the Dozwil-Kesswil-Uttwil secondary school district. It is also home to the Uttwil primary school district. In the primary school district there are 154 students. There are 44 children in the kindergarten, and the average class size is 22 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 14 or 31.8% are female, 6 or 13.6% are not Swiss citizens and 9 or 20.5% do not speak German natively. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and lasts for 6 years. There are 61 children in who are at the lower primary level and 49 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school is 18.33 students. At the lower primary level, there are 31 children or 50.8% of the total population who are female, 6 or 9.8% are not Swiss citizens and 7 or 11.5% do not speak German natively. In the upper primary level, there are 18 or 36.7% who are female, 6 or 12.2% are not Swiss citizens and 7 or 14.3% do not speak German natively. In the 2008–2009 school year there are 111 students in the secondary school district. At the secondary level, students are divided according to performance. The secondary level begins at about age 12 and usually lasts 3 years. Finally, there are 111 teenagers who are in special or remedial classes, of which 51 or 45.9% are female, 11 or 9.9% are not Swiss citizens and 6 or 5.4% do not speak German natively. References Municipalities of Thurgau