Sardinia is the Italian region that will experience the least disruption in the 2027-2028 school year, with the entry into force of new rules for the formation of first-year classes in elementary, middle, and high schools, based on the new decree that sets a cap on foreign students.

According to an analysis by the specialized magazine Tuttoscuola, only one class in 195 on the island exceeds the limit of foreign students. Specifically, classes with more than 30% foreign students number only 55 out of a total of 10,595 classes, equal to 0.5%. These figures, as mentioned, make Sardinia the Italian region with the lowest incidence and density of foreign students.
While Sardinia is the region with the lowest incidence, Emilia-Romagna, with almost 20% of classes over 30% (one in five), leads the ranking, slightly ahead of Lombardy and the other northern regions.

At a national level, Tuttoscuola's snapshot highlights that a total of 33,222 classes have more than 30% foreign students, equal to 9.1% of the 365,935 functioning classes (data 24-25).

The schools that host these classes with a high density of foreign students are 4,295 and constitute 10.6% of the 40,678 active state schools.

Furthermore, out of 848,231 foreign students distributed, in varying numbers, across different classes, 273,561 non-Italian students, approximately a third of the total, are placed in classes that have exceeded the 30% threshold.

The report highlights that primary schools have the highest number of classes with more than 30% new Italians (16,836, or 13.8%), followed by preschool (5,023, or 12.5%). In middle school, the percentage drops to 9% and in high school, to 3.5%.

(Unioneonline)