Over 13,800 pupils (as of February 2019) attend general or vocational schools in Salzgitter.
As part of the municipal school authority, the municipal school administration looks after a total of
14 elementary school, 1 primary and lower secondary school, 1 primary and special school, 4 lower secondary schools, 5 intermediate secondary schools, 3 grammar schools, 2 special schools, 1 integrated comprehensive school and 2 vocational schools.