Vilna Educational District

Vilna Educational District (Russian: Виленский учебный округ) was one of the educational districts of the Russian Empire that existed in 1803–1832 and 1850–1918. Its seat was Vilna (Vilnius). From 1864 to 1918, it encompassed the territory of six governorates in the Northwestern Krai.

In 1855, the district plus Mogilev and Vitebsk Governorates had 27 district schools, 178 parish schools, and 10 other schools. The emancipation reform of 1861 necessitated establishment of new schools to educate the masses of emancipated serfs and the Uprising of 1863 turned the schools into a tool for Russification policies aimed at lessening Catholic and Polish influences. The schools used the Russian language exclusively (except for religious education at primary schools which was allowed to be in the child's native language) and teachers were adherents of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Some of the Russification policies were relaxed after the Russian Revolution of 1905.

The government focused on primary education, establishing numerous new primary schools. However, despite growing demand, the number of gymnasiums (secondary schools) remained stagnant until the Revolution of 1905. In 1915, the district had 11,976 schools with 685,526 students, including 9,636 primary schools with 575,272 students.