[English] Latest ABS stats re Aussie schools

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Australian Bureau of Statistics
Pub: 4221.0 - Schools, Australia.
Latest ISSUE, MAIN FEATURES ..

SCHOOLS:

In August 2005, there were 9,623 schools in Australia, of which 6,929 
(72.0%) were government schools and 2,694 (28.0%) were non-government 
schools .. 

STUDENTS:

In 2005 there were 3,348,139 full-time school students. The proportion of 
these students attending government schools was 67.1%, down from 71.0% in 
1995.

>From 1995 to 2005, the number of full-time students attending government 
schools grew by 1.7% (from 2,207,853 to 2,246,087), while the number 
attending non-government schools increased by 22.2% (from 901,484 to 
1,102,052). 

At the Australian level, the age participation rates for full-time school 
students in 2005 were 94.7% for 15-year-olds, 82.6% for 16-year-olds and 
63.5% for 17-year-olds, the latter rising from 58.6% in 1995 ..

STAFF:

There were 235,794 full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching staff in 2005, 
156,564 at government schools and 79,231 at non-government schools. This 
was an overall increase of 1.2% from the previous year, and 16.5% 
(33,394) higher than in 1995 .. etc ...

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Cheers all ..
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia