page_title: Sderot
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Sderot / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: The campus of Sapir College, Sha'ar Hanegev, Israel, 2007
context_page_description: Sderot is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In 2018 it had a population of 26,455.
  Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza, and is notable for having been a major target of Qassam rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. Between 2001 and 2008, rocket attacks on the city killed 13 people, wounded dozens, caused millions of dollars in damage and profoundly disrupted daily life. Although rocket fire subsided after the Gaza War, the city has come under rocket attack on occasion since that time.
context_section_description: According to CBS, there are 14 schools and 3,578 students in the city. They are spread out as eleven elementary schools and 2,099 elementary school students, and six high schools and 1,479 high school students. 56.5% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001. Sapir Academic College and the Hesder Yeshiva of Sderot are located in Sderot. All schools in the city and 120 bus stops have been fortified against missile attacks.
caption: Sapir Academic College, Sderot
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