Education
In La Sarraz about 586 or (33.9%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 217 or (12.6%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 217 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.1% were Swiss men, 25.3% were Swiss women, 9.7% were non-Swiss men and 6.9% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 274 students in the La Sarraz 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 152 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 117 students in those schools. There were also 5 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
As of 2000, there were 180 students in La Sarraz who came from another municipality, while 84 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
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