Oberschrot was a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.

Before that, the name meant an area in the parish of Rechthalten that consisted of four Schrote or village sections.

Of the rest of the land, 0.41 km2 (0.16 sq mi) or 7.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.4% is either rivers or lakes.

It consists of the hamlets of Ried, Sahli, Gansmatt, Uf der Egg and Plötscha along with scattered farm .

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Or a Semi Lion rampant issuant Azure and Gules a Fleur-de-lys Argent.

[6] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (966 or 96.0%) as their first language, French is the second most common (23 or 2.3%) and English is the third (7 or 0.7%).

[6] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][10] The entire village of Plaffeien, which is shared between Oberschrot and Plaffeien, is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites[11] In the 2011 federal election, the most popular party was the SVP which received 25.6% of the vote.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 36, of which 29 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 15 or 21.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 10.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4 or 5.8% were in education and 38 or 55.1% were in health care.

[6] From the 2000 census[update], 861 or 85.6% were Roman Catholic, while 63 or 6.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

The upper Secondary school is divided into gymnasium (university preparatory) and vocational programs.

After they finish the upper Secondary program, students may choose to attend a Tertiary school or continue their apprenticeship.