ACT Department of Education & Training



443738045720Census of ACT public schoolsAugust 2020 This publication provides information on students enrolled in Canberra public schools at 7 August 2020.Release date: 18 September 2020IntroductionThis publication presents the results from the Canberra school census conducted on Friday 7?August 2020. The census covers enrolments in public schools from preschool to year 12.This publication also presents information on the number of persons of school age who undertook school equivalent courses through home education or the Canberra Institute of Technology.Student enrolmentsAt August 2020 census, there were 50,331 students enrolled in Canberra public schools. This represented an increase of 1,309 enrolments (2.7%) since August 2019. From August?2016 to August 2020, enrolments increased by 5,414 students (12.1%). There were:32,000 students enrolled in public primary schools. This represents an increase of 790 enrolments (2.5%) since August 2019. preschool enrolments decreased by 37?students (0.8%) to 4,679 students, kindergarten to year 6 enrolments increased by 827 students (3.1%) to 27,321 students. 11,889 students enrolled in public high schools, an increase of 227?enrolments (1.9%) from August 2019 to August 2020.6,442 students enrolled in public colleges, an increase of 292?enrolments (4.7%) from August 2019 to August 2020.Table 1: Enrolments by level of schooling, 2016 to 20201, 2Level of schooling 20162017201820192020Preschool4,6034,6774,6794,7164,679Primary (K-6)23,69524,85525,86426,49427,321High 10,37310,66611,16411,66211,889College6,2466,3686,2526,1506,442Total all schools44,91746,56647,95949,02250,331Includes a small number of students who attended two schools who are counted as two enrolment episodes in the census.Includes students from specialist schools.High school is used in the ACT to describe the junior secondary level of education of the Australian Standard Classification of Education and includes enrolments of students in years 7-10. College is used in the ACT to describe the senor secondary level of education of the Australian Standard Classification of Education and includes enrolments of students in years 11-12, and Older students. Enrolments of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studentsAt August 2020 census, there were 2,092 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people enrolled in Canberra public schools. This represents an increase of 60?enrolments (3.0%) since August 2019. Enrolments of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students increased by 315?students (17.7%) since August?2016.Table 2: Enrolments Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students by level of schooling, 2016 to 20201, 2Level of schooling 20162017201820192020Preschool3251289256291278Primary (K-6)9059339931,0211,063High406422452505496College215206211215255Total all schools1,7771,8501,9122,0322,092Includes a small number of students who attended two schools who are counted as two enrolment episodes in the census.Includes students from specialist schools.Includes 3, 4 and 5 year-old children. Enrolments of students with special needs At August 2020 census, there were 2,647 students, representing 5.3 percent of the student population, accessing special education programs at either mainstream or specialist public schools. This was an increase of 117 students (4.6%) compared with the August 2019 census and an increase of 392?enrolments (17.4%) since August 2016. Table 3: Enrolments of students with special needs by level of schooling, 2016 to 20201Level of schooling20162017201820192020Primary 1,2971,3791,4041,4801,563High670631672743770College288303320307314Total all schools2,2552,3132,3962,5302,647Includes students who meet the ACT Student Disability Criteria, including those students not formally assessed at the time of the census.Student enrolments by gender Table 4 shows the number and proportion of male and female enrolments across various school levels from 2016 to 2020. Overall, there were proportionally more male (51.9%) than female (48.0%) students. There were proportionally more male than female students in all levels of schooling, with the greatest proportional difference being at the high school level where 52.9 percent were males and 46.9 percent were females. Table 4: Number of enrolments by level of schooling and sex/gender, 2016 to 20201, 2, 3Level of schooling 20162017201820192020Primary Male14,70315,29215,83016,18116,612Female13,59514,23814,70715,02015,377Subtotal primary28,29829,53230,54331,20932,000Proportion male (%) 52.051.851.851.851.9Proportion female (%) 48.048.248.248.148.1High ?????Male5,3605,5495,8586,1546,284Female5,0135,1175,3005,4955,580Subtotal high 10,37310,66611,15811,16411,889Proportion male (%) 51.752.052.555.152.9Proportion female (%) 48.348.047.549.246.9College?????Male3,0393,1363,0303,0083,212Female3,2073,2323,1863,1113,205Subtotal college6,1976,2466,3686,2526,442Proportion male (%) 49.050.247.648.149.9Proportion female (%) 51.851.750.049.849.8All schooling levels?????Male22,26723,10223,96325,34326,108Female21,24921,81522,57123,62624,162Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified?na?na324861Proportion male (%) 51.251.451.551.551.9Proportion female (%) 48.848.648.548.448.0Total all schools43,51644,91746,56649,01750,331Includes a small number of students who attended two schools who are counted as two enrolment episodes in the census.Includes students from specialist schools.Subtotals and totals include students reported as Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified.na – Not applicable.Table 5: Number and proportion of enrolments by level of schooling and gender, 2020 1, 2, 3Level of schooling MalesFemalesTotal PersonsPrimary ?Preschool2,4062,2704,676Kindergarten2,2652,0194,284Year 12,1631,9724,135Year 22,1401,9714,111Year 31,9531,8743,827Year 41,9481,8383,786Year 51,9151,7773,692Year 61,8221,6563,478Subtotal primary16,61215,37732,000High ???Year 71,5861,4353,021Year 81,6441,4143,058Year 91,5551,4092,964Year 101,4991,3222,821Subtotal high 6,2845,58011,889College???Year 111,7681,6833,451Year 121,4371,4202,857Older7102109Subtotal college3,2123,2056,442Total all schooling levelsMalesFemalesIndeterminate/Intersex/UnspecifiedTotal Persons 26,108 24,162 61 50,331 Includes a small number of students who attended two schools who are counted as two enrolment episodes in the census.Includes students from specialist schools.Due to the small numbers of students, year level totals exclude students reported as Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified to prevent possible identification; however subtotals include the Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified category.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student enrolments by year levelTable 6 shows the number and proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student enrolments across the levels of schooling. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students represented 4.2 percent of total enrolments across all levels of schooling. Table 6: Number and proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enrolments and Non-Indigenous students by level of schooling and year level, 20201, 2, 3Level of SchoolingAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studentsProportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students (%)non-IndigenousTotalPrimary????Preschool42785.9 4,401 4,679 Kindergarten1854.3 4,102 4,287 Year 11513.6 3,986 4,137 Year 21724.2 3,940 4,112 Year 31313.4 3,697 3,828 Year 41524.0 3,635 3,787 Year 51514.1 3,541 3,692 Year 61213.5 3,357 3,478 Subtotal primary 1,341 4.2 30,659 32,000 High????Year 71244.1 2,901 3,025 Year 81314.3 2,931 3,062 Year 91214.1 2,850 2,971 Year 101204.2 2,711 2,831 Subtotal high 4964.2 11,393 11,889 College????Year 111454.2 3,319 3,464 Year 12893.1 2,780 2,869 Older 2119.3 88 109 Subtotal college2554.0 6,187 6,442 Total all schools2,0924.2 48,239 50,331 Includes a small number of students who attended two schools who are counted as two enrolment episodes in the census.Includes students from specialist schools.The category ‘non-Indigenous' includes students whose Indigenous status was reported as not stated.Includes 3, 4 and 5 year-old children. - Nil. Student enrolmentsTables 7 to 9 report the distribution of student enrolments by year level, network and school.Table 7 shows that the proportion of enrolments in North/Gungahlin (31.6%) was the highest across public primary schools followed by Belconnen (25.5%), South/Weston (25.4) and Tuggeranong (17.5%). Table 7: Number of primary school level enrolments by year level, network and school, 20201, 2Primary schoolsPKYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6TotalBelconnen Network?????????Aranda Primary School6076767587878883632Charnwood-Dunlop School9454434741304739395Charnwood-Dunlop School IECna26na1426241Evatt Primary School4753434849294629344Florey Primary School8561645255606259498Fraser Primary School8482718573717070606Giralang Primary School4452453745433633335Hawker Primary School4043394652495358380Kaleen Primary School6772676863717063541Kingsford Smith School6752615656677980518Kingsford Smith Koori Preschool14nanananananana14Latham Primary School4466574637394440373Macgregor Primary School8893847155768856611Macquarie Primary School4035524051415333345Maribyrnong Primary School8474827866735367577Miles Franklin Primary School7975677576687579594Mount Rogers Primary School9587967074705854604Southern Cross Early Childhood School88523937nananana216Weetangera Primary School5967647276744767526Subtotal Belconnen1,1791,1201,0501,0049609509759128,150North/Gungahlin Network?????????Ainslie School4345635750454642391Amaroo School130991481591591501581481,151 Campbell Primary School6639543758534347397Cranleigh School12131081015101694Franklin School1328174575137nana432Gold Creek School12190948680747567687Harrison School133150162170158161182176 1,292 Jervis Bay School18924551246Lyneham Primary School8854667256756977557Majura Primary School871049311592959788771Margaret Hendry School129115764644383219499Neville Bonner Primary School152135120132107898576896Ngunnawal Primary School127901108081897265714Ngunnawal Koori Preschool21nanananananana21North Ainslie Primary School88918810282937485703North Ainslie Primary School IECna926334128O'Connor Cooperative School21171220nananana70Palmerston District Primary School1281271239687908757795Palmerston District Primary School IEC?na1813112228Turner School5860706786597379552Subtotal North/Gungahlin1,5541,3461,3681,3171,2101,1721,1101,04710,124 Table 7: Number of primary school enrolments by year level, network and school, 20201,2 (continued)Primary schoolsPKYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 6TotalSouth/Weston Network?????????Arawang Primary School6574607769687768558Chapman Primary School8780698184768173631Charles Weston School111941008763545136596Curtin Primary School6650558273687476544Duffy Primary School6560635966544448459Farrer Primary School4445434853536049395Forrest Primary School4271758385807392601Garran Primary School44787888949410680662Hughes Primary School4446484350536958411Hughes Primary School IECna2174472449Lyons Early Childhood School3937189nananana103Malkara School11611714811573Mawson Primary School6364687656693953488Narrabundah Early Childhood School67231812nananana120Narrabundah Koori Preschool20nanananananana20Red Hill Primary School8810192105109121102107825Telopea Park Schoolna83828587827881578Torrens Primary School8158675772667661538Yarralumla Primary School7467556262435943465Subtotal South/Weston1,0111,0581,0091,0651,0419961,0029348,116Tuggeranong Network?????????Bonython Primary School4446517038605546410Calwell Primary School6440413731333735318Caroline Chisholm School3146383936483737312Charles Conder Primary School9880627651515239509Fadden Primary School4341454035364350333Gilmore Primary School3129132114201512155Gordon Primary School11163676259695552538Gowrie Primary School3543424150414532329Isabella Plains Early Childhood School88433027nananana188Monash Primary School6263684468635765490Namadgi School7962525148554359449Richardson Primary School2919222619141215156Richardson Koori Preschool19nanananananana19Taylor Primary School4446605149453525355Theodore Primary School4138393735424540317Wanniassa Hills Primary School5756447148574043416Wanniassa Hills Primary School IECna14332nanana22Wanniassa School4334333034353435278Wanniassa Koori Preschool16nanananananana16Subtotal Tuggeranong9357637107266176696055855,610Subtotal public primary schools4,6794,2874,1374,1123,8283,7873,6923,47832,000Includes a small number of students who attended two schools who are counted as two enrolment episodes in the census.Includes students from specialist schools.IEC - Intensive English Centre. na – Not applicable.Table 8 shows that the proportion of high school level enrolments in North/Gungahlin (33.1%) was the highest across public primary schools followed by South/Weston (29.1%), Belconnen (23.5%), and Tuggeranong (14.3%).Table 8: Number of high school level enrolments by year level, network and school, 20201, 2, 3High SchoolsYear 7Year 8Year 9Year 10TotalBelconnen NetworkBelconnen High School139132131121523Canberra High School218223209219869Kingsford Smith School11511810698437Melba Copland Secondary School161129139104533University of Canberra High School Kaleen12311811283436Subtotal Belconnen7567206976252,798North/Gungahlin NetworkAmaroo School215228185190818Black Mountain School1624261985Campbell High School161199173171704Dickson College IEC11610128Gold Creek School142149148141580Gungahlin College 4?na?na?na2929Harrison School154170161120605Lyneham High School2612452982771,081Subtotal North/Gungahlin960102110019483,930South/Weston NetworkAlfred Deakin High School218213220232883Melrose High School223193227170813Mount Stromlo High School200202174181757Telopea Park School245231217249942The Woden School1619211470Subtotal South/Weston9028588598463,465Tuggeranong NetworkCalwell High School9410897104403Caroline Chisholm School1011188880387Erindale College4?na?na?na5656Lanyon High School98999776370Namadgi School63718053267Wanniassa School51675243213Subtotal Tuggeranong4074634144121,696Subtotal public high schools3,0253,0622,9712,83111,889High school is used in the ACT to describe the junior secondary level of education of the Australian Standard Classification of Education and includes enrolments of students in years 7-10. Includes a small number of students who attended two schools who are counted as two enrolment episodes in the census.Includes students from specialist schools.Students in year 10 at Erindale College and Gungahlin College participate in early access college programsIEC - Intensive English Centre. na – Not applicable.Table 9 shows that the proportion of college level enrolments in South/Weston (32.0%) was the highest across public primary schools followed by North/Gungahlin (28.6%), Belconnen (20.5%), and Tuggeranong (18.8%).Table 9: Number of college level enrolments by year level, network and school, 20201, 2, 3CollegesYear 11Year 12Older4TotalBelconnen Network????Hawker College246194-440Melba Copland Secondary School12881-209University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra3453272674Subtotal Belconnen71960221,323North/Gungahlin Network????Black Mountain School1613-29Dickson College393279-672Dickson College Secondary IEC9--9Gungahlin College612521-1,133Subtotal North/Gungahlin1,030813?1,843South/Weston Network????The Canberra College542425-967The Canberra College - CCCares1926107152Narrabundah College479448-927The Woden School88-16Subtotal South/Weston1,0489071072,062Tuggeranong Network????Erindale College332238-570Lake Tuggeranong College335309-644Subtotal Tuggeranong66754701,214Subtotal public colleges3,4642,8691096,442College is used in the ACT to describe the senor secondary level of education of the Australian Standard Classification of Education and includes enrolments of students in years 11-12, and Older students. Includes a small number of students who attended two schools who are counted as two enrolment episodes in the census.Includes students from specialist schools. See explanatory note on page 14.IEC - Intensive English Centre. - Nil. Students to teacher ratio Table 10 shows students to teacher ratios for Canberra public schools. The students to teacher ratio takes account of all teaching resources allocated to support students. Students to teacher ratios are calculated by dividing the total Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) students by the FTE teaching staff.Table 10: Students to teacher ratio by school, 20201School NameTeaching staff FTE (excl preschool staff) Student FTE (excl preschool enrolments)Students to teacher ratioAinslie School19.8348.017.6Alfred Deakin High School64.0881.813.8Amaroo School131.21,839.014.0Aranda Primary School35.3572.016.2Arawang Primary School29.1493.017.0Belconnen High School43.6523.012.0Black Mountain School27.9113.64.1Bonython Primary School27.7366.013.2Calwell High School33.0403.012.2Calwell Primary School19.0254.013.4Campbell High School57.1702.512.3Campbell Primary School20.2331.016.4Canberra College, The76.61,118.614.6Canberra High School66.4868.413.1Caroline Chisholm School60.4668.011.1Chapman Primary School36.1542.815.0Charles Conder Primary School27.3411.015.1Charles Weston School37.4484.312.9Charnwood-Dunlop School27.4342.012.5Cranleigh School19.179.74.2Curtin Primary School30.8477.615.5Dickson College60.4708.211.7Duffy Primary School29.0394.013.6Erindale College50.0616.712.3Evatt Primary School26.0296.311.4Fadden Primary School24.6290.011.8Farrer Primary School23.8351.014.7Florey Primary School30.4412.413.6Forrest Primary School37.4559.014.9Franklin School26.2300.011.5Fraser Primary School33.3522.015.7Garran Primary School34.2618.018.1Gilmore Primary School14.0124.08.9Giralang Primary School22.9291.012.7Gold Creek School86.81,146.013.2Table 10: Students to teacher ratio by school, 20201 (continued)School NameTeaching staff FTE (excl preschool staff) Student FTE (excl preschool enrolments)Students to teacher ratioGordon Primary School33.5427.012.7Gowrie Primary School24.3294.012.1Gungahlin College83.91,130.013.5Harrison School118.01,763.614.9Hawker College37.0436.011.8Hawker Primary School22.4339.615.2Hughes Primary School29.2416.014.2Isabella Plains Early Childhood School9.2100.010.9Jervis Bay School8.028.03.5Kaleen Primary School28.1474.016.9Kingsford Smith School74.3887.411.9Lake Tuggeranong College52.5624.111.9Lanyon High School36.2370.010.2Latham Primary School23.2329.014.2Lyneham High School75.41,081.014.3Lyneham Primary School30.7468.615.2Lyons Early Childhood School8.664.07.4Macgregor Primary School40.1522.213.0Macquarie Primary School22.7304.613.4Majura Primary School41.2684.016.6Malkara School16.861.03.6Margaret Hendry School25.3370.014.6Maribyrnong Primary School34.4493.014.3Mawson Primary School32.8425.012.9Melba Copland Secondary School64.2742.011.6Melrose High School61.2813.013.3Miles Franklin Primary School31.0515.016.6Monash Primary School34.5428.012.4Mount Rogers Primary School33.1508.415.3Mount Stromlo High School63.8756.211.9Namadgi School57.2636.411.1Narrabundah College63.1927.014.7Narrabundah Early Childhood School8.253.06.5Neville Bonner Primary School53.8744.013.8Ngunnawal Primary School47.4586.212.4North Ainslie Primary School39.2642.216.4O'Connor Cooperative School6.648.87.4Palmerston District Primary School44.0695.015.8Red Hill Primary School44.8737.016.5Richardson Primary School12.1124.710.3Table 10: Students to teacher ratio by school, 20201 (continued)School NameTeaching staff FTE (excl preschool staff) Student FTE (excl preschool enrolments)Students to teacher ratioSouthern Cross Early Childhood School10.8127.611.8Taylor Primary School23.2311.013.4Telopea Park School103.91,519.414.6Theodore Primary School25.6276.010.8Torrens Primary School31.6457.014.4Turner School43.2494.011.4University of Canberra High School Kaleen37.0436.011.8University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra49.8654.813.2Wanniassa Hills Primary School23.9381.016.0Wanniassa School40.3447.611.1Weetangera Primary School30.6467.015.3Woden School, The21.885.43.9Yarralumla Primary School25.4391.015.4Canberra public schools total3,427.3045,544.713.31 Excludes preschool students and preschool teaching staff.FTE – Full-Time Equivalent.Non‐school education It is recognised that there are alternative educational pathways for students to undertake school level courses other than by attending an ACT public or non‐government school. At August 2020, 351?children and young people were home educated in the ACT, an increase of 13.2 percent since August 2019. This increase may reflect parents and carers choosing to home educate their children during the COVID epidemic.In addition, a further 184 students who were of school age undertook school equivalent courses at the Canberra Institute of Technology, a decrease of 21.4 percent since August 2019.Explanatory NotesReference dateThe 2020 August census was conducted on Friday 7 August 2020.Scope and coverageThe August census included all ACT public schools providing primary, secondary and specialist education. Jervis Bay School was included in Canberra public primary schools as the ACT Education Directorate administers the Jervis Bay School for the Australian Government under a service agreement. CollectionCanberra public school census data was electronically downloaded from the Directorate’s centralised administrative systems. Student enrolmentsThe census included students who were officially enrolled in a school on census day and who were active in a primary, secondary or specialist education program at that school. Students who were absent for more than four continuous school weeks prior to census date were included if the principal received written documentation signed by the guardian indicating that the student was to return to school on or before 21 August 2020.Primary school level The primary school level of schooling included students from preschool to year 6, unless ‘K-6’ was specified. Preschool level data also included students who were attending a preschool program as an early entry student.High school level The high school level of schooling is equivalent to the lower secondary level of education of the Australian Standard Classification of Education and includes students in years 7, 8, 9 and 10. A small number of year 10 students undertake early access programs at an ACT college.College level The college level of schooling is equivalent to the senor secondary level of education of the Australian Standard Classification of Education and includes students in years 11 and 12 as well as those students defined as older. A small number of year 10 students undertake early access programs at an ACT college.Older students (O)Students in public schools aged 18 years by 31 December in the year prior to the commencement of their college studies, but not aged 20 years or over on 31 January in the year of commencement of their college studies, are classified as Older (O).Introductory English Centres Introductory English Centres (IECs) are for students who require intensive full-time English language instruction. There were five IECs in the primary sector, conducted at Charnwood-Dunlop School, Hughes Primary School, North Ainslie Primary School, Palmerston District Primary School and Wanniassa Hills Primary School. There was one IEC in the secondary sector, conducted at Dickson College.Specialist schoolsSpecialist schools cater for students with a moderate to profound intellectual disability, severe Autism Spectrum Disorder or with multiple disabilities that require intensive levels of support. ? ACT Government, 2020This publication has been produced by the ACT Education Directorate. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this publication may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Requests should be made to the ments and suggestions regarding this publication are welcomed and should be forwarded to the Directorate.Published by: Education Directorate, ACT Government GPO Box 158Canberra City ACT 2601Telephone: 132 281 Website: ................
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