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Average government primary school class sizes by school size (2009-2024)

The class size audit is conducted in all NSW government primary, infant and central (primary grades only) schools in March each year.

Notes:

  • Students attending schools for specific purposes (SSPs), students in support classes in regular schools and distance education students are excluded from average class size calculations.

  • The average class size for each year level is calculated from regular and multi-age classes that contain a student from that year level. This can result in a lower K-6 average class size than any individual year level.

  • From 2017, school size is based on primary enrolment rather than school classification.

  • Data from earlier years is not replaced in the Class Size fact sheet. Schools change size. Historical data displays the data that was correct in that year.

  • Refer to the individual class size factsheet publication for further information and policy context.

Data Source:

  • Education Statistics and Measurement Unit, Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Data and Resources

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Average government primary school class sizes by school size (2009-2024)
Type Dataset
Language eng
Licence Creative Commons Attribution
Data Status active
Update Frequency annually
Landing Page https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/fa136426-0d98-419d-9379-a1b4731d8d64
Date Published 2017-09-18
Date Updated 2024-10-16
Contact Point
NSW Department of Education
open.data@det.nsw.edu.au
Temporal Coverage 2009-01-01 - 2024-12-31
Geospatial Coverage NSW81093: New South Wales
Jurisdiction New South Wales
Data Portal Data.NSW
Publisher/Agency NSW Department of Education