Schools and Students: 2020 Statistical Bulletin
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NSW Department of Education Schools and students: 2020 statistical bulletin Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation May 2021 2020 statistical bulletin summary NSW government Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolments Average primary class size Primary enrolments 492,280.0 Kindergarten to Year 6 23.8 Secondary enrolments 312,016.8 HSC Year 12 SSP enrolments 5,780.0 HSC awards 36,910 Total enrolments 810,076.8 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students NSW government schools Total Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander enrolments 65,960.4 Primary and infants schools 1,607 Percent Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander enrolments 8.2% Central/community schools 68 Part-time students Secondary schools 401 Schools for specific purposes (SSPs) 116 Number of part-time students 1,756.0 Environmental education centres (EECs) 23 FTE enrolments 1,127.8 Total government schools 2,215 Preschool students Number of preschool students 4,271 Preschools attached to primary/infants schools 100 FTE enrolments 2,257.7 Separate preschools 1 Total preschools 101 Students with language background other than English (LBOTE) LBOTE enrolments 302,099 LBOTE enrolments as per cent of total enrolments 36.9% NSW non-government Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolments NSW non-government schools Primary enrolments 211,195.1 Primary schools 494 Secondary enrolments 219,960.1 Secondary schools 140 Total enrolments 431,155.2 Primary/secondary schools 254 Special schools 62 Total non-government schools 950 Data sources The 2020 statistical bulletin reports NSW government • the K-6 languages programs: includes languages schools data from: programs (in school hours) collection undertaken in • the census of students undertaken on Friday, May 2020 7 August 2020 • the Years 7-9 language participation collection • the census of students of language background other undertaken in August and September 2020 than English, undertaken on Friday 6 March 2020 • Enrolment Registration Number (ERN) extract for • the K-6 class size audit undertaken on Friday, the Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) in 13 March 2020 April 2020. The bulletin also includes non-government schools data which were collected by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training on Friday, 7 August 2020. Further reference Additional information about schools and students in NSW is available from the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation’s (CESE) other statistical publications. Visit our website to download the publications: www.cese.nsw.gov.au/publications. Additional information is also available from the NSW Education Data Hub: https://data.cese.nsw.gov.au. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation 2 Table of contents List of tables Schools Table 1 NSW government schools by size, 2010-2020 5 Table 2 NSW government schools by type and SA4 groupings, mid-year 2020 7 Table 3 NSW government schools by FOEI bands and SA4 groupings, mid-year 2020 8 Table 4 NSW government schools by ABS remoteness and SA4 groupings, mid-year 2020 9 Table 5 List of college arrangements, mid-year 2020 10 Table 6 Secondary education schools by selective, specialist and coeducational status, mid-year 2020 11 Classes Table 7 Average primary class sizes by year, 1997 and 2010-2020 12 Students Table 8 Enrolments (FTE) in NSW government schools, 1970, 1980, 1990, 1996-2020 13 Table 9 Age-grade distribution of students in NSW government schools, mid-year 2020, primary students by age and year of schooling (including students in mainstream support classes) 15 Table 10 Age-grade distribution of students in NSW government schools, mid-year 2020, secondary students by age and year of schooling (including students in mainstream support classes) 16 Table 11 Age-grade distribution of students in NSW government schools, mid-year 2020, part-time secondary students by age and year of schooling 18 Table 12 Enrolments in support classes and schools for specific purposes (SSPs) by category, mid-year 2020 19 Table 13 Age-grade distribution of students in NSW government schools, mid-year 2020, students in schools for specific purposes (SSPs) by age and category 21 Table 14 Age distribution of students in NSW government preschools and early intervention programs, mid-year 2020 22 Table 15 Enrolments (FTE) in distance education by year of schooling, mid-year 2020 23 Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation 3 Table of contents Table 16 Enrolments (FTE) of Aboriginal students by ABS Statistical Area Level 4 groupings and grade group in NSW government schools, mid-year 2020 24 Table 17 Enrolment of students of language background other than English (LBOTE) in NSW government schools, March 2020 by SA4 groupings and grade groups 25 Table 18 Enrolments (FTE) in NSW government schools by FOEI quarters and SA4 groupings, April 2020 26 Study patterns Table 19 Primary students in NSW government schools studying a language other than English by year of schooling and language, May 2020 27 Table 20 Language participation Year 7-9 by gender and year of schooling, August 2020 29 Table 21 Board Developed Course enrolments in Year 10 subjects in NSW government schools, 2020 31 Table 22 Course enrolments in Year 11 and Year 12 subjects in NSW government schools, 2020 36 Progress measures Table 23 Apparent retention (%) in NSW government schools, 2010-2020 42 Table 24 NSW government school HSC completions, 2016-2020 44 List of figures Figure 1 NSW government schools, 2010-2020 6 Figure 2 Primary and secondary enrolments (FTE) in NSW government schools, 2010-2020 14 Figure 3 Enrolments (FTE) in NSW government schools by year of schooling and gender, mid-year 2020 17 Figure 4 Enrolments (FTE) in NSW government schools by age and gender, mid-year 2020 17 Figure 5 Enrolments in support classes in mainstream schools and SSPs by category, mid-year 2020 20 Figure 6 Apparent retention (%) in NSW government schools, 2010-2020 43 Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation 4 2020 statistical bulletin Schools Table 1 NSW government schools by size, 2010-2020 Classification 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Primary and infants schools More than 700 enrolments 62 66 70 85 95 97 106 118 120 116 117 451 to 700 enrolments 253 259 260 263 260 263 269 267 273 281 286 301 to 450 enrolments 303 299 292 285 298 307 308 309 304 317 312 160 to 300 enrolments 381 381 380 378 361 350 335 334 336 324 322 26 to 159 enrolments 453 441 453 424 412 411 407 397 388 377 370 Less than 26 enrolments 177 184 167 182 191 178 183 182 183 190 200 Total 1,629 1,630 1,622 1,617 1,617 1,606 1,608 1,606 1,604 1,605 1,607 Central and community schools More than 900 enrolments 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 701 to 900 enrolments 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 451 to 700 enrolments 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 301 to 450 enrolments 6 8 7 6 8 7 8 8 7 9 8 160 to 300 enrolments 19 17 20 20 20 20 17 18 20 17 20 Less than 160 enrolments 34 34 32 32 31 31 33 32 31 34 32 Total 67 67 67 67 67 66 66 66 66 68 68 Secondary schools More than 900 enrolments 129 129 130 123 127 127 124 125 126 129 136 900 or less enrolments 268 268 267 274 270 272 275 274 273 268 263 Other 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 Total 398 398 398 398 398 401 401 401 401 399 401 Other schools Schools for specific purposes 113 113 113 113 114 113 112 113 113 115 116 Environmental education centres 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 Total schools 2,230 2,231 2,223 2,218 2,219 2,209 2,210 2,209 2,207 2,210 2,215 Notes: • This table shows schools by size (number of students) rather than ‘classification’ as in previous publications, as school classification is no longer applicable. • NSW School of Languages and Aurora College are included in ‘Other’ category under Secondary schools. These schools do not have full-time enrolments. • Refer to explanatory notes 1, 2 and 3. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation 5 2020 statistical bulletin Figure 1 NSW government schools, 2010-2020 Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation 6 2020 statistical bulletin Table 2 NSW government schools by type and SA4 groupings, mid-year 2020 Primary/ Central/ SA4 Groupings infants community Secondary SSPs EECs Total Sydney-North 100 1 34 12 2 149 Sydney-Inner 90 1 29 10 1 131 Sydney-South 117 1 38 15 2 173 Sydney-South West 115 39 13 3 170 Sydney-West 115 36 17 168 Sydney-North West 111 28 5 3 147 Sydney total 648 3 204 72 11 938 North East NSW 214 8 39 4 2 267 North West NSW 215 28 43 8 3 297 South West NSW 204 22 40 11 2 279 South East NSW 184 4 39 8 2 237 Central Coast, Newcastle 142 2 36 13 3 196 Regional total 959 65 197 44 12 1,277 NSW 1,607 68 401 116 23 2,215 Notes: • Alexandria Park Community School, Batlow Technology School, Dubbo School of Distance Education, Evans River Community School, Hunter School of Performing Arts, Lucas Heights Community School and Wadalba Community School are included with central/ community schools. • Refer to explanatory notes 1, 2, 3 and 16. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation 7 2020 statistical bulletin Table 3 NSW government schools by FOEI bands and SA4 groupings, mid-year 2020 Less 150 or SA4 Groupings than 50 50 to 90 90 to 110 110 to 150 more N/A Total ≥ 110 (%) Sydney-North 125 14 4 0 2 4 149 1.3% Sydney-Inner 90 28 7 3 2 3 133 3.8% Sydney-South 39 65 28 24 15 2 173 22.5% Sydney-South West 3 21 33 60 50 3 170 64.7% Sydney-West 38 33 23 36 37 1 168 43.5% Sydney-North West 29 47 22 37 9 3 147 31.3% Sydney total 324 208 117 160 115 16 940 29.3% North East NSW 13 50 42 122 38 2 267 59.9% North West NSW 5 33 37 130 89 3 297 73.7% South West NSW 3 34 58 125 57 2 279 65.2% South East NSW 24 54 55 80 22 2 237 43.0% Central Coast, Newcastle 24 54 24 77 14 3 196 46.4% Regional total 69 225 216 534 220 12 1,276 59.1% NSW 393 433 333 694 335 28 2,216 46.4% Notes: The list of schools with FOEI values and quarters: • Includes: All hospital schools (all assigned a notional FOEI of 100) Stewart House School (assigned a notional FOEI of 150) Royal Far West School (assigned a notional FOEI of 150) • Excludes: Palm Avenue School NSW School of Languages All Environmental Education Centres Aurora College • Refer to explanatory notes 15 and 16.