Primary school
Grootfontein is home to four high schools, Grootfontein Secondary School, Otjiwanda High School Friedrich Awaseb Senior Secondary School, and the Grootfontein Agricultural College, and six primary schools namely Luiperdheuwel Primary School, Kalenga Primary School, Makalani Primary School, Omulunga Primary school, Grootfontein Agri College and Wilhelm Nortier Primary School. The city also hosts a private German language primary school ("Deutsche Privatschule Grootfontein" - DPG).