Education
In Le Mont-sur-Lausanne about 1,920 or (37.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 1,085 or (20.9%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 1,085 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.3% were Swiss men, 28.4% were Swiss women, 9.8% were non-Swiss men and 5.5% were non-Swiss women.
In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 666 students in the Le Mont-sur-Lausanne 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 2,648 children of which 1,947 children (73.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 315 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 337 students in those schools. There were also 14 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school.
As of 2000, there were 200 students in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne who came from another municipality, while 483 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
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