During the 2010-2011 school year there were a total of 48 students in the Niedergesteln school system. The education system in the Canton of Valais allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten. During the school year 2011/12, there was one kindergarten class (KG1 and KG2) and 13 kindergarten students. The canton's school system requires students to attend six years of primary school. In Niedergesteln there were a total of 3 classes and 33 students in the primary school. The secondary school program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling (orientation classes), followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools or vocational training. All the lower secondary students from Niedergesteln attend their school in a neighboring municipality Raron.