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In 2002, schools in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region had the largest number of full-time students in Tasmania, with 49.2% (40,495) of all full-time enrolments. Schools in the Northern Region followed with 28.0% (23,053) of the state's full-time students, while schools in the Mersey-Lyell Region had 22.8% (18,802) of the state's full-time students.

Schools in the Launceston local government area (LGA) had the highest number of students with 13,868 (16.8%), followed by Hobart with 12,196 (14.8%) full-time students. Schools in Flinders and Central Highlands LGAs had the least students, with 133 and 179 full-time enrolments respectively.

TOTAL FULL-TIME SCHOOL STUDENTS, Tasmanian local government areas - 2002(a)
		Primary	Secondary	Total
Local government area		no.	no.	no.
Greater Hobart-Southern
	Brighton	1,549	382	1,931
	Central Highlands	126	53	179
	Clarence	4,640	3,374	8,014
	Derwent Valley	1,063	410	1,473
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	339	83	422
	Glenorchy	3,677	3,587	7,264
	Hobart	4,910	7,286	12,196
	Huon Valley	1,471	716	2,187
	Kingborough	2,749	1,692	4,441
	Sorell	983	321	1,304
	Southern Midlands	570	230	800
	Tasman	168	116	284
	Total	22,245	18,250	40,495
Northern
	Break O'Day	548	353	901
	Dorset	792	427	1,219
	Flinders	83	50	133
	George Town	660	349	1,009
	Launceston	7,160	6,708	13,868
	Meander Valley	1,207	299	1,506
	Northern Midlands	1,095	169	1,264
	West Tamar	1,824	1,329	3,153
	Total	13,369	9,684	23,053
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	2,013	2,332	4,345
	Central Coast	2,169	1,134	3,303
	Circular Head	873	457	1,330
	Devonport	2,478	2,417	4,895
	Kentish	451	211	662
	King Island	160	88	248
	Latrobe	789	431	1,220
	Waratah/Wynyard	1,478	455	1,933
	West Coast	615	251	866
	Total	11,026	7,806	18,802
Tasmania		46,640	35,710	82,350
(a) Includes head campus information only. Subsidiary campuses are not included. Source: Department of Education (government schools data); Department of Education, Science and Training (non-government schools data).