Polish school pupils second best at maths in EU
Poland was also third best at reading and the fifth best at science in the latest international PISA study.
Polish schoolchildren have placed second in the European Union for mathematics, according to the latest results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In the 2025 edition of the study, which involved 91 countries and territories, Polish pupils achieved an average score of 484 in maths, ranking 12th globally.
The top seven places were held by Asian countries and territories, with Estonia (508) being the other European country surpassing Poland. Poland's performance in reading comprehension and science was slightly behind, with scores placing it 14th and 18th worldwide, respectively. This placed Poland third in the EU for reading, behind Ireland and Estonia, and fifth in science, behind Estonia and Finland.
Despite these results, Polish education minister Barbara Nowacka acknowledged the country's strong performance, while noting a concerning trend of declining test scores both in Poland and globally. Nowacka emphasized that her ministry's curriculum reforms were based on previous PISA reports, but acknowledged that further improvement is needed.
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