3. Student participation, achievement and satisfaction

Appendix 3

 

 

‘Primary’ denotes Kindergarten to Year 6 and ‘Secondary’ spans Years 7 to 12 unless specified otherwise.

 

 

Figure A6: Participation rate (%) of persons aged 15 to 17 years engaged in some form of education by gender 2015 to 2019(a)(b)(c)

A bar chart showing participation data. This data is quite complex but essentially the chart shows that in 2015 just over 88% of 15 to 17 year olds were enrolled in either public or non-government schools, less than 1% at universities and approximately 7% in VET. The percent enrolled in schools has increased to just over 90% in 2019. By contrast, less than 1% were in university from 2015 onwards and the percent enrolled in VET has fluctuated between six and eight percent. Overall the percentage of people aged 15 to 17 years who were engaged in some form of education increased from 96.7% in 2015 to 98.1% in 2018 and decreased slightly to 97.8% in 2019. The bar chart shows that a slightly higher proportion of females enrolled in private schools and university and a slightly higher proportion of males enrolled in VET.

Source: System and School Performance
(a) Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics preliminary estimates of resident population (age at 30 June) and data collected from public and non-government schools (Semester 2 student census, age at 1 July), universities (age at 30 June), and vocational education and training providers (age at 30 June).
(b) University enrolment data for 2019 is an estimate based on 2018 university enrolment data and an annual compound growth factor calculated from university enrolment data across the previous four years.
(c) Revised figures for 2018 due to updated data for 2018 university student enrolments and estimate of resident population.

 

 

Table A17: Public school student attendance rate (%) by level of education and subgroup 2019(a)(b)
Level of education Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal All
All 74.3 91.2 89.8
Primary(c) 79.5 92.7 91.6
Secondary 65.8 88.8 86.8
Source: System and School Performance
(a) Excludes Kindergarten students, Canning College students, part-time and international students, and mature-aged students at senior campuses.
(b) As per National Standards for Student Attendance Data Reporting.
(c) Pre-primary to Year 6.

 

 

 

Table A18: Percentage of public school students by attendance category by subgroup 2019(a)(b)(c)
  Attendance category     Aboriginal     Non-Aboriginal     All  
Regular attendance (90–100%) 33.3 71.0 67.7
Indicated attendance risk (80–<90%) 22.3 19.8 20.0
Moderate attendance risk (60–<80%) 20.5 7.0 8.2
Severe attendance risk (<60%) 23.9 2.2 4.2
Source: System and School Performance
(a) Excludes Kindergarten students, Canning College students, part-time and international students, and mature‑aged students at senior campuses.
(b) Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
(c) As per National Standards for Student Attendance Data Reporting.

 

 

 

Figure A7: Percentage of public school students by subgroup by attendance category 2015 to 2019(a)(b)

A stacked column chart of the attendance categories for all students and Aboriginal students. The percentage of students in each risk category (Regular attendance, indicated risk, moderate risk and severe risk) has remained consistent from 2015 to 2018 but shows substantially higher percentages of Aboriginal students to be in the severe and moderate risk categories with substantially lower percentages in the regular attendance category. In 2019, the percentage of students with regular attendance decreased while the percentage at indicated risk increased and the percentages at moderate and severe risk increased slightly.

Source: System and School Performance
(a) Excludes Kindergarten students, Canning College and Tuart College students, part-time and international students, and mature‑aged students at senior campuses.
(b) As per National Standards for Student Attendance Data Reporting.

 

 

Table A19: Apparent retention rate (%) of public school students Years 8 to 12 by subgroup 2015 to 2019(a)(b)
Subgroup 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  % N % N % N % N % N
All 80.4 13,005 77.7 13,398 80.1 13,856 81.4 13,925 81.6 14,041
Female 85.3 6,531 80.4 6,612 83.8 6,927 84.3 6,874 85.7 7,118
Male 76.0 6,474 75.1 6,786 76.7 6,929 78.7 7,051 77.8 6,923
Aboriginal 43.9 645 38.8 627 45.3 717 47.3 718 47.6 768
Female 46.2 306 38.0 285 46.7 356 47.3 355 48.4 397
Male 42.1 339 39.5 342 44.1 361 47.3 363 46.8 371
Source: System and School Performance
(a) Excludes Canning College and Tuart College students, part-time and international students, and mature-aged students at senior campuses.
(b) ‘N’ is the number of Year 12 students. All data as at Semester 2 student census.
 

 

 

Figure A8: Apparent retention rate (%) of public school students Years 8 to 12 by subgroup 2000 to 2019(a)(b)

A line chart of apparent retention rates for each subgroup showing similar trends with one another over time. Females had the highest retention rates, followed by All, then males, and substantially lower retention rates for Aboriginal students. For all groups the apparent retention rate peaked in 2014 before decreasing in 2015 and 2016. The rates increase again in 2017 and 2018 and increased slightly in 2019 for female students, Aboriginal students and overall but decreased slightly for Male students.

Source: System and School Performance
(a) Excludes Canning College and Tuart College students, part-time and international students, and mature-aged students at senior campuses.
(b) Semester 2 student census.

 

 

Table A20: Year 12 public school student WACE achievement rate and attainment rate by subgroup 2018 and 2019(a)
  Subgroup 2018(b) 2019
    % N % N
WACE achievement rate(c) All
Aboriginal

80.5
47.7

11,589
344

80.7
46.7

11,617
359
Attainment rate(d) All
Aboriginal

90.9
69.5

13,223
504

90.9
69.8

13,197
538
Source: System and School Performance
(a) ‘N’ is the number of students who achieved the outcome.
(b) A few registered training organisations did not complete VET certification for some public school students in time to be included in the 2018 data. This may have affected the data reported for 2018 for WACE achievement, attainment and achievement of VET certificates.
(c) Percentage of Year 12 full-time students in the Semester 2 student census who achieved WACE. See our WACE achievement key performance indicator for details on criteria required to achieve WACE.
(d) Percentage of Year 12 students who achieved an ATAR of at least 55 and/or a certificate II or higher VET qualification. The number of Year 12 students at Semester 2 student census is the denominator, a different methodology to previous years which only included full-time WACE eligible.

 

 

Table A21: Year 12 public school student ATAR achievement by subgroup 2018 and 2019(a)
    2018 2019
  Subgroup Students Median ATAR Students Median ATAR
    % N % N
Students who achieved an ATAR(b) All
Aboriginal

36.8
8.3

5,355
60

79.5
62.7

34.1
7.3

4,950
56

78.25
57.275
ATAR students who achieved at least 55 All
Aboriginal

85.2
61.7

4,563
37

 –
–		 85.2
51.8		 4,216
29		 –
–
Source: System and School Performance
(a) ‘N’ is the number of students who achieved the outcome.
(b) Percentages use the number of Year 12 students at Semester 2 student census as the denominator, a different methodology to previous years which only included full-time students.

 

 

Table A22: Year 12 public student VET certificate II or higher achievement by subgroup 2018 and 2019(a)
  2018(b) 2019
Subgroup Students Total VET certificates II or higher Students Total VET certificates II or higher
 
  %(c) N %(b) N
All 73.8 10,732 16,183 76.0 11,037 16,284
Aboriginal 67.4 489 716 68.1 525 702
Source: System and School Performance
(a) ‘N’ is the number of students who achieved a VET certificate II and higher.
(b) A few registered training organisations did not complete VET certification for some public school students in time to be included in the 2018 data. This may have affected the data reported for 2018.
(c) The number of Year 12 students at Semester 2 student census is the denominator, a different methodology to previous years which only included full-time students.

 

 

 

Table A23: WACE achievement rate (%) of Year 12 public school students by subgroup 2015 to 2019(a)(b)
Subgroup 2015 2016 2017 2018(c) 2019
All 87.7 79.8 79.5 80.5 80.7
Male 85.2 78.3 77.2 77.9 78.1
Female 90.1 81.3 81.9 83.2 83.2
Aboriginal 60.5 46.9 44.8 47.7 46.7
Source: System and School Performance
(a) Year 12 full-time students in the Semester 2 student census.
(b) Year 12 WACE achievement data from the School Curriculum and Standards Authority and taken at a point in time. Data may be updated after this time for a variety of reasons such as students successfully appealing their results.
(c) A few registered training organisations did not complete VET certification for some public school students in time to be included in the 2018 data. This may have affected the data reported for 2018.

 

 

Table A24: Satisfaction of Year 12 public school students by subgroup 2015 to 2019(a)
Subgroup 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
% satisfied with quality of teaching
All 88.4 87.3 88.0 87.7 87.4
Male 87.8 87.0 87.5 87.1 86.5
Female 88.9 87.6 88.6 88.3 88.3
Aboriginal 92.3 91.0 88.2 89.9 86.5
% satisfied with quality of education facilities
All 84.8 83.3 83.4 84.8 83.3
Male 84.2 83.2 83.2 84.7 82.5
Female 85.4 83.5 83.7 84.9 84.1
Aboriginal 88.1 84.6 82.6 88.2 83.9
Source: System and School Performance
(a) Post school intentions and satisfaction survey, conducted in Semester 2.