Greatest and worst faculties in Australia primarily based on teacher-student ratio

Figures from the Australian Curriculum, Evaluation and Reporting Authority confirmed that the common scholar to educating workers ratio in 2023 was 13.1 college students per instructor – the identical as in 2022 and a discount from 13.3 college students per lecturers in 2021. 

The common scholar to educating workers ratio was decrease in impartial faculties with 11.8 college students per instructor, in comparison with Catholic and authorities faculties which noticed a median of 13.4 college students per instructor.

Scholar to instructor ratios have been constantly decrease for secondary training than for major training in all faculty sectors, with a median of 11.8 college students per instructor on the secondary stage, in contrast with 14.3 college students per instructor on the major stage.

The perfect and worst faculties in Australia for classroom sizes

Here’s a breakdown the common classroom dimension in Australia by state, together with the bottom performing major and secondary faculties, with hyperlinks to our interactive map to indicate you ways issues stand in your faculty.

NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOLS

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Catholic faculties in NSW have the very best student-teacher ratios with a median of virtually 15:1, in comparison with 14:1 throughout authorities faculties and 12:1 for the impartial sector. The NSW faculties with one of the best scholar to instructor ratios are government-run faculties of distance training and ‘particular’ faculties – each state and independently operated – for college students with particular wants, equivalent to Carenne College and Side branches.

Three in 5 of the 50 highest-ratio faculties are Catholic faculties, alongside 15 authorities faculties scattered amongst booming suburbs like The Ponds, fashionable northern Sydney localities, and the suburbs of Newcastle.

On the high of the checklist is Santa Sophia Catholic School Main, attributable to a quirk of ACARA’s reporting techniques splitting lecturers inaccurately between the varsity’s Okay-4 major and 5-12 secondary campuses.

WORST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NSW FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Santa Sophia Catholic School (Main), Gables
2. St John’s Catholic Main College, Dubbo
3. Mary Immaculate Catholic Main College, Eagle Vale

WORST SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NSW FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Al-Faisal School, Liverpool, Austral
2. Al-Faisal School, Campbelltown, Minto
3. Rissalah School, Lakemba

QUEENSLAND SCHOOLS

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The 2 faculties with the worst student-teacher ratios are in Bundaberg however the the rest of the underside 15 are predominantly within the South East, together with Ipswich and the Gold Coast.

Queensland Pathways State School in Brisbane recorded one of the best student-teacher ratio with 6.1, and the remainder of the highest 10 faculties all had ratios of lower than eight college students per instructor. The Division of Schooling identified that each faculty within the state handed the benchmark.

WORST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN QLD FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Kalamia State College, Brandon
2. Pinnacle Tutorial School, Kallangur
3. St John’s Lutheran Main College, Bundaberg

WORST SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN QLD FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Australian Commerce School North Brisbane, Scarborough
2. Australian Trade Commerce School, Robina
3. Australian Trade Commerce School, Ipswich, North Ipswich

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS

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The ten lowest performing faculties for student-teacher ratios in South Australia have been situated in regional areas. Marree Aboriginal College, which has simply 18 college students enrolled, had the bottom ratio at 2.8.

Throughout the state the common ratio for small faculties was 13.3 college students per instructor, 15.6 for medium sized campuses and 13.6 for giant faculties.

WORST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN SA FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Grange Main College, Grange
2. McLaren Vale Main College, McLaren Vale
3. Greenwith Main College, Greenwith

WORST SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SA FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Mount Torrens Christian College,
2. St Joseph’s College, Peterborough
3. Karcultaby Space College, Karcultaby

VICTORIAN SCHOOLS

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The brand new information revealed greater than 1100 Victorian faculties had worse student-staff ratios then the nationwide common. Victoria’s 2200 authorities and personal faculties vary from three college students per workers to 24 college students per workers. The college with the bottom scholar workers ratio is Merrijig Main within the state’s excessive nation, which in 2023 had 18 college students and 5 full-time-equivalent workers – that equals to a few college students per workers member.

WORST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN VIC FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Mom Teresa College, Craigieburn
2. Wunghnu Main College, Wunghnu
3. Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc, South Yarra

WORST SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN VIC FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc, South Yarra
2. Lighthouse Christian School Cranbourne, Cranbourne
3. Ozford School, Melbourne

TASMANIAN SCHOOLS

WORST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN TAS FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Our Girl of Lourdes Catholic College, Devonport
2. Sacred Coronary heart Catholic College, Launceston
3. Stella Maris Catholic College, Burnie

WORST SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TAS FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Taroona Excessive College, Taroona
2. Hobart School, Mount Nelson
3. Launceston School, Launceston

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS

WORST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WA FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Star of the Sea Main College Rockingham
2. St Paul’s Main College, Mount Lawley
3. St Lawrence Main College, Balcatta

WORST SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN WA FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Salvado Catholic School, Byford
2. Mom Teresa Catholic School, School Baldivis
3. St John Bosco School, Piara Waters

NORTHERN TERRITORY SCHOOLS

WORST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NT FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Ampliatwatja College, Ampilatwatja
2. Ludmilla Main College, Ludmilla
3. Papunya College, Papunya

WORST SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NT FOR TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS

1. Ampliatwatja College, Ampilatwatja
2. Papunya College, Papunya
3. Gawa Christian College, Galiwinku