Data Notes:

• NSW government schools by Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI), as at Mid-Year Census, conducted in August each year.

• FOEI is a school level index of educational disadvantage related to socioeconomic background. It has been selected as the basis of the equity loading for socio-economic background in the department’s Resource Allocation Model.

• Includes all hospital schools, Stewart House School and Royal Far West School.

• Excludes Aurora College, Palm Avenue School, NSW School of Languages and all Environmental Education Centres.

• As of 2022, Norfolk Island (previously included in North West NSW SA4 Grouping from 2016) is no longer under the jurisdiction of NSW, and therefore not included in the figures.

• SA4 groupings are a geographical structure based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

• More information on the FOEI methodology and SA4 groupings is available in the Statistical Bulletin explanatory notes.

Data Source:

• Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.