Schools and students: 2023 statistical bulletin
This bulletin was originally published 16 August 2024.
Summary
NSW government
Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolments | |
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Primary enrolments | 471,970 |
Secondary enrolments | 307,679.4 |
SSP enrolments | 6,198 |
Total enrolments | 785,847.4 |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students | |
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Total Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enrolments | 73,441.5 |
Percent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enrolments | 9.3% |
Part-time students | |
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Number of part-time students | 1,744 |
FTE enrolments | 1,157.4 |
Preschool students | |
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Number of preschool students | 4,245 |
FTE enrolments | 2,283.3 |
Students with language background other than English (LBOTE) | |
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LBOTE enrolments | 308,264 |
LBOTE enrolments as per cent of total enrolments | 38.7% |
Attendance rate Semester 1 (including support) | |
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Primary (Years 1-6) | 90.5% |
Secondary (Years 7-10) | 84.0% |
Years 1-10 | 88.2% |
Average primary class size | |
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Kindergarten to Year 6 | 23.3 |
HSC Year 12 | |
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HSC awards | 36,121 |
NSW government schools | |
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Primary and infants schools | 1,603 |
Central/community schools | 66 |
Secondary schools | 404 |
Schools for specific purposes (SSPs) | 117 |
Environmental education centres (EECs) | 22 |
Total government schools | 2,212 |
Preschools attached to primary/infants schools | 100 |
Separate preschools | 1 |
Total preschools | 101 |
NSW non-government
Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolments | |
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Primary enrolments | 223,682.7 |
Secondary enrolments | 238,925.8 |
Total enrolments | 462,608.5 |
NSW non-government schools | |
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Primary schools | 485 |
Secondary schools | 140 |
Primary/secondary schools | 278 |
Special schools | 68 |
Total non-government schools | 971 |
For more information
- To access data, visit the NSW Education Insights Hub.
- To read our other statistical publications.