The master dataset contains comprehensive information for all government schools in NSW. Data items include school locations, latitude and longitude coordinates, school type, student enrolment numbers, electorate information, contact details and more.

This dataset is publicly available through the Data NSW website, and is used to support the School Finder tool.

Data Notes:

• Data relating to healthy canteen is no longer up to date as it is no longer updated by the Department, this data can be sourced through NSW health.

• Student enrolment numbers are based on the census of government school students undertaken on the first Friday of August; and LBOTE numbers are based on data collected in March.

• School information, such as addresses and contact details, are updated regularly as required, and are the most current source of information.

• Data is suppressed for indigenous and LBOTE percentages where student numbers are equal to, or less than five indicated by "np".

• NSSC out of scope schools will not have an enrolment figure.

• NSSC and LBOTE figures are updated annually in December.

• ICSEA values are updated every February with the previous year's ICSEA values. Small schools, SSPs and Senior Secondary schools do not have their ICSEA values published by ACARA.

• Family Occupation and Educational Index (FOEI) is a school-level index of educational disadvantage. Data is extracted in May and values are updated annually in December.

• Following the introduction of part-time study in secondary schools in 1993, student enrolments are generally reported in full-time equivalent units (FTE). The FTE for students studying less than 10 units, the minimum workload, is determined by the formula: 0.1 x the number of units studied and represented as a proportion of the full-time enrolment of 1.0 FTE.

Data Source:

• Education Statistics and Measurement. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Data Notes:

• Data tables from 2016 onwards report school size by number of students. The previous “school classification” is no longer applicable.

• Primary schools enrol students in Kindergarten to Year 6.

• Secondary schools generally enrol students in Years 7 to 12, although some secondary schools only enrol students in the senior years, i.e. Years 11 to 12 or the junior years, i.e. Years 7 to 10 (NSW School of Languages, Aurora College and Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Education are included in the ‘Other’ category under Secondary Schools. These schools do not have census enrolments.) .

• Central/community schools have primary and secondary departments and may be established where there is an enrolment in secondary classes of 20 or more. Enrolments in primary departments and secondary departments are included with the appropriate student data.

• Schools for specific purposes (SSPs) are for students with specific needs. Most SSPs have permanent enrolments and include schools for students with intellectual (mild, moderate and severe) and physical disabilities, visual or hearing impairment, behaviour disorders or emotional disturbance, and students in juvenile justice centres. Some SSPs have no permanent enrolments because the children temporarily attending them are enrolled and counted in their own schools. These are mainly hospital schools.

Data Source:

• Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

The master dataset contains comprehensive information for all government schools in NSW as of 24 January 2019. Data items include school locations, latitude and longitude coordinates, school type, student enrolment numbers, electorate information, contact details and more. For more information visit the NSW Education Data Hub. Please Note:

AURIN has spatially enabled the original data.

Student enrolment numbers are based on the census of government school students undertaken on the first Friday of August.

School information, such as addresses and contact details, are updated regularly as required, and are the most current source of information.

Data is suppressed for indigenous and language backgrounds other than English (LBOTE) percentages where student numbers are equal to, or less than five.

National Schools Collection (NSSC) out of scope schools will not have an enrolment figure.

NSSC and LBOTE figures are updated annually in December.

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) values are updated every April with the previous year's ICSEA values. The master dataset is currently displaying 2016 figures. Small schools, Schools for Specific Purposes (SSPs) and Senior Secondary schools do not have their ICSEA values published by The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

Following the introduction of part-time study in secondary schools in 1993, student enrolments are generally reported in full-time equivalent units (FTE). The FTE for students studying less than 10 units, the minimum workload, is determined by the formula: 0.1 x the number of units studied and represented as a proportion of the full-time enrolment of 1.0 FTE.

Norfolk Island Central School (NICS) is not a NSW government school. NICS is operated by the Australian government. The NSW Department of Education provides school education services under an agreement with the Australian government.

Source: Statistics and Analysis Unit. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Data Notes:\r \r * Primary schools enrol students in Kindergarten to Year 6.\r \r * Secondary schools generally enrol students in Years 7 to 12, although some secondary schools only enrol students in the senior years, that is, Years 11 to 12 or the junior years, that is, Years 7 to 10.\r \r * Central/community schools have primary and secondary departments and may be established where there is an enrolment in secondary classes of 20 or more.\r \r * 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.\r \r * Norfolk Island Central School was included in NSW data for the first time in 2016. It has not been designated an SA4 group, so is only included in the NSW total.\r \r * Schools for specific purposes (SSPs) are for students with specific needs. \r \r * Environmental Education Centres (EECs) provide environmental education for students, but do not have full time enrolments. \r \r * Since 2014, the department has used a geographical structure based on the new ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Groups of ASGS Statistical Area 4 (SA4) boundaries in NSW have been combined into 11 groups for reporting and publication of department data. Previous publications compared enrolments in DEC regions. \r \r Data Source:\r \r * Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin . Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.\r

Data Notes:

• Primary schools enrol students in Kindergarten to Year 6.

• Secondary schools generally enrol students in Years 7 to 12, although some secondary schools only enrol students in the senior years, that is, Years 11 to 12 or the junior years, that is, Years 7 to 10.

• Central/community schools have primary and secondary departments and may be established where there is an enrolment in secondary classes of 20 or more.

• 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.

• Norfolk Island Central School was included in NSW data for the first time in 2016. It has not been designated an SA4 group, so is only included in the NSW total.

• Schools for specific purposes (SSPs) are for students with specific needs.

• Environmental Education Centres (EECs) provide environmental education for students, but do not have full time enrolments.

• Since 2014, the department has used a geographical structure based on the new ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Groups of ASGS Statistical Area 4 (SA4) boundaries in NSW have been combined into 11 groups for reporting and publication of department data. Previous publications compared enrolments in DEC regions.

Data Source:

• Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

The attendance rate is defined as the number of actual full-time equivalent student days attended by full-time school students in Years 1–10 as a percentage of the total number of possible …Show full descriptionThe attendance rate is defined as the number of actual full-time equivalent student days attended by full-time school students in Years 1–10 as a percentage of the total number of possible student-days attended. Data Notes: Attendance data for NSW government schools only. The attendance rate is calculated as (1 minus absences divided by enrolled days) multiplied by 100. This data includes the student attendance rate for semester 1, semester 2 and the full year. * Students were learning from home for extended periods during Semester 2 2021 due to COVID-19. As a result, attendance rates for Semester 2 and full year are not reliable and have not been published. * 2020 data is not provided because students were encouraged to learn from home for several weeks in Semester 1. * For more detail on how attendance data for 2020 and 2021 were affected by COVID-19, please refer to CESE factsheets: ‘Effects of COVID-19 on attendance during Semester 1 2020’ and ‘2021 Semester 1 student attendance'. All students in Years 1 to 10 in NSW government schools are regarded as full-time. Kindergarten, Year 11, Year 12 students have been excluded in the attendance rates. Ungraded (support) student attendance rates are included as a separate row and excluded from Primary and Secondary totals. Ungraded students in NSW government schools are classified as either primary or secondary according to their level of education. Distance education and Schools for Special Purposes’ attendance data is not currently collected. Bushfires affected many schools' attendance in Term 4 2019 and should be taken into account when comparing Semester 2 data to other years. Prior to 2018 absences equalled ‘all full day absences for the period in question’. From 2020, students in mainstream support classes are reported by their underlying grade of enrolment. Students in schools for specific purposes (SSPs) are included as 'ungraded'. In 2021 attendance figures were calculated differently to align with the third edition of ACARA’s National Standards for Student Attendance Data and Reporting. As a result, data is not directly comparable to previous years. The Department implemented an automated attendance feed (AAF) system in Semester 1 2021. The AAF has significantly improved data quality in 2021, which has affected data comparability with previous years. ** Note** In 2018, NSW government schools implemented the national standards for student attendance data reporting. This resulted in a fall in attendance rates for most schools due to the inclusion of partial absences and accounting for student mobility in the calculation. Data for 2018 is not directly comparable with earlier years. Source: Education Statistics and Measurement. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

The full-time apparent retention rate (ARR) measures the proportion of a cohort of full-time students that moves from one grade to the next, based on an expected rate of progression of one grade per year. It does not track individual students through their final years of secondary schooling.

Data Notes:

• The ARR is the ratio of the total number of full-time school students in a designated year (e.g. Year 12 in 2020) divided by the total number of full-time students in a previous year (e.g. Year 7 in 2015). This would be the Year 7 to 12 apparent retention rate in 2020.

• From 2020, students in mainstream support classes (previously excluded from this data) are reported by their underlying grade of enrolment. As a result, data from 2020 onwards is not directly comparable to previous years. A separate column in the CSV files has been provided to show the 2020 retention rates with both previous and revised counting rules. 2021 retention rates use the revised counting rules.

• Support students at Schools for specific purposes (SSPs) do not have a designated grade and therefore are not counted in the calculation of ARRs. Support students in mainstream schools have been included in the calculations from 2020 (see above).

• Reporting on ARRs based on small numbers of students can lead to unreliable ARR estimates. The tables combine ABS SA4 areas to ensure the underlying number of students is sufficiently large to generate reliable estimates.

• Only full-time students are counted in the calculation of full-time apparent retention. Part-time students are excluded.

• Students enrolled in distance education classes are included with their appropriate grade levels. Sydney-Inner includes enrolments from Sydney Distance Education High School.

• ARRs can exceed 100 per cent due to factors including student migration from interstate and overseas and between school sectors.

• Norfolk Island Central School is not included in the Apparent Retention Rate factsheet, but from 2018 to 2021 was included under NSW Government data in the ABS Schools Australia publication. This can lead to a slight difference in reported figures between Schools Australia and this dataset.

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students are identified based on responses to the school enrolment form. This information may change throughout an individual’s schooling.

• Reporting by non-binary gender is not possible due to system limitations.

Data Source:

• Apparent Retention Rate Factsheet. Education Statistics and Measurement, Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Data Notes:

• Includes secondary schools and central/community schools.

• Secondary schools generally enrol students in Years 7 to 12, although some secondary schools only enrol students in the senior years, i.e. Years 11 to 12 or the junior years, i.e. Years 7 to 10.

• The Conservatorium High School is included with performing arts schools.

• Aurora College (NSW Virtual Selective High School) is included with fully selective schools.

• The number of schools is recorded mid-year.

• Intensive English only covers standalone Intensive English schools and does not include schools with an attached Intensive English Centre.

Data Source:

• Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

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Data Notes:

• Primary schools enrol students in Kindergarten to Year 6.

• Secondary schools generally enrol students in Years 7 to 12, although some secondary schools only enrol students in the senior years, i.e. Years 11 to 12 or the junior years, i.e. Years 7 to 10.

• Central/community schools have primary and secondary departments and may be established where there is an enrolment in secondary classes of 20 or more. Enrolments in primary departments and secondary departments are included with the appropriate student data.

• Schools for specific purposes (SSPs) are for students with specific needs. Most SSPs have permanent enrolments and include schools for students with intellectual (mild, moderate and severe) and physical disabilities, visual or hearing impairment, behaviour disorders or emotional disturbance, and students in juvenile justice centres. Some SSPs have no permanent enrolments because the children temporarily attending them are enrolled and counted in their own schools. These are mainly hospital schools.

Data Source:

• Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Data Notes:

• Data is collected mid-year (census date: first Friday in August) from NSW government schools as per National Schools Statistics Collection (NSSC).

• From 2020, students in mainstream support classes are reported by their underlying grade of enrolment. Previously, students in support classes in mainstream schools were not included.

• Students in schools for specific purposes (SSPs) are not included.

• Students in distance education and Intensive English Centres are included with their appropriate grade levels.

• OC classes are not included in secondary students. IEC students are included.

• In most scholastic years there are a small number of students in atypical age groups. For students under 18 years, these have been included in the nearest band. This is indicated with an asterisk. As a result, the sum of each row may not equal the totals reported. See relevant tables in Statistical Bulletin for more details.

Data Source:

• Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Data Notes: Data is collected mid-year from government schools. Data excludes support students. Students in Years 11 or 12 can enrol to study as a part-time or full-time student. For the annual …Show full descriptionData Notes: Data is collected mid-year from government schools. Data excludes support students. Students in Years 11 or 12 can enrol to study as a part-time or full-time student. For the annual census, a part-time student is enrolled in less than 10 units, regardless of where those units are studied. All Kindergarten to Year 10 students are considered to be full-time. Student enrolments are generally reported in full-time equivalent units (FTE). The FTE for students studying less than 10 units, the minimum workload, is determined by the formula: 0.1 x the number of units studied and represented as a proportion of the full-time enrolment of 1.0 FTE. In most scholastic years there are a small number of students in atypical age groups. For students under 18 years, these have been included in the nearest band. This is indicated with an asterisk. As a result, the sum of each row may not equal the totals reported. Mature-age students’ data (18 years old and above) is not anonymised. Data Source: Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Data Notes:\r \r * The data only includes students learning a language on average for more than 1 hour per week for 35 or more weeks a year.\r \r * Includes students studying a language through the Secondary College of Languages (formerly Saturday School of Community Languages).\r \r * In 2021, the Language Participation Collection for Years 7-9 students was moved from August to May.\r \r * Programs in Languages other than English for Years K-6 and the Language Participation for Years 7-9 data collections were not conducted in 2022, in line with the department’s commitment to “clear the decks” for schools in Term 2 2022.\r \r Data Source:\r \r * Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin . Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.\r \r

Data Notes: Includes secondary schools and central/community schools. Secondary schools generally enrol students in Years 7 to 12, although some secondary schools only enrol students in the senior …Show full descriptionData Notes: Includes secondary schools and central/community schools. Secondary schools generally enrol students in Years 7 to 12, although some secondary schools only enrol students in the senior years, i.e. Years 11 to 12 or the junior years, i.e. Years 7 to 10. The Conservatorium High School is included with performing arts schools. Aurora College (NSW Virtual Selective High School) is included with fully selective schools. The number of schools is recorded mid-year. Data Source: Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

This dataset shows the attendance rates for all NSW government schools in Semester One by alphabetical order.

Data Notes:

• The attendance rate is defined as the number of actual full-time equivalent student days attended by full-time students in Years 1–10 in Semester One as a percentage of the total number of possible student-days attended in semester one. Figures are aligned with the National Report on Schooling and the MySchool website.

• In NSW government schools, attendance is calculated as (1 minus absences divided by enrolled days) multiplied by 100.

• Data is suppressed "sp" for schools where student numbers are below the reporting threshold.

• Data is not available "na" for senior secondary schools or other schools where no students were enrolled in Years 1-10.

• Blank cells indicate no students were enrolled at the school that census year or the school was out of scope for attendance reporting.

Data Source:

• Statistics Unit. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Data Notes:

• NSW public schools have defined local enrolment areas, meaning that every child is entitled to enrol in a particular school based on his or her residential address. Every public school reserves enough places within their school for students in their local enrolment area.

• Disclaimer: Due to the evolving nature of school information and local enrolment areas, no responsibility can be taken by the NSW Department of Education, or any of its associated departments, if information is relied upon. For example, but not limited to, real estate purchases or rentals where the school intake zone data is used as a reference source.

• School catchments areas can change for multiple reasons. These include schools opening and closing, and changes in population demographics, for example.

• It is recommended that this dataset be used in conjunction with the Master Dataset to ensure a comprehensive understanding of all government school information.

• School catchment data is updated nightly and accessible through the School Finder tool.

Data Source:

• Asset Management Directorate. NSW Department of Education.

Since 1993 some students have enrolled part-time . All enrolments are reported in full-time equivalent units (FTEs) and include full-time and part-time students.

Data Notes:

• Distance Education refers to enrolments in Distance Education Centres. It is separate to home learning arrangements made necessary by extraordinary circumstances such as pandemics.

• Distance education centres (DECs) provide schooling for students who are isolated or whose special circumstances prevent them from attending a regular school. They operate either as separate schools or as units within regular primary, central and high schools. Students enrolled in DECs are counted in their corresponding years of schooling.

• In conjunction with the NSW School of Languages (formerly Open High School), DECs also provide individual subject enrolment, widening study opportunities for secondary students. These students are enrolled and counted at their home schools.

• Enrolments (FTE) in distance education are recorded mid-year.

• All enrolments are reported in full-time equivalent units (FTE), and include full-time and part-time students whose main school is the distance education centre.

• The FTE for students studying less than 10 units, the minimum workload, is determined by the formula: 0.1 x the number of units studied and represented as a proportion of the full-time enrolment of 1.0 FTE.

Data Source:

• Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

This dataset includes educational facilities grouped into: PrePrimary Childcare Centre, Kindergarten, Primary School, PreSchool, Secondary Secondary College, Secondary School, High School, Tertiary Tertiary InstitutionOther Academy, Special Needs School, Primary and Secondary School, Community Education Centre, Technical CollegeEducational buildings have ONLY been loaded for QLD, NSW, VIC and TAS due to licensing limitations with other states.

Data Notes:

• Data is collected mid-year (census date: first Friday in August) from NSW government schools as per National Schools Statistics Collection (NSSC).

• Data excludes support students.

• Students in Years 11 or 12 can enrol to study as a part-time or full-time student. For the annual census, a part-time student is enrolled in less than 10 units, regardless of where those units are studied. All Kindergarten to Year 10 students are considered to be full-time.

• Student enrolments are generally reported in full-time equivalent units (FTE). The FTE for students studying less than 10 units, the minimum workload, is determined by the formula: 0.1 x the number of units studied and represented as a proportion of the full-time enrolment of 1.0 FTE.

• In most scholastic years there are a small number of students in atypical age groups. For students under 18 years, these have been included in the nearest band. This is indicated with an asterisk. As a result, the sum of each row may not equal the totals reported. Mature-age students’ data (18 years old and above) is not anonymised.

Data Source:

• Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

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