Day 1 2023: a snapshot
Explore the diversity and scale of our public education system, by the numbers.


Our students
- 806,238 students in our classrooms (including students in department-operated preschools and schools for specific purposes)
- 64,872 students starting kindergarten
- 483,750 students entering primary school and preschool
- 53,987 students starting Year 7
- 322,487 students entering high school
*Enrolments as at 12 December 2022.


Where can our primary and secondary students be found?
- 0.5% of our students are in remote areas
- 24% of our students are in regional areas
- 75.5% of our students are in metropolitan areas
- Nearly a quarter of children under 5 years live in regional or remote NSW


Our students also have varied cultural backgrounds
- 9% of our students are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 38% have a language background other than English


Our schools
- 2,215 public schools in NSW
School staff
- 96,158 teachers and staff dedicated to students in 2023




Supporting students with specific learning needs
- 1,974 specialist learning and support teacher positions
- More than 4,050 specialist support classes** (mainstream and schools for specific purposes (SSP))
- $300m allocated for integration funding support for 15,400 students in 2022
- 86% of students with specific learning needs learning in mainstream classes*
- 11% of students with specific learning needs learning in support classes*
- 3% of students identifying as living with a disability learning in schools for specific purposes (SSPs)*
- 23% students identifying as living with a disability*
*Approximate figures
**As at 21 December 2022




Technology
- $33.8m investment in devices and digital techology for rural and remote schools
- $27.m computer equipment rollout
- 2,221 schools with faster internet upgrades since Term 1, 2022
- 982 schools with new or upgraded learning displays
- 2,922 STEM.T4L technology kits of robotics, 3D printing, filming, VR and AR
- 850,419 students with access to Adobe, Microsoft & Google software with free, filtered internet and unlimited secure cloud storage
- 19,882 new student desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets and chromebooks
- 1,198 schools with upgraded network connectivity
- 979 schools receiving professional learning through the Digital Classroom Officer program*
- 1,003 Rural Access Gap schools benefiting from improvements in digital tools
*Received support in 2021-22




Early childhood education
- More than 5,920 early childhood education services
- 151,000 children attending out of school care (ages 5-12)*
- 23,000 children attending Department of Education, community or mobile preschool (ages 3-5)*
- 61,000 children attending day care or centre-based day care (ages 0-5)*
- 24% year-before-school population attending Department of Education, community or mobile preschool*
- 62% year-before-school population attending long day care or centre based day care*
*Approximate figures


Skills
- 2,574 School Based Apprentices and Trainees (SBATs) approved in 2022
- 22,261 Apprenticeships approved in 2022 (excluding SBATs)
- 38,668 Traineeships approved in 2022 (excluding SBATs)
- 206,270 Smart and Skilled commencements in 2022 (full and part qualifications)


School Infrastructure NSW
New and upgraded schools
- 14 new and upgraded schools supporting almost 10,000 students
- 345 new classrooms
- 10 new halls
- 11 new libraries
- 9 new covered outdoor learning areas