Department of Defense Education Activity

About DoDEA Schools Worldwide

DoDEA Districts

  DoDEA DoDEA-Europe DoDEA-Pacific (+Guam) DoDEA-Americas (+Cuba)
Districts 8 3 3 2
Schools 160 * 64 45 50
Employees (FTEs) 11,828 4,093 2,921 4,363
Students 66,416 24,778 21,390 20,248  

FTEs data as of 30 June 2022. Students data as of 06 October 2022.

* Includes 1 Virtual School.

DoDEA Schools by Country and State/Territory

DoDEA Americas DoDEA Europe DoDEA Pacific
Alabama (2) Bahrain (2) Japan (including Okinawa) (33)
Georgia (8) Belgium (5) Korea (8)
Kentucky (10) United Kingdom (7) Guam (4)
New York (2) Germany (34)  
North Carolina (16) Italy (10)  
South Carolina (4) The Netherlands (2)  
Virginia (3) Spain (3)  
Puerto Rico (4) Turkey (1)  
Cuba (1)    

DoDEA Time Zone Map SY22-23

DoDEA Scope of Responsibility

Children-the focus of our mission

  • Today there are approximately 866,000 military student-age children being educated in public, private and home-based schools in the USA and around the world.

DoDEA Components

DoDEA Schools, Enrollment, and FTEs Totals

  • 160 schools worldwide (Including Virtual HS)
  • 66,416 students (data as of 06 OCTOBER 2022)
  • 11,828 FTEs (data as of 06 JUNE 2022)

Note: This is the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs), not the number of employees. These figures may change based on enrollment fluctuations.

Non-DoD Schools Program (NDSP)

  • The Non-DoD Program supports approximately 4,000 students assigned to 307 duty stations worldwide. Data as of 01 OCTOBER 2022.

Partnership Branch

  • DoDEA shares expertise with local education agencies (LEA) and public schools that educate military students through our Partnership Branch.