Profile of Victorian government school students
3. Number (FTE) of students by sex in government schools, February
Male 271,859.0 276,175.1 277,491.6 278,370.3 278,333.8 278,111.9 Female 257,213.0 260,387.4 260,817.5 261,701.6 261,618.5 261,231.4 Primary 51.7 51.7 51.7 51.7 51.7 51.7 Percentage of male students Yrs 7–10 Yrs 11–12 All Students 51.7 47.6 51.4 51.9 48.2 51.5 51.8 48.7 51.5 52.0 48.4 51.5 52.0 48.1 51.5 51.6 52.1 48.1 Year 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
9.
VET in schools programs – certificate enrolments
Year 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Government schools 10,103 18,576 21,771 25,985 28,877 30,134 Non-government schools 4,773 8,497 9,804 11,976 13,352 15,433 Total certificate enrolments 14,876 27,073 31,575 37,961 42,229 45,567
Source: VCAA database. Excludes students whose home enrolment is a non-school setting. Students may
enrol in more than one VET certificate.
Summary Statistics for Victorian Schools
This brochure provides a ready reference for the latest statistics on school education as at March 2007.
Source: DoE February school census. Note that Yr 7–10 includes secondary ungraded students.
Retention and transition rates
10. Apparent retention rates1 by sex and sector, February (per cent)
Year 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Male Female Apparent retention Years 10–12 Govt Non-gov All schools 79.2 89.0 82.8 82.3 92.9 86.4 82.7 93.5 86.9 82.9 94.1 87.2 82.7 92.0 86.4 81.1 93.0 85.8 73.7 89.0 79.6 88.7 96.9 92.1 Apparent retention Years 7–12 Govt Non-gov All schools 76.5 89.2 81.2 80.7 92.9 85.3 85.8 81.2 93.4 81.3 94.2 86.2 85.1 80.3 92.7 78.8 93.0 84.4 70.5 88.1 77.2 87.9 97.7 91.8
4.
Number (FTE) of students with disabilities in government schools, August
In regular schools 8,262 11,998 12,351 13,964 8,824 9,419 In special schools 5,506 6,345 6,458 7,180 7,618 7,252 Total 13,768 18,353 18,809 21,144 16,442 16,671 % of total student cohort 2.62 3.43 3.49 3.93 3.00 3.10
Size of the Victorian school education system
1. Numbers of schools, students and teachers Government Catholic Independent All Schools
378 13 85 8 – 484 52 132 22 12 – 218 5,738.0 5,452.0 5,638.6 5,657.2 6,018.0 6,541.4 7,003.5 261.6 42,310.3 11,583.0 11,606.8 11,302.2 11,628.0 11,273.0 11,186.4 185.0 68,764.4 338.6 – 111,413.3 1,636 195 365 96 4 2,296 63,582.8 63,135.2 63,164.7 63,289.6 64,235.2 64,740.1 65,843.8 268.4 448,259.8 66,127.5 66,363.5 64,987.8 64,788.0 60,067.1 53,359.4 273.0 375,966.3 8,264.7 1,184.0 833,674.8
Year 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005* 2006*
Source: DoE August school census and DoE records. *Excludes students in the Language Support Program.
Number of schools by school type, February 2007 Primary 1,206 Primary–secondary 50 Secondary 258 Special 76 Language 4 Total 1,594
5.
Number (FTE) of Indigenous students in government schools and per cent of student cohort, August
Year 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Primary Number % 3,376.4 1.1 3,937.0 1.3 4,019.3 1.3 4,263.3 1.4 4,368.5 1.4 4,502.7 1.5 Years 7–10 Number % 1,387.1 0.9 1,573.6 1.0 1,651.4 1.1 1,836.1 1.2 1,983.1 1.3 2104.1 1.3 Years 11–12 Number % 277.8 0.5 326.9 0.5 348.0 0.5 387.7 0.6 432.9 0.7 446.7 0.7 Special Number % 70.9 1.3 117.6 1.9 125.9 1.9 138.5 2.0 151.9 2.1 157.0 2.0 Total Number 5,112.2 5,955.1 6,144.6 6,625.6 6,938.4 7,210.5 % 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3
Source: DoE February school census. Refer footnote1 under Table 16 for definition of apparent retention rate and explanation of differences between February and August figures.
11. Transition rates for government schools, February (per cent)
Year 9–10 Year 10–11 Year 11–12 1999–00 97.1 95.4 82.6 2001–02 97.2 95.5 86.8 2002–03 97.2 96.8 86.6 2003–04 97.1 98.1 85.6 2004–05 97.1 97.2 84.3 2005–06 97.6 98.1 83.4
Number of students (FTE) by year level, February 2006 Preparatory 43,632.8 14,212.0 Year 1 43,785.6 13,897.6 Year 2 43,615.0 13,911.1 Year 3 43,731.4 13,901.0 Year 4 44,060.6 14,156.6 Year 5 44,153.4 14,045.3 Year 6 44,591.1 14,249.2 Ungraded 6.6 0.2 Primary total 307,576.5 98,373.0 Year 7 39,199.9 15,344.6 Year 8 39,601.7 15,155.0 Year 9 39,097.2 14,588.4 Year 10 38,655.1 14,504.9 Year 11 35,808.1 12,986.0 Year 12 30,376.7 11,796.3 Ungraded 88.0 – Secondary total 222,826.7 84,375.2 Special 7,756.1 170.0 Language 1,184.0 – Total 539,343.3 182,918.2
Source: DoE February school census.
Source: DoE August school census. Note that Years 7–10 includes secondary ungraded students.
Size of classes
6. Number of students – language backgrounds other than English, August
Speak mainly English at home Yes No Total 63,205 68,981 132,186 64,287 69,988 134,275 64,129 71,337 135,466 63,090 72,733 135,823 61,596 74,945 136,541 61,166 76,799 137,965 Most common non-English languages spoken at home Vietnamese, Turkish, Arabic, Cantonese Vietnamese, Arabic, Cantonese, Turkish Vietnamese, Arabic, Cantonese, Turkish Vietnamese, Arabic, Cantonese, Turkish Vietnamese, Arabic, Cantonese, Turkish Vietnamese, Arabic, Cantonese, Turkish Year 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
12. Class sizes in government schools, February
1999 Primary classes Average class size – all classes Percent of all classes over 30 (%) Average class size – Prep Average class size – P–2 Percent of P–2 classes 21 or less (%) Average class size – Years 3–6 Secondary English classes Average class size – all classes Average class size – Year 12 25.4 4.6 23.2 24.3 17.4 26.2 22.7 21.0 2002 23.5 1.0 20.4 21.8 40.6 24.8 22.2 20.6 2003 22.9 0.5 19.7 21.0 52.7 24.3 22.0 20.2 2004 22.8 0.4 19.7 20.9 54.4 24.3 21.9 20.2 2005 22.6 0.3 19.6 20.8 55.6 24.0 21.9 19.9 2006 22.4 0.3 19.4 20.8 55.0 23.7 21.5 19.5
Source: DoE August school census.
Source: DoE February school census 2006. Figures on student FTE include all changes from the 2006 school audit process.
7.
Year
Provision of languages other than English – government schools, August
Primary LOTE Students % 272,696 88.7 269,996 86.0 267,827 85.5 271,192 86.7 265,989 85.5 248,873 80.6 Secondary LOTE Students % 115,015 54.2 108,048 50.5 115,109 53.3 121,445 56.0 117,655 53.9 114,498 52.1 Languages with highest Enrolments in VCE Unit 4 French, German, Japanese, Indonesian Japanese, Indonesian, French, German Chinese, French, Japanese, German Chinese, French, Japanese, Indonesian Chinese, French, Japanese, Indonesian Chinese, French, Japanese, Italian
Number of teaching staff (FTE) in schools on pay by school type, as at end of quarter December March June September December 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 18,787.2 18,894.8 18,913.8 18,890.3 18,811.8 Primary Secondary 16,972.8 17,244.4 17,266.2 17,121.9 17,048.4 Special/P–12/Lang/Other 3,673.9 3,830.2 3,974.6 3,974.4 3,997.1 Total 39,434.0 39,969.4 40,154.6 39,986.7 39,857.4
Source: DoE Quarterly Workforce Summary.
1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: DoE February school census. Comparable interstate data is not readily available as class size is not part of the National Schools Statistics Collection.
Projected growth in school enrolments
13. Projected growth in school-aged population, June
480,000 460,000 440,000 420,000 400,000 380,000 360,000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Source: DoE August LOTE Surveys.
2.
Historical trend in numbers of government schools and students, February
Year Number of Schools 1,635 1,625 1,615 1,618 1,617 1,606 Number of Students (FTE) Primary Secondary 216,367.4 216,858.8 218,740.7 220,271.7 221,618.3 222,826.7 Special 5,413.6 6,170.5 6,517.0 6,826.2 7,219.4 7,756.1 Language 1,073.0 844.0 917.0 1,010.0 1,142.0 1,184.0 Total 529,072.0 536,562.5 538,309.1 540,071.9 539,952.3 539,343.3
8.
Number of international students (OS) (fee paying) – government schools
At Start of Term 1 757 2,116 2,229 2,315 2,177 2,735 Main countries of origin China, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong On Study Tours 2,850 1,458 1,079 1,099 1,517 Not available
Projected school age population
Primary (Aged 5-11) Secondary (Aged 12-17)
306,218.0 312,689.2 312,134.4 311,964.0 309,972.6 307,576.5 Source: DoE February school census.
1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Year 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: DoE International Education database.
Source: ABS May 2006
ncluding some key indicators Apparent retention rates
14. Year 10–12 apparent retention rates1, August (per cent) Full-time students
August Government 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 All schools 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 Male Female NSW 64.7 68.1 68.6 68.5 68.2 70.0 72.7 73.2 73.2 73.0 68.2 78.0 Vic 73.5 77.3 77.2 77.0 75.8 78.7 82.9 83.0 82.2 82.1 76.2 88.0 Qld 73.2 76.4 75.0 72.7 72.2 78.3 81.5 80.8 79.3 78.3 74.1 82.6 SA 64.8 61.8 62.9 64.4 64.6 71.4 70.8 71.6 72.1 72.7 66.1 79.8 WA 67.8 64.8 66.7 66.3 66.0 71.5 70.6 72.4 72.2 71.4 66.1 77.0 Tas 67.5 76.4 76.5 67.2 64.4 68.9 76.4 76.3 67.8 65.0 56.9 73.3 NT 70.0 78.7 90.8 76.2 79.0 64.7 68.7 75.2 69.5 68.0 63.3 73.2 ACT 107.1 101.0 100.8 99.5 101.1 92.5 90.3 88.4 88.1 88.9 90.2 87.5 Australia 69.6 71.9 72.2 71.3 70.8 74.4 76.9 77.2 76.5 76.1 71.0 81.4
Year 12 completion rates
17. Percentage of Victorian young people successfully completing Year 12 or equivalent
1999 2001
Percent of young people (aged 19) who have successfully completed Year 12 or qualification at Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) 2 or above (a) Percent of 20–24 year-olds who have completed Year 12 or a qualification at AQF 2 or above (b) Victoria Australia 73.6 82.9 80.1 75.7 82.8 80.6
Student–teacher ratios
22. Student–teacher ratios in government schools, August
Government schools Primary 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 Secondary 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: ABS, Schools Australia.
2002 2003 2004
75.8 84.1 81.0 77.5 85.8 81.9 78.5 85.2 82.4
2005
77.7 85.0 82.7
Source: (a) VCAA VCE database & ABS population estimates (b) ABS, Education and Work, May 2003 Unpublished data. Movements between any two years of up to 2 percentage points could be due to sampling error.
NSW 17.7 17.3 17.0 16.7 16.2 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.4 12.4
Vic 17.2 16.2 16.2 16.1 15.9 12.6 12.1 12.1 12.0 11.9
Qld 16.0 15.5 15.4 15.5 15.5 12.7 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0
SA 16.9 15.9 16.2 16.1 15.7 12.4 12.9 12.5 12.5 12.5
WA 17.6 16.8 16.2 16.3 16.2 12.6 12.2 11.7 12.0 12.5
Tas 15.7 16.0 15.9 15.9 15.8 13.7 13.4 13.2 13.2 13.2
NT 13.8 13.9 13.5 13.6 13.3 11.6 11.6 11.0 11.6 11.2
ACT 17.1 15.1 14.2 13.8 13.8 12.3 11.9 11.8 11.8 11.9
Aust. 17.0 16.4 16.2 16.1 15.8 12.7 12.5 12.4 12.4 12.4
Number of schools
18. Number of schools by sector, August 2006
Sector NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia
Student achievement – literacy and numeracy benchmarks
23. Percent achieving benchmark 2005#
NSW Year 3 Reading Writing
93.3 +1.6% 93.6 +1.9% 95.4 +0.9% 89.7 +1.6% 94.3 +1.9% 91.7 +1.1% 88.1 +0.8% 92.1 +2.2% 75.8 +1.1%
15. Year 7–12 apparent retention rates1, August (per cent) Full-time students
August Government 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 All schools 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 Male Female NSW 61.2 65.0 65.8 65.8 65.1 67.6 70.5 71.1 71.1 70.5 65.3 75.9 Vic 69.8 74.9 74.4 74.0 72.6 76.2 81.4 81.1 80.6 79.9 72.9 87.2 Qld 71.8 76.1 75.3 73.0 71.6 77.5 81.5 81.2 79.9 78.5 73.7 83.6 SA 58.1 56.8 58.0 61.7 61.9 67.0 67.1 68.0 70.7 71.5 64.6 78.8 WA 66.5 64.8 65.9 65.4 65.1 71.5 71.2 72.6 72.5 71.8 66.2 77.6 Tas 65.7 74.5 70.7 65.5 63.2 66.7 74.9 76.4 67.1 64.8 56.4 73.3 NT 60.0 69.0 72.0 70.5 72.3 52.9 56.3 59.0 59.1 58.4 57.3 59.5 ACT 110.0 101.0 100.5 99.6 103.2 92.5 89.7 88.5 87.5 88.7 89.3 88.2 Australia 66.4 69.6 69.8 69.4 68.5 72.3 75.4 75.7 75.3 74.7 69.0 80.6
Government Non-government Total
2,187 912 3,099
1,605 694 2,299
1,278 461 1,739
604 201 805
771 296 1,067
211 67 278
151 35 186
95 44 139
6,902 2,710 9,612
Vic
91.7 +1.9% 97.5 +0.1% 95.5 +0.6% 88.7 +1.8% 97.4 +0.1% 95.4 +0.7% 95.1 +0.5% 94.7 +0.5% 86.9 +0.6%
Qld
93.7 +1.2% 89.3 +2.6% 92.7 +1.4% 79.7 +2.4% 92.0 +1.5% 88.1 +1.9% 88.1 +1.1% 95.0 +0.6% 83.2 +0.6%
SA
91.1 +1.6% 91.8 +2.7% 92.6 +0.9% 89.0 +1.2% 92.1 +1.4% 90.1 +1.3% 93.8 +0.6% 87.7 +2.9% 85.7 +1.2%
WA
93.6 +1.7% 86.8 +1.6% 90.2 +2.0% 91.6 +1.5% 86.8 +1.7% 85.9 +1.8% 85.6 +0.8% 87.7 +1.6% 84.3 +0.8%
Tas
94.9 +1.5% 91.9 1.4% 91.2 +2.0% 92.8 +1.1% 90.1 +1.4% 89.1 +1.5% 88.3 +0.9% 83.6 +2.2% 80.5 +1.2%
NT
70.4 +2.7% 73.5 +2.6% 86.2 +2.5% 73.1 +2.0% 72.4 +2.3% 69.6 +2.4% 71.6 +1.9% 72.6 +2.0% 64.8 +2.0%
ACT
96.3 +0.8% 94.0 +1.4% 94.6 +1.2% 94.9 +0.8% 92.6 +2.3% 93.2 +1.2% 93.5 +0.8% 92.1 +2.7% 88.1 +1.2%
Aus
92.7 +1.6% 92.8 +1.6% 94.1 +1.1% 87.5
+1.8%
Source: ABS, Schools Australia.
Number of students
19. Government and non-government full-time enrolments, August
Sector NSW Vic 1999 Govt 763,169 524,849 N-govt 326,423 269,705 Total 1,089,592 794,554 2003 Govt 749,880 535,350 N-govt 357,456 283,753 Total 1,107,336 819,103 2004 Govt 744,229 536,216 N-govt 362,820 286,084 Total 1,107,049 822,300 2005 Govt 740,439 536,635 N-govt 367,247 289,312 Total 1,107,686 825,947 2006 Govt 739,307 536,117 N-govt 369,640 293,718 Total 1,108,947 829,835 Source: ABS, Schools Australia. Qld SA WA 227,232 89,377 316,609 230,308 103,742 334,050 229,766 106,300 336,066 228,817 109,483 338,300 230,293 112,349 342,642 Tas 62,954 20,859 83,813 61,157 21,219 82,376 60,685 21,577 82,262 60,605 21,899 82,504 60,007 22,447 82,454 NT 28,487 8,280 36,767 28,467 8,536 37,003 28,335 8,695 37,030 28,554 8,819 37,373 28,506 9,074 37,580 ACT 38,804 21,704 60,508 36,595 23,571 60,166 35,821 23,959 59,780 35,359 24,291 59,650 35,076 24,460 59,536 Australia 2,247,674 978,976 3,226,650 2,254,632 1,063,988 3,318,620 2,249,724 1,082,240 3,331,964 2,246,087 1,102,052 3,348,139 2,248,229 1,119,807 3,368,036 425,876 176,303 168,708 73,920 594,584 250,223 445,025 167,850 184,746 80,965 629,771 248,815 448,806 165,866 190,149 82,656 638,955 248,522 450,964 164,714 196,290 84,711 647,254 249,425 455,075 163,848 202,041 86,078 657,116 249,926
Numeracy Year 5 Reading Writing Numeracy Year 7 Reading Writing Numeracy
93.3
+1.3%
90.8
+1.3%
89.8
+0.8%
92.2
+1.5%
Source: Tables 11 & 13 ABS, Schools Australia. 1ABS Year 10–12/7–12 apparent retention rates refer to Year 12 enrolment of students in full-time school education expressed as a proportion of Year 10/7 enrolments two/five years earlier. DoE calculates its retention rate on an FTE basis. Note that apparent retention rates calculated for February are higher than for August as a number of Year 12 students leave during the year.
81.8
+0.9%
# Most recent data are for 2005. Shaded cells = ‘at or above the national average’. NB: National benchmark data are subject to significant measurement error. Care should be taken when making comparisons between states.
Participation rates
16. Participation rates – all schools, August (per cent of population)
Age Year 15 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 16 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 17 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 18 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 19 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 NSW 93.2 92.6 92.6 93.8 93.1 79.7 79.5 79.4 79.0 80.2 66.7 66.3 67.6 67.6 67.5 15.1 14.9 14.9 14.8 14.9 1.6 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.6 Vic 95.9 95.8 95.7 97.7 97.0 87.8 88.8 89.1 89.3 91.4 76.8 76.9 78.5 78.0 78.9 17.2 20.6 21.3 21.4 22.7 1.8 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.1 Qld 91.3 91.5 90.8 91.5 91.8 81.2 82.5 81.4 80.4 81.5 51.8 50.6 50.1 48.9 47.7 6.9 6.1 5.9 5.4 4.9 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 SA 93.7 95.7 96.1 97.2 97.1 83.5 83.9 85.4 86.1 87.0 59.7 60.1 61.4 64.0 65.1 8.7 9.6 9.5 9.8 10.8 1.5 2.3 2.6 2.2 2.3 WA 92.1 91.5 92.0 93.2 95.1 76.1 76.7 77.2 77.9 80.7 41.3 40.7 41.1 41.9 40.8 5.5 4.1 4.5 3.9 3.6 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 Tas 99.8 98.6 98.4 99.7 98.8 79.2 84.5 86.4 84.2 85.9 63.4 62.4 64.2 63.0 62.6 15.0 15.1 15.5 22.1 24.8 3.1 3.3 2.6 2.2 2.6 NT 82.3 79.2 82.0 85.4 80.0 64.9 67.0 66.8 69.3 71.5 39.5 46.8 46.7 44.9 47.7 10.3 10.4 14.1 11.6 10.4 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.5 3.1 ACT 102.5 106.7 107.3 109.9 110.4 99.5 102.4 103.7 104.2 105.8 92.9 91.8 92.0 93.1 93.9 29.6 23.3 22.2 25.3 24.9 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.2 Aust. 93.6 93.5 93.4 94.7 94.5 82.0 82.7 82.8 82.6 84.1 63.2 62.7 63.6 63.5 63.4 12.8 13.1 13.3 13.3 13.7 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.6
24. Victorian data – student groups (2005)
Year 3 90.0 +2.3% 93.7 +1.6% 83.6 +5.1% 93.3 +2.2% Reading Year 5 86.4 +2.0% 91.2 +1.6% 73.7 +5.5% 89.3 +2.1 % Year 7 93.8 +0.6% 96.5 +0.4% 85.0 +3.3% 94.3 +0.8% Year 3 97.1 +0.1% 98.2 +0.0% 98.6 +0.4% 99.5 +0.1% Writing Year 5 96.7 +0.1% 98.4 +0.1% 95.8 +1.6% 99.0 +0.1% Year 7 92.1 +0.8% 97.4 +0.3% 83.9 +3.6% 95.7 +0.6% Year 3 95.1 +0.6% 96.1 +0.6% 91.8 +3.0% 97.3 +0.7% Numeracy Year 5 Year 7 94.8 86.6 +0.7% +0.6% 96.1 +0.7% 89.5 +3.3% 96.3 +0.9% 87.3 +0.8% 66.5 +4.5% 85.9 +0.9%
Male 2005 Female 2005
20. Full-time students in government sector, August (per cent)
Year NSW Vic 70.0 66.1 1999 67.7 65.4 2003 67.2 65.2 2004 2005 66.8 65.0 66.7 64.6 2006 Change in -0.1 -0.4 proportion 2005–2006 Source: ABS, Schools Australia Qld 71.6 70.7 70.2 69.7 69.3 -0.4 SA 70.5 67.5 66.7 66.0 65.6 -0.4 WA 71.8 68.9 68.4 67.6 67.2 -0.4 Tas 75.1 74.2 73.8 73.5 72.8 -0.7 NT 77.5 76.9 76.5 76.4 75.9 -0.5 ACT 64.1 60.8 59.9 59.3 58.9 -0.4 Australia 69.7 67.9 67.5 67.1 66.8 -0.3
Indigenous 2005 LBOTE 2005
Shaded cells indicate ‘at or above national average’ for sub-group. NB: Measurement error as above.
25. Useful Websites and on-line resources
Report on government Services: http://www.pc.gov.au/gsp/reports/rogs/2006/index.html National Report on Schooling in Australia www.mceetya.edu.au Schools Australia http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/4221.02006?OpenDocument EMIS data – Access Statistical Tables via ‘Start’ menu.
Staffing details
21. Number of teachers (FTE) in government sector, August
Year NSW Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT Australia Vic 50,108. 35,157.0 29,164.0 11,952.0 14,866.0 4,351.0 2,221.0 2,665.0 150,484.0 1999 50,106. 37,665.0 30,719.0 11,638.0 15,579.0 4,240.0 2,203.0 2,724.0 154,872.0 2003 0 50,215. 37,783.0 31,191.0 11,542.0 16,129.0 4,252.0 2,286.0 2,757.0 156,156.0 2004 0 50,704. 38,141.0 31,221.0 11,473.0 15,826.0 4,201.0 2,244.0 2,754.0 156,564.0 2005 0 51,384. 38,608.2 31,609.3 11,630.1 15,732.5 2006 4,185.2 2,309.1 2,735.2 158,194.2 5 Source: ABS, Schools Australia. Note: the ABS has specific definitions for counting teachers and excludes teachers not in schools or ancillary education establishments, those on more than four weeks leave and casual relief teachers. The above teacher data are used in national calculations of student–teacher ratios.
Source: ABS, Schools Australia. Note: the ABS revised the listed 2001 and 2002 age participation rate data to take into account age population estimates that became available following the 2001 national population census.