Education
In Essertes about 106 or (40.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 46 or (17.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 46 who completed tertiary schooling, 60.9% were Swiss men, 19.6% were Swiss women and 10.9% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 34 students in the Essertes 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 665 children of which 232 children (34.9%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 16 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 18 students in those schools.
As of 2000, there were 21 students in Essertes who came from another municipality, while 26 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
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