 In Alto Malcantone about 78.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule").In Alto Malcantone there were a total of 182 students ().The Ticino education system provides up to three years of non-mandatory kindergarten and in Alto Malcantone there were children in kindergarten.