Centralized Exam Results: Stable in Basic Education, Improved in Secondary Education
The results of the 2025/2026 academic year centralized exams show that average scores in basic education remained similar to the previous year, while in secondary education, average scores improved in Latvian and English at the optimal level.
Education and Science Minister Ilze Indriksone commented on the results of the 2025/2026 academic year centralized exams, emphasizing that the exams provide uniform criteria and objective data on education quality, while noting that the examination process has become administratively complex and a new model is planned for introduction from 2028.
In basic education, the average score in the Latvian language exam was 56.2%, slightly lower than the previous year's 58.5%. In mathematics, the average improved to 54.8% (from 53.8% in 2025). In secondary education at the optimal level, the average score in Latvian rose to 58.9% (from 55.9%), and in English to 67.3% (from 60.7%). In mathematics at the optimal level, the average stayed similar at 42.4% (from 43.7%).
At the higher level, positive changes were seen in programming (57.6%, up from 51%), physics (58.5%, up from 45%), and English (68.5%, up from 62%). The lowest average remained in geography at 31% (down from 34%).
In 2026, the minimum threshold in basic education was raised from 10% to 15%, resulting in 818 students failing to reach it in at least one exam. In secondary education, the threshold stayed at 20%, and the most students (2,591) failed to reach it in mathematics at the optimal level.
A total of 47,647 exam papers were assessed in basic education, and 74,646 in secondary education.
