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