoarele, Seimenii Mici, Sibioara, Ștefan cel Mare, Tătaru, Tufani, Vânători, Vârtop, Zorile

**Timiș** (30): Berecuța, Breazova, Bucovăț*, Bunea Mare, Butin, Cebza, Crivina, Diniaș, Drăgoiești, Fădimac, Ferendia, Ficătar, Folea, Herneacova, Hezeriș, Honorici, Iecea Mică, Iosifalău, Jabăr, Mânăstire, Percosova, Pustiniș, Sângeorge, Sânmartinu Maghiar, Sânmartinu Sârbesc, Sârbova, Sinersig, Stamora Germană, Șanovița, Târgoviște

**Sibiu** (19): Alma Vii, Boarta, Bogatu Român, Broșteni, Giacăș, Hamba, Păucea, Presaca, Prod, Răvășel, Rod, Sângătin, Sebeșu de Jos, Șoala, Șomartin, Ștenea, Țapu, Vărd, Veseud

**Botoșani** (34): Bălușenii Noi, Bătrânești, Bârsănești, Bohoghina, Boscoteni, Brăteni, Burlești, Buzeni, Carasa, Cișmănești, Cotu Miculinți, Cuza Vodă, Dămideni, Dealu Crucii, Doina, Dragalina*, Frumușica, Huțani, Lișmănița, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Năstase, Pădureni*, Păun, Podeni, Poiana*, Puțureni, Rânghilești-Deal, Rediu*, Scutari, Siliștea, Stânca, Viișoara Mică, Vlădeni*, Zoițani

**Satu Mare** (18): Bercu, Borlești, Coca, Comlăușa, Crucișor, Dindești, Domănești, Hurezu Mare, Iegheriște, Lechința, Lipău, Pișcari, Potău, Racșa-Vii, Sâi, Supuru de Sus, Tătărești, Vezendiu

**Vâlcea** (20): Bratia din Deal, Casa Veche, Ceretu, Cernișoara, Cioboți, Cocoru, Dobricea, Drăgioiu, Gănești, Groși, Gruiu Lupului, Gurișoara, Hotărasa, Milostea, Modoia, Obârșia, Oteșani, Romanești, Români, Valea Cheii

**Olt** (24): Bistrița Nouă, Bobicești, Broșteni, Buta, Călinești, Căzănești, Câmpu Mare, Cepari, Cornățelu, Dejești, Doba, Greci*, Izvoru, Jieni, Mierleștii de Sus, Oteștii de Jos, Petculești, Potelu, Racovița, Recea, Ursa, Valea lui Alb, Vlăngărești, Zănoaga

**Suceava** (35): Bahna Arin, Botești, Botuș, Brașca, Codru, Cojoci, Deia, Deleni, Dragomirna, Dumbrăvița, Forăști, Frumoasa, Glodu, Grigorești, Gura Haitii, Holda, Huși, Ioneasa, Lunca, Mănăstirea Humorului, Movileni, Păltiniș, Petia, Poiana, Poiana, Prisaca Dornei, Racova, Rotopănești, Ruși, Slobozia, Stânca, Tișăuți, Uidești, Valea Poienei, Văleni-Stânișoara

**Ilfov** (5): Căciulați, Fundeni, Piscu, Șindrilița, Tâncăbești

**Arad** (16): Berindia, Brusturi, Crocna, Cuvin, Ignești, Luncșoara, Lupești, Mărăuș, Păiușeni, Păulian, Revetiș, Tălagiu, Târnăvița, Toc, Troaș, Zimbru

**Galați** (11): Aldești, Bursucani, Ciureștii Noi, Covrag, Lungești, Roșcani, Scânteiești, Stoicani, Traian, Vasile Alecsandri, Vișina

**Argeș** (16): Buzoești, Cerbu, Ciomăgești, Cornățel, Fâlfani, Gănești, Groși, Gruiu, Lunca, Mareș, Nigrișoara, Rociu, Siliștea, Valea lui Enache, Valea Nandrii, Zigoneni

**Prahova** (18): Albinari, Băltița, Bâra, Buștenari, Cernești, Chiciureni, Chițorani, Cireșanu, Coada Izvorului, Făgetu, Independența, Rotari, Trestioara, Țipărești, Ungureni, Valea Screzii, Varnița, Zalhanaua

**Călărași** (7): Dănești, Măriuța, Plevna, Plumbuita, Popești, Potcoava, Șeinoiu

**Covasna** (7): Bita, Fotoș, Măgheruș, Pachia, Pădureni, Saciova, Zoltan

**Harghita** (8): Barațcoș, Daia, Fâncel, Mihăileni*, Orășeni, Petecu, Șiclod, Valea Capelei

**Teleorman** (6): Baciu, Cernetu, Drăghinești, Preajba, Valea Cireșului, Vătași

**Giurgiu** (6): Cămineasca, Crânguri, Drăgănescu, Falaștoaca, Ghizdaru, Suseni

**Ialomița** (3): Horia, Iazu, Moldoveni

**Brașov** (4): Grid, Râușor, Șirnea, Șona

## How we counted

**Source.** The school network that Romania's Ministry of Education publishes on data.gov.ro every year: thirteen lists, from 2013–14 to 2025–26. Each row is a structure, meaning a unit with legal personality or an attached structure, with a stable SIIIR code and the SIRUTA code (the national register of localities) of its locality. The 2013–14 and 2014–15 lists are the oldest published.

**What counts as a school.** A structure whose name is not a kindergarten, crèche or other institution (club, children's palace, inspectorate). For 2013–14 to 2019–20 the lists also give each structure's education level; the name rule matches the level in 99% of cases (10,268 of 10,364 structures in 2013–14; 45 schools by level do not appear by name). The check is possible only up to 2019–20, when the lists still give the level; for later years the rule is assumed to hold.

**What counts as a village.** The village with the structure's SIRUTA code, with Wikidata coordinates. 593 rows are filed under the commune's own code and were placed in its seat village. A structure stays in the village of its latest filing in every year, so a recoded village is not a closure. 50 rows have a SIRUTA code missing from Wikidata (two villages) and are left out.

**Years with gaps.** The 2020–21 list leaves out 399 structures that appear both in 2019–20 and in 2021–22. A structure absent for a single year between two years where it appears counts as present: 543 structure-years in all.

**The starting year.** The 2013–14 list looks incomplete: 169 villages show a school for the first time in 2014–15 or 2015–16. So 1,133 villages is the fall observed against the published list; from 2015–16 it is 1,258.

**What the list does not show.** That a structure is in the authorised network does not prove it has pupils or is open; the list gives no pupils per structure. A village can have a school on paper and no child in it, or be served by the school of the next village.

**Checks.** The list's network matches INS: 4,008 primary and lower-secondary schools with legal personality against 4,045 in 2013–14, 3,717 against 3,806 in 2025–26. Of the 1,329 villages without a school, 39 have an identically named school in the same county under another code.

| How it is counted | Villages with a school 2013–14 | Villages with a school 2025–26 | Difference |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Any school (primary, lower-secondary, upper); village of the latest filing (the rule behind the page's figures) | 6,833 | 5,700 | −1,133 (−16.6%) |
| Primary and lower-secondary schools only, by name | 6,418 | 5,507 | −911 (−14.2%) |
| Village of each year, structure not pinned (gross losses: 1,379 against 1,329) | 6,828 | 5,700 | −1,128 (−16.5%) |
| Starting from 2015–16 | 6,958 | 5,700 | −1,258 (−18.1%) |

Without the 39 unclear villages, villages without a school number 1,290, or 18.9%. Every variant points the same way: between 14% and 18% of villages lost their school, net.

**Correction.** The page published on 18 August 2026 claimed that three in four village schools had disappeared. It rested on the number of units with legal personality (INS), which fell 76%; rural classrooms fell 27%. The text was rewritten on 2 October 2026, on the Ministry's list.

## Sources

- [School network lists, 2013–14 to 2025–26](https://data.gov.ro/dataset/retea-scolara-2025-2026), Ministry of Education of Romania: Thirteen yearly lists of every educational structure: name, status (independent or attached), SIIIR code, SIRUTA code. Licence OGL-ROU-1.0 up to 2019–20, CC BY 4.0 after. Downloaded from data.gov.ro on 2 October 2026.
- [TEMPO-Online: SCL101B, SCL105A, SCL103I](http://statistici.insse.ro:8077/tempo-online/), National Institute of Statistics (INS): Education units, classrooms and pupils at primary and lower-secondary level, by urban and rural residence, 1996–2025 (updated 31 August 2026). Queried on 2 October 2026.
- [Localities with SIRUTA codes and coordinates](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Licensing), Wikidata: Villages, communes and their seats, with coordinates (CC0). Every school structure is placed in the village whose SIRUTA code the list gives.
- [County boundaries](https://www.geoboundaries.org/), geoBoundaries: geoBoundaries ROU ADM1 (CC BY 4.0), simplified. Relief behind the map: NOAA ETOPO 2022 (public domain); rivers: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Marius Comper, 2 October 2026. Data: Romania's Ministry of Education (OGL-ROU-1.0, CC BY 4.0), INS, Wikidata (CC0), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0).. [mariuscomper.uk](https://mariuscomper.uk/).