1304.5 - Stats Talk WA (Newsletter), May 2004

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Contents 2002 General Social Survey, Western Australia View from the Top ABS Shopfronts Census of Population and Housing: Australia's Youth Schools Australia Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities Australian Social Trends Seminar (AST) Western Australian Land Information Service Year Book Australia Western Australian Statistical Indicators Combined meeting of the Economic and Social Statistics Consultative Groups Industrial Disputes ABS and Local Government National Statistical Service Yes Minister Confidentialised Unit Record Files In Focus: WA Statistical Consultancy Unit About this release	Schools Australia, 2003 (cat. no. 4221.0) AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS SNAPSHOT There were 3.3 million Australian school students going to 9,607 schools in August 2003, according to data from the National Schools Census. These students were taught by just under 230,000 full-time equivalent school teachers. In 2003 there were 16,900 more full-time students attending school than the previous year (up 0.5%). More than two-thirds (68%) of full-time students attended government schools, compared with 72% a decade earlier. Between 1993 and 2003 the number of full-time students increased by 1% (26,600) in government schools and by 22% (193,700) in non-government schools. The annual snapshot also found: More than three-quarters (77%) of full-time Year 10 students in 2001 continued through to the final year of secondary school in 2003. The proportion of female students continuing through to Year 12 has been consistently about 10% higher than for male students since the early 1990s (82% for female students, compared with 72% for males, in 2003). For further information on Schools Australia, 2003, (cat. no. 4221.0) contact Leo Stinson, phone (02) 6252 7793 or email: leo.stinson@abs.gov.au Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.