4221.0 - Schools, Australia, 2007

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9 FULL-TIME STUDENTS, By category of school and level and year of school education

			NON-GOVERNMENT
		Government	Catholic	Independent	Total	All schools
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
MALES

Primary
	Pre-year 1	90 055	25 059	12 642	37 701	127 756
	Year 1	95 688	26 638	13 785	40 423	136 111
	Year 2	97 151	26 355	13 345	39 700	136 851
	Year 3	96 501	26 383	13 434	39 817	136 318
	Year 4	96 371	26 110	13 871	39 981	136 352
	Year 5	91 844	25 510	14 759	40 269	132 113
	Year 6	96 963	26 258	15 516	41 774	138 737
	Year 7(a)	52 240	19 730	13 118	32 848	85 088
	Ungraded	10 431	175	773	948	11 379
	Total	714 549	191 556	105 489	297 045	1 011 594
Secondary
	Year 7(a)	39 545	9 068	7 364	16 432	55 977
	Year 8	87 944	30 210	22 973	53 183	141 127
	Year 9	88 183	29 589	22 919	52 508	140 691
	Year 10	85 471	28 763	22 593	51 356	136 827
	Year 11	71 887	24 256	21 787	46 043	117 930
	Year 12	54 040	21 317	18 658	39 975	94 015
	Ungraded	12 096	273	867	1 140	13 236
	Total	451 861	154 138	122 915	277 053	728 914
All full-time male students		1 166 410	345 694	228 404	574 098	1 740 508
FEMALES

Primary
	Pre-year 1	82 814	24 269	12 320	36 589	119 403
	Year 1	90 197	26 038	13 400	39 438	129 635
	Year 2	91 507	26 166	13 295	39 461	130 968
	Year 3	90 900	25 586	13 741	39 327	130 227
	Year 4	91 198	25 451	13 647	39 098	130 296
	Year 5	86 878	24 775	14 385	39 160	126 038
	Year 6	91 546	25 686	15 348	41 034	132 580
	Year 7(a)	37 133	8 728	7 427	16 155	53 288
	Ungraded	4 835	100	339	439	5 274
	Total	667 008	186 799	103 902	290 701	957 709
Secondary
	Year 7(a)	48 722	19 556	13 071	32 627	81 349
	Year 8	81 427	30 232	22 942	53 174	134 601
	Year 9	82 679	29 604	22 841	52 445	135 124
	Year 10	80 334	28 763	23 369	52 132	132 466
	Year 11	74 221	26 236	22 360	48 596	122 817
	Year 12	60 505	23 865	19 831	43 696	104 201
	Ungraded	7 071	161	516	677	7 748
	Total	434 959	158 417	124 930	283 347	718 306
All female full-time students		1 101 967	345 216	228 832	574 048	1 676 015
PERSONS

Primary
	Pre-year 1	172 869	49 328	24 962	74 290	247 159
	Year 1	185 885	52 676	27 185	79 861	265 746
	Year 2	188 658	52 521	26 640	79 161	267 819
	Year 3	187 401	51 969	27 175	79 144	266 545
	Year 4	187 569	51 561	27 518	79 079	266 648
	Year 5	178 722	50 285	29 144	79 429	258 151
	Year 6	188 509	51 944	30 864	82 808	271 317
	Year 7(a)	76 678	17 796	14 791	32 587	109 265
	Ungraded	15 266	275	1 112	1 387	16 653
	Total	1 381 557	378 355	209 391	587 746	1 969 303
Secondary
	Year 7(a)	100 962	39 286	26 189	65 475	166 437
	Year 8	169 371	60 442	45 915	106 357	275 728
	Year 9	170 862	59 193	45 760	104 953	275 815
	Year 10	165 805	57 526	45 962	103 488	269 293
	Year 11	146 108	50 492	44 147	94 639	240 747
	Year 12	114 545	45 182	38 489	83 671	198 216
	Ungraded	19 167	434	1 383	1 817	20 984
	Total	886 820	312 555	247 845	560 400	1 447 220
All full-time students		2 268 377	690 910	457 236	1 148 146	3 416 523

(a) Year 7 is the last year of primary school in Qld, SA, WA and NT, and the first year of secondary in NSW, Vic., Tas. and ACT.

10 FULL-TIME STUDENTS, Indigenous and non-Indigenous by age and level and year of school education

		AGE AT 1 JULY
		12 years and under	13 years	14 years	15 years	16 years	17 years	18 years	19 years and over(a)	All students
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
INDIGENOUS STUDENTS

Total primary(b)		94 472	671	16	3	7	3	-	-	95 172
Secondary
	Year 7(c)	3 353	1 462	54	-	-	-	-	-	4 869
	Year 8	2 246	7 612	2 015	93	-	-	4	-	11 970
	Year 9	4	2 155	7 379	1 842	79	6	-	-	11 465
	Year 10	-	4	2 116	6 259	1 604	92	8	7	10 090
	Year 11	-	-	11	1 504	4 332	1 099	135	82	7 163
	Year 12	-	-	-	5	894	2 655	610	147	4 311
	Ungraded	319	418	435	365	290	204	85	25	2 141
	Total secondary(b)	5 922	11 651	12 010	10 068	7 199	4 056	842	261	52 009
All Indigenous full-time students		100 394	12 322	12 026	10 071	7 206	4 059	842	261	147 181
NON-INDIGENOUS STUDENTS

Total primary(b)		1 867 498	6 560	70	3	-	-	-	-	1 874 131
Secondary
	Year 7(c)	114 070	46 499	961	38	-	-	-	-	161 568
	Year 8	33 857	177 597	51 058	1 154	76	6	-	10	263 758
	Year 9	93	33 909	177 980	50 727	1 422	150	53	16	264 350
	Year 10	-	87	33 653	173 650	48 546	2 593	433	241	259 203
	Year 11	-	7	179	30 515	153 789	43 093	4 141	1 860	233 584
	Year 12	3	-	4	98	26 660	130 522	32 438	4 180	193 905
	Ungraded	1 940	2 901	3 398	3 148	2 773	2 560	1 356	767	18 843
	Total secondary(b)	149 963	261 000	267 233	259 330	233 266	178 924	38 421	7 074	1 395 211
All non-Indigenous full-time students		2 017 461	267 560	267 303	259 333	233 266	178 924	38 421	7 074	3 269 342

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Includes a small number of students with 'age unspecified'.
(b) See the Appendix for structure of primary and secondary schooling in each state and territory.
(c) Excludes Qld, SA, WA and NT.

11 INDIGENOUS FULL-TIME STUDENTS, By state and territory

	NSW	Vic.	Qld(a)	SA	WA(b)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
MALES

1997	13 914	2 364	13 081	2 888	7 954	2 002	6 390	374	48 967
2002	18 352	3 217	17 055	3 506	10 068	2 468	6 708	540	61 914
2005	20 480	3 748	19 294	3 911	10 868	2 643	7 264	576	68 784
2006	21 216	3 989	20 190	3 968	11 526	2 619	7 540	591	71 639
2007	22 003	4 206	22 108	4 225	11 502	2 633	7 866	610	75 153
FEMALES

1997	13 459	2 381	12 775	2 941	7 706	1 983	6 214	381	47 840
2002	17 809	3 268	16 446	3 548	9 390	2 351	6 416	505	59 733
2005	19 647	3 929	18 674	3 903	10 105	2 546	6 983	526	66 313
2006	20 233	4 121	19 593	4 018	10 593	2 558	7 090	536	68 742
2007	20 965	4 303	21 233	4 173	10 851	2 495	7 452	556	72 028
PERSONS

1997	27 373	4 745	25 856	5 829	15 660	3 985	12 604	755	96 807
2002	36 161	6 485	33 501	7 054	19 458	4 819	13 124	1 045	121 647
2005	40 127	7 677	37 968	7 814	20 973	5 189	14 247	1 102	135 097
2006	41 449	8 110	39 783	7 986	22 119	5 177	14 630	1 127	140 381
2007	42 968	8 509	43 341	8 398	22 353	5 128	15 318	1 166	147 181

(a) Qld has introduced a Pre-year 1 grade in 2007 following a successful trial from 2003-2006. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 9, for further details.
(b) Data for WA has been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.

12 INDIGENOUS FULL-TIME STUDENTS(a), By level and year of school education

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Primary
	Pre-year 1	6 570	6 656	7 606	8 428	8 899	9 176	9 310	11 710
	Year 1	11 133	11 360	11 702	10 856	11 977	12 366	12 862	12 798
	Year 2	10 999	11 036	11 604	11 545	11 013	11 993	12 508	12 925
	Year 3	10 857	11 042	11 192	11 590	11 700	11 221	12 166	12 618
	Year 4	10 406	10 871	11 181	11 255	11 882	11 956	11 421	12 467
	Year 5	10 207	10 409	10 968	11 371	11 493	12 085	12 239	11 581
	Year 6	9 555	10 266	10 467	11 085	11 502	11 583	12 232	12 404
	Year 7(b)	5 613	5 887	6 304	6 425	6 877	6 973	7 100	7 481
	Ungraded	1 348	1 416	1 426	1 523	1 219	1 239	1 174	1 188
	Total	76 688	78 943	82 450	84 078	86 562	88 592	91 012	95 172
Secondary
	Year 7(b)	3 409	3 628	3 912	4 058	4 243	4 610	4 618	4 869
	Year 8	8 130	8 689	9 457	10 022	10 360	11 209	11 799	11 970
	Year 9	7 452	7 814	8 474	8 994	9 774	10 191	10 966	11 465
	Year 10	6 419	6 681	6 999	7 559	7 976	8 881	9 382	10 090
	Year 11	3 932	4 339	4 598	4 973	5 297	5 792	6 809	7 163
	Year 12	2 542	2 620	2 941	3 053	3 220	3 427	3 728	4 311
	Ungraded	2 955	2 751	2 816	3 155	3 051	2 395	2 067	2 141
	Total	34 839	36 522	39 197	41 814	43 921	46 505	49 369	52 009
	All Indigenous full-time students	111 527	115 465	121 647	125 892	130 483	135 097	140 381	147 181

(a) Qld has introduced a Pre-year 1 grade in 2007 after a successful trial from 2003-2006. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 9, for further details.
(b) Year 7 is the last year of primary school in Qld, SA, WA and NT, and the first year of secondary in NSW, Vic., Tas. and ACT.

13 PART-TIME SECONDARY STUDENTS, By year of school education

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA(a)	Tas.	NT	ACT(b)	Australia
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Year 10
	1997	24	128	1 794	73	102	7	47	np	2 175
	2002	44	224	861	85	32	19	55	np	1 320
	2005	-	197	825	116	9	7	73	3	1 230
	2006	10	169	859	86	54	43	75	-	1 296
	2007	11	89	718	91	75	11	114	4	1 113
Year 11
	1997	904	824	628	2 270	168	1 874	216	np	6 884
	2002	1 021	1 198	1 025	2 327	254	444	366	np	6 635
	2005	1 072	1 118	1 259	2 113	316	335	538	3	6 754
	2006	1 190	1 161	1 094	2 347	414	336	540	4	7 086
	2007	1 056	1 121	961	2 520	337	331	333	-	6 659
Year 12
	1997	1 475	1 154	2 906	2 611	1 139	944	233	-	10 462
	2002	1 599	1 555	1 760	3 328	1 064	2 264	243	13	11 826
	2005	1 470	1 496	1 274	2 917	271	1 524	151	58	9 161
	2006	1 374	1 396	1 267	2 858	384	1 384	177	12	8 852
	2007	1 336	1 169	1 162	2 827	287	1 272	142	19	8 214
Years 7/8 to 12(c)
	1997	2 462	2 307	6 961	6 344	4 458	2 839	665	4	26 040
	2002	2 900	3 446	4 136	7 458	4 891	2 835	1 068	27	26 761
	2005	2 593	3 046	3 914	6 856	2 839	1 877	1 096	80	22 301
	2006	2 644	2 958	3 734	7 082	2 502	1 774	1 122	38	21 854
	2007	2 483	2 515	3 345	7 245	2 324	1 627	811	39	20 389

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) Data for WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.
(b) Prior to 2004, part-time students in Years 10 and 11 in the ACT are not shown separately, and are not included in the respective Australian totals. However, they are included in the ACT and Australian totals for Year 7/8 to 12.
(c) Secondary students as defined in the Appendix. Includes ungraded part-time secondary students.

14 NUMBER OF TEACHING STAFF(a)

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
MALES

1997	24 706	18 890	13 165	6 392	7 640	2 160	803	1 172	74 928
2002	24 979	19 441	14 936	6 404	8 134	2 079	806	1 256	78 035
2005	25 588	20 202	15 366	6 396	8 291	2 069	853	1 316	80 081
2006	25 474	20 699	15 599	6 356	8 176	2 083	859	1 310	80 556
2007	25 539	21 133	15 798	6 362	8 364	2 077	848	1 313	81 434
FEMALES

1997	52 196	37 886	26 295	11 815	14 784	4 467	2 081	3 017	152 541
2002	58 389	43 979	33 938	12 509	18 016	4 597	2 314	3 283	177 025
2005	58 306	46 677	37 834	13 054	19 674	4 699	2 336	3 441	186 021
2006	59 153	47 998	38 979	13 498	19 322	4 811	2 346	3 475	189 582
2007	60 182	49 209	41 066	13 693	20 549	4 850	2 414	3 425	195 388
PERSONS

1997	76 902	56 776	39 460	18 207	22 424	6 627	2 884	4 189	227 469
2002	83 368	63 420	48 874	18 913	26 150	6 676	3 120	4 539	255 060
2005	83 894	66 879	53 200	19 450	27 965	6 768	3 189	4 757	266 102
2006	84 627	68 697	54 578	19 854	27 498	6 894	3 205	4 785	270 138
2007	85 721	70 342	56 864	20 055	28 913	6 927	3 262	4 738	276 822

(a) For a definition of teaching staff, see Glossary.

15 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS(a), By level and year of school education

		NSW	Vic.	Qld(b)	SA	WA(c)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.

Primary
	Pre-year 1	87 696	63 935	33 998	21 542	26 997	6 092	3 478	4 213	247 951
	Year 1	87 497	63 515	55 331	18 175	27 191	6 339	3 373	4 347	265 767
	Year 2	87 591	63 707	56 078	18 854	27 498	6 505	3 246	4 373	267 851
	Year 3	86 631	63 769	55 296	18 797	28 147	6 385	3 124	4 436	266 583
	Year 4	86 637	64 231	55 612	18 699	27 395	6 336	3 315	4 450	266 674
	Year 5	87 240	65 130	55 683	19 098	16 841	6 679	3 025	4 489	258 185
	Year 6	87 400	65 633	56 465	19 429	28 048	6 672	3 152	4 539	271 338
	PYear 7(d)	. .	. .	57 776	19 853	28 637	. .	3 018	. .	109 283
	PUngraded	7 805	3 912	2 733	2 712	84	12	123	22	17 404
	PTotal	618 496	453 833	428 970	157 158	210 839	45 019	25 853	30 869	1 971 037
Secondary
	SYear 7(d)	88 037	66 510	. .	. .	. .	6 923	. .	4 976	166 446
	Year 8	87 717	66 748	58 355	19 497	29 042	6 749	2 946	4 809	275 862
	Year 9	87 608	66 875	58 045	19 767	29 124	6 951	2 745	4 906	276 021
	Year 10	84 552	64 224	57 916	19 921	29 072	6 702	2 543	4 846	269 774
	Year 11	71 514	61 993	51 347	19 901	26 056	5 440	2 370	4 926	243 547
	Year 12	61 713	50 530	43 295	15 836	20 285	5 021	1 599	4 160	202 438
	SUngraded	10 820	4 686	2 093	2 714	1 016	7	554	-	21 890
	STotal	491 961	381 566	271 050	97 636	134 594	37 793	12 757	28 622	1 455 979
All full-time equivalent students		1 110 458	835 399	700 020	254 793	345 432	82 812	38 610	59 492	3 427 016

. . not applicable
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Number of full-time students plus full-time equivalent of part-time students. Frefer to 'student' in the Glossary for more details.
(b) Qld had introduced a pre-year 1 grade in 2007 following a successful trial from 2003-2006. See Explanatory notes, paragraph 9, for further details
(c) Data for WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.
(d) Year 7 is the last year of primary school in Qld, SA, WA and NT, and the first year of secondary school in NSW, Vic., Tas. and ACT.

16 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS(a), By category of school and level and year of school education

		Government	Catholic	Independent	Total	All schools
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
MALES

Primary
	Pre-year 1	90 203	25 091	12 941	38 032	128 234
	Year 1	95 693	26 646	13 785	40 431	136 124
	Year 2	97 160	26 368	13 346	39 714	136 874
	Year 3	96 514	26 402	13 435	39 837	136 352
	Year 4	96 377	26 119	13 872	39 991	136 368
	Year 5	91 858	25 521	14 760	40 281	132 139
	Year 6	96 973	26 264	15 516	41 780	138 754
	Year 7(b)	39 555	9 068	7 364	16 432	55 987
	Ungraded	10 908	179	818	998	11 905
	Total	715 242	191 657	105 838	297 495	1 012 737
Secondary
	Year 7(b)	52 243	19 732	13 118	32 850	85 093
	Year 8	88 016	30 210	22 976	53 186	141 202
	Year 9	88 268	29 591	22 923	52 514	140 782
	Year 10	85 706	28 767	22 607	51 374	137 080
	Year 11	72 941	24 285	21 864	46 149	119 090
	Year 12	55 590	21 380	18 767	40 147	95 737
	Ungraded	12 371	275	915	1 191	13 561
	Total	455 134	154 241	123 170	277 410	732 544
All male students FTE		1 170 376	345 898	229 008	574 905	1 745 281
FEMALES

Primary
	Pre-year 1	82 880	24 276	12 560	36 836	119 716
	Year 1	90 202	26 040	13 402	39 442	129 643
	Year 2	91 512	26 170	13 295	39 465	130 977
	Year 3	90 901	25 588	13 743	39 331	130 232
	Year 4	91 203	25 455	13 649	39 103	130 306
	Year 5	86 880	24 779	14 386	39 165	126 045
	Year 6	91 548	25 688	15 348	41 036	132 584
	Year 7(b)	37 141	8 728	7 427	16 155	53 296
	Ungraded	5 045	102	352	454	5 499
	Total	667 312	186 826	104 161	290 987	958 299
Secondary
	Year 7(b)	48 727	19 556	13 071	32 627	81 354
	Year 8	81 487	30 232	22 942	53 174	134 661
	Year 9	82 785	29 609	22 846	52 455	135 240
	Year 10	80 547	28 766	23 382	52 148	132 694
	Year 11	75 813	26 247	22 397	48 644	124 457
	Year 12	62 766	23 948	19 988	43 936	106 702
	Ungraded	7 624	161	544	705	8 329
	Total	439 747	158 519	125 170	283 688	723 436
All female students FTE		1 107 060	345 344	229 331	574 675	1 681 735
PERSONS

Primary
	Pre-year 1	173 083	49 367	25 501	74 868	247 951
	Year 1	185 895	52 686	27 187	79 873	265 767
	Year 2	188 672	52 538	26 641	79 179	267 851
	Year 3	187 415	51 990	27 178	79 168	266 583
	Year 4	187 580	51 573	27 521	79 094	266 674
	Year 5	178 739	50 300	29 146	79 446	258 185
	Year 6	188 522	51 952	30 864	82 816	271 338
	Year 7(b)	76 696	17 796	14 791	32 587	109 283
	Ungraded	15 952	282	1 170	1 452	17 404
	Total	1 382 554	378 483	209 999	588 482	1 971 037
Secondary
	Year 7(b)	100 969	39 288	26 189	65 477	166 446
	Year 8	169 503	60 442	45 918	106 360	275 862
	Year 9	171 052	59 201	45 769	104 969	276 021
	Year 10	166 252	57 533	45 989	103 522	269 774
	Year 11	148 754	50 532	44 261	94 792	243 547
	Year 12	118 356	45 328	38 755	84 083	202 438
	Ungraded	19 994	436	1 459	1 896	21 890
	Total	894 881	312 759	248 339	561 098	1 455 979
All students FTE		2 277 435	691 242	458 339	1 149 581	3 427 016

(a) Number of full-time students plus full-time equivalent of part-time students. Refer to 'student' in the Glossary for further details.
(b) Year 7 is the last year of primary school in Qld, SA, WA and NT, and the first year of secondary school in NSW, Vic., Tas. and ACT.