1. Student enrolment

 

In the following tables, ‘Primary’ includes Kindergarten to Year 6 students and ‘Secondary’ includes Year 7 to 12 students (unless specified otherwise).

 

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Table A1: Students at Western Australian schools by sector 2020 to 2024^(a)

	Year			Public schools			Non-government schools			Total
2020	317,368	149,949	467,317
2021	319,574	154,154	473,728
2022	318,332	157,864	476,196
2023	322,294	162,556	484,850
2024	326,286	167,840	494,126

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Public schools include community kindergartens. Non‑government schools include independent preschools.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A2: Schools and students in Western Australia by sector and subgroup 2024^(a)(b)

Sector	Schools	Students
		All	Female	Male	Aboriginal
Public	831	326,286	156,474	169,562	29,514
Non-government	315	167,840	84,565	83,183	6,212
Total	1,146	494,126	241,039	252,745	35,726

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Public schools include community kindergartens.
(b) All includes gender category ‘Other’.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A3: Students at Western Australian schools by year level and sector 2024^(a)

	Year level			Public schools			Non-government schools			Total
Pre-Kindergarten	–	2,011	2,011
Kindergarten	22,969	9,131	32,100
Pre-primary	25,265	9,547	34,812
Year 1	26,355	9,386	35,741
Year 2	26,680	9,851	36,531
Year 3	27,237	10,085	37,322
Year 4	26,063	10,396	36,459
Year 5	25,865	10,824	36,689
Year 6	25,810	10,983	36,793
Year 7	20,383	15,530	35,913
Year 8	20,801	15,286	36,087
Year 9	20,741	14,732	35,473
Year 10	20,758	14,248	35,006
Year 11	20,594	13,656	34,250
Year 12	16,742	12,160	28,902
Primary total	206,244	82,214	288,458
Secondary total	120,042	85,626	205,668
Grand total	326,286	167,840	494,126

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Public schools include community kindergartens. Totals include ungraded students.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A4: Students at Western Australian public schools by level of education and subgroup 2024^(a)(b)

Level of education	All	Female	Male	Aboriginal
Primary	206,244	99,204	107,016	18,610
Secondary	120,042	57,270	62,546	10,904
Total	326,286	156,474	169,562	29,514

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Includes community kindergartens.
(b) All includes gender category ‘Other’.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A5: Western Australian public schools and students by school type and level of education 2024^(a)

School type	Schools	Students
		Primary	Secondary	Total
Community kindergarten	17	468	0	468
Primary(b)	576	192,616	622	193,238
District high	53	7,337	3,955	11,292
Kindergarten–Year 12(c)	6	1,929	1,917	3,846
Secondary	113	0	111,675	111,675
Education support(d)	64	3,789	1,851	5,640
Specialist services(e)	2	105	22	127
Total	831	206,244	120,042	326,286

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students.
(b) Includes schools of the air and remote community schools.
(c) Includes School of Isolated and Distance Education.
(d) Includes language development school and centres.
(e) Comprises School of Special Educational Needs: Behaviour and Engagement and School of Special Educational Needs: Sensory.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A6: Students at Western Australian public schools by year level 2020 to 2024^(a)

Year level	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Kindergarten	25,060	24,263	23,661	23,242	22,969
Pre-primary	25,785	26,535	25,654	25,694	25,265
Year 1	26,130	25,909	26,538	26,425	26,355
Year 2	26,197	26,018	25,744	26,941	26,680
Year 3	25,427	26,049	25,786	25,955	27,237
Year 4	25,288	25,095	25,618	25,880	26,063
Year 5	24,777	24,899	24,602	25,574	25,865
Year 6	24,227	24,503	24,597	24,735	25,810
Year 7	21,594	20,892	20,330	20,550	20,383
Year 8	20,854	21,413	20,696	20,556	20,801
Year 9	19,663	20,655	21,111	20,724	20,741
Year 10	18,760	19,548	20,289	21,111	20,758
Year 11	18,288	18,286	18,363	19,380	20,594
Year 12	15,235	15,470	15,272	15,496	16,742
Primary total	202,891	203,271	202,200	204,446	206,244
Secondary total	114,477	116,303	116,132	117,848	120,042
Grand total	317,368	319,574	318,332	322,294	326,286

_{(a)  Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Includes community kindergartens. Totals include ungraded students.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A7: Proportion (%) of students by geolocation of Western Australian public schools by level of education 2024^(a)(b)

	Geolocation(c)				Primary			Secondary	All
Metropolitan	77.9	77.6	77.8
Inner regional	8.0	8.6	8.2
Outer regional	6.8	7.5	7.1
Remote	4.6	3.9	4.3
Very remote	2.8	2.4	2.6

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Includes community kindergartens.
(b) Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
(c) Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Statistical Geography Standard, based on location of students’ schools.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A8: Western Australian public schools and students by education region and level of education 2024^(a)

Education region	Schools	Students
		Primary	Secondary	Total
Metropolitan
North Metropolitan	253	76,275	44,491	120,766
South Metropolitan	273	87,114	49,458	136,572
Total	526	163,389	93,949	257,338
Country(b)
Goldfields	38	5,386	2,756	8,142
Kimberley	23	3,307	1,924	5,231
Midwest	46	4,905	2,776	7,681
Pilbara	29	6,470	3,121	9,591
Southwest	100	17,480	12,262	29,742
Wheatbelt	69	5,307	3,254	8,561
Total	305	42,855	26,093	68,948
Grand total	831	206,244	120,042	326,286

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Includes community kindergartens.
(b) Defined as all non‑metropolitan education regions.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Figure A1: Aboriginal students at Western Australian public schools by level of education 2020 to 2024^(a)

^{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Includes community kindergartens.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A9: Aboriginal students at Western Australian public schools by year level 2020 to 2024^(a)

Year level	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Kindergarten	1,897	1,893	1,908	1,873	1,893
Pre-primary	2,151	2,224	2,271	2,290	2,255
Year 1	2,234	2,242	2,328	2,401	2,439
Year 2	2,240	2,280	2,274	2,395	2,455
Year 3	2,173	2,267	2,308	2,313	2,432
Year 4	2,218	2,201	2,277	2,340	2,390
Year 5	2,129	2,226	2,185	2,311	2,361
Year 6	2,208	2,131	2,244	2,231	2,385
Year 7	1,979	2,003	1,912	2,043	2,075
Year 8	1,958	1,994	2,074	1,967	2,091
Year 9	1,789	1,886	1,923	2,036	1,945
Year 10	1,549	1,735	1,822	1,935	1,976
Year 11	1,245	1,371	1,443	1,567	1,688
Year 12	918	877	974	1,053	1,129
Primary total	17,250	17,464	17,795	18,154	18,610
Secondary total	9,438	9,866	10,148	10,601	10,904
Grand total	26,688	27,330	27,943	28,755	29,514

_{(a)  Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Includes community kindergartens. Totals include ungraded students.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A10: Aboriginal students at Western Australian public schools by education region 2024^(a)

Education region	Aboriginal	All	Aboriginal students as % of all public school students
Metropolitan
North Metropolitan	5,827	120,766	4.8
South Metropolitan	8,803	136,572	6.4
Total	14,630	257,338	5.7
Country(b)
Goldfields	1,977	8,142	24.3
Kimberley	3,227	5,231	61.7
Midwest	2,546	7,681	33.1
Pilbara	2,996	9,591	31.2
Southwest	2,581	29,742	8.7
Wheatbelt	1,557	8,561	18.2
Total	14,884	68,948	21.6
Grand total	29,514	326,286	9.0

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students. Includes community kindergartens.
(b) Defined as all non‑metropolitan education regions.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A11: Students registered to receive home education 2020 to 2024^(a)(b)

2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
4,116	4,562	6,151	6,466	7,325

_{(a) Under the School Education Act 1999 (WA), we are responsible for regulation of home education including evaluation of home education programs and educational progress of students.
(b) As at March.
Source: Schools division} 

 

 

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Table A12: Western Australian non-government schools and students by school type and level of education 2024^(a)(b)

School type	Schools	Students
		Primary	Secondary	Total
Primary	139	39,867	0	39,867
Primary–secondary	129	42,347	57,665	100,012
Secondary	47	0	27,961	27,961
Total	315	82,214	85,626	167,840

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students.
(b) Primary includes pre‑Kindergarten students at non‑government schools.
Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A13: Non-government schools and students by religious affiliation of school 2023 and 2024^(a)

Religious affiliation	Schools		Students
	2023	2024	2023	2024
No religious affiliation	55	55	8,682	8,999
Total religious affiliation	259	260	153,874	158,841
Anglican	19	19	23,944	24,651
Baptist	14	14	12,168	12,454
Catholic	165	164	82,250	83,741
Seventh Day Adventist	5	5	738	799
Uniting Church	8	8	8,945	9,187
Various other	48	50	25,829	28,009
Grand total	314	315	162,556	167,840

_{(a) Semester 1 student census. Primary and full‑time secondary students.
Source: Source: System and School Performance}

 

 

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Table A14: Students at Western Australian residential colleges 2020 to 2024^(a)

College	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Albany	67	71	86	74	68
Broome	75	58	43	47	53
City Beach	45	47	44	47	48
Esperance	80	80	63	64	61
Geraldton	49	53	82	89	87
Merredin	37	39	32	34	32
Moora	37	42	36	30	23
Narrogin	83	68	55	42	37
Northam	14	21	23	21	16
Total	487	479	464	448	425

_{(a)  Semester 1 student census.
Source: Public Schools Planning}