Education
In Apples about 425 or (36.7%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 223 or (19.2%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 223 who completed tertiary schooling, 52.9% were Swiss men, 31.8% were Swiss women, 8.1% were non-Swiss men and 7.2% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 166 students in the Apples school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 631 children of which 203 children (32.2%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 109 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 55 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
As of 2000, there were 195 students in Apples who came from another municipality, while 157 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
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