Demand
Where it gets tight
This page shows which schools most recently had the most first choices per place, and at which schools the most first choices went without a place. It says something about demand, nothing about the quality of a school.
How to read the lists
- First choices (Erstwünsche): children who named this school as their first choice.
- Places: the places the school published for that year.
- Without a place: children whose first choice was not fulfilled.
- All numbers are published figures, not estimates. Where a year only has estimated or derived places, the school is left out of the “per place” list.
Grade 1
Most first choices per place
School year 2025/26 · 192 schools with figures
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1.5 first choices per place · 36 first choices, 24 places
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1.4 first choices per place · 100 first choices, 70 places
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1.3 first choices per place · 94 first choices, 71 places
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1.3 first choices per place · 88 first choices, 69 places
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1.3 first choices per place · 58 first choices, 46 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 93 first choices, 78 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 82 first choices, 69 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 82 first choices, 69 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 109 first choices, 92 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 29 first choices, 25 places
Blue: first choices. Black: places. The more blue around the black, the more first choices per place.
Most first choices without a place
School year 2025/26 · 192 schools with figures
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30 first choices without a place · 30% of the first choices, 100 first choices
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23 first choices without a place · 24% of the first choices, 94 first choices
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19 first choices without a place · 22% of the first choices, 88 first choices
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17 first choices without a place · 16% of the first choices, 109 first choices
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16 first choices without a place · 17% of the first choices, 93 first choices
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14 first choices without a place · 13% of the first choices, 106 first choices
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14 first choices without a place · 11% of the first choices, 130 first choices
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13 first choices without a place · 16% of the first choices, 82 first choices
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13 first choices without a place · 16% of the first choices, 82 first choices
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12 first choices without a place · 33% of the first choices, 36 first choices
Blue: first choices. Black: first choices with a place. The blue ring is the first choices without a place.
Grade 5: Gymnasien
Most first choices per place
School year 2026/27 · 67 schools with figures
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1.5 first choices per place · 168 first choices, 112 places
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1.4 first choices per place · 119 first choices, 84 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 167 first choices, 140 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 98 first choices, 84 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 163 first choices, 140 places
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Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium
1.1 first choices per place · 42 first choices, 38 places
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1.1 first choices per place · 213 first choices, 196 places
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1.1 first choices per place · 121 first choices, 112 places
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1.1 first choices per place · 151 first choices, 140 places
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1.1 first choices per place · 151 first choices, 140 places
Blue: first choices. Black: places. The more blue around the black, the more first choices per place.
Most first choices without a place
School year 2025/26 · 66 schools with figures
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35 first choices without a place · 20% of the first choices, 175 first choices
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31 first choices without a place · 18% of the first choices, 171 first choices
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13 first choices without a place · 7% of the first choices, 181 first choices
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12 first choices without a place · 7% of the first choices, 180 first choices
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12 first choices without a place · 6% of the first choices, 208 first choices
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10 first choices without a place · 8% of the first choices, 122 first choices
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9 first choices without a place · 7% of the first choices, 121 first choices
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9 first choices without a place · 6% of the first choices, 149 first choices
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8 first choices without a place · 5% of the first choices, 148 first choices
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8 first choices without a place · 5% of the first choices, 148 first choices
Blue: first choices. Black: first choices with a place. The blue ring is the first choices without a place.
Grade 5: Stadtteilschulen
Most first choices per place
School year 2026/27 · 60 schools with figures
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Stadtteilschule In den Reethen
1.3 first choices per place · 119 first choices, 92 places
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1.3 first choices per place · 89 first choices, 70 places
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1.3 first choices per place · 175 first choices, 138 places
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1.3 first choices per place · 173 first choices, 138 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 112 first choices, 92 places
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Stadtteilschule Fischbek-Falkenberg
1.2 first choices per place · 195 first choices, 161 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 194 first choices, 161 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 194 first choices, 162 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 172 first choices, 144 places
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1.2 first choices per place · 169 first choices, 143 places
Blue: first choices. Black: places. The more blue around the black, the more first choices per place.
Most first choices without a place
School year 2025/26 · 59 schools with figures
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83 first choices without a place · 43% of the first choices, 194 first choices
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65 first choices without a place · 36% of the first choices, 180 first choices
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59 first choices without a place · 31% of the first choices, 193 first choices
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54 first choices without a place · 21% of the first choices, 259 first choices
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50 first choices without a place · 24% of the first choices, 211 first choices
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46 first choices without a place · 25% of the first choices, 185 first choices
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Stadtteilschule Richard-Linde-Weg
42 first choices without a place · 21% of the first choices, 196 first choices
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29 first choices without a place · 17% of the first choices, 167 first choices
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Stadtteilschule In den Reethen
28 first choices without a place · 23% of the first choices, 124 first choices
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Grund- und Stadtteilschule Alter Teichweg
26 first choices without a place · 15% of the first choices, 174 first choices
Blue: first choices. Black: first choices with a place. The blue ring is the first choices without a place.
Good to know
- Grade 5, “per place”: 2026/27 compares the applications with the places the school authority published, before the allocation. “Without a place” only exists after the allocation, so that list shows the last completed year.
- A school higher up has more demand, not more or less quality. For your address it also matters how many children live closer to the school: the check on the home page shows that.
- Campus schools with a Gymnasium and a Stadtteilschule are left out: their figures are not split by branch. Private and closed schools are left out as well.