Education is free from 1st class to University level in the District. There are about 991 Primary, 197 Middle, 98 high/higher secondary schools  and two colleges in the District. The educational facilities have been spread even in hilly and backward area/pockets of the District. At present the District Udhampur is having one Primary School for every 44 children whereas the pupil school ratio for the state is one for 76 children.

The total number of school going children is 1,11,430 out of which 46,307 are the female students. The total number of teachers is about 4416 including 1415 females teachers. The table below shows the salient features of the education department in the district Udhampur: