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In 2002, of the 214 government schools in Tasmania, 45.8% (98 schools) were in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region and 27.1% (58 schools) were located in each of the Northern Region and the Mersey-Lyell Region.

In the Mersey-Lyell Region, 69.0% (40) of the government schools in the region were primary schools, as were 66.3% (65) in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region and 62.1% (36) in the Northern Region.

Of the 9 special schools recorded, 8 were government schools and 3 were located in Launceston local government area.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, Tasmanian local government areas - 2002
		Primary	Secondary	Primary & secondary combined	Special	Total
Local government area		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Greater Hobart-Southern
	Brighton	5	1	-	-	6
	Central Highlands	-	-	2	-	2
	Clarence	13	5	1	-	19
	Derwent Valley	5	1	1	-	7
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	3	-	1	-	4
	Glenorchy	12	4	-	2	18
	Hobart	12	4	-	-	16
	Huon Valley	4	1	2	-	7
	Kingborough	6	2	2	-	10
	Sorell	2	-	1	-	3
	Southern Midlands	3	-	2	-	5
	Tasman	-	-	1	-	1
	Total	65	18	13	2	98
Northern
	Break O'Day	1	-	2	-	3
	Dorset	4	1	1	-	6
	Flinders	1	-	1	-	2
	George Town	1	-	1	-	2
	Launceston	16	6	1	3	26
	Meander Valley	6	1	-	1	8
	Northern Midlands	4	-	2	-	6
	West Tamar	3	2	-	-	5
	Total	36	10	8	4	58
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	9	3	-	1	13
	Central Coast	7	2	-	-	9
	Circular Head	5	1	-	-	6
	Devonport	6	3	-	1	10
	Kentish	2	-	1	-	3
	King Island	-	-	1	-	1
	Latrobe	4	1	-	-	5
	Waratah/Wynyard	5	1	1	-	7
	West Coast	2	-	2	-	4
	Total	40	11	5	2	58
Tasmania		141	39	26	8	214
- nil or rounded to zero Source: Department of Education.