| Region | Number of primary schools | School location | |||
| Rural | Semi-Urban | Urban | |||
| Adamawa | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | |
| Centre | 65 | 26 | 14 | 25 | |
| East | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | |
| Far North | 50 | 20 | 11 | 19 | |
| Littoral | 43 | 17 | 9 | 17 | |
| North | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | |
| North West | 49 | 19 | 11 | 18 | |
| West | 47 | 19 | 10 | 18 | |
| South | 29 | 12 | 7 | 11 | |
| South West | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | |
| Total | 378 | 151 | 83 | 144 | |