Education
According to CBS, there are 9 schools and 3,915 students in the city. They are spread out as 6 elementary schools and 1,883 elementary school students, and 3 high schools (Shazar junior high, Ben Zvi junior high and Ben Zvi High school) and 2,032 high school students. 60.6% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.
Ono Academic College, an accredited private college with 8,500 students is located in Kiryat Ono.
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