Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 10—Education and training 407
10.3 NUMBER OF STUDENTS, By Level of Education—1999
Government
schools
Anglican
Non-government schools
Catholic
All schools
Level/year of education
% % % % % % % ’000
Primary
Pre-year 1(a) 72.3 1.6 20.3 5.8 27.7 51.4 48.6 191.8
Year 1 73.5 1.6 19.2 5.8 26.5 51.4 48.6 269.5
Year 2 73.7 1.6 19.0 5.8 26.3 51.3 48.7 266.0
Year 3 73.3 1.7 19.2 5.8 26.7 51.1 48.9 265.5
Year 4 73.1 1.9 19.2 5.9 26.9 51.2 48.8 262.1
Year 5 72.6 2.2 18.9 6.2 27.4 51.1 48.9 260.0
Year 6 72.2 2.4 18.9 6.5 27.8 51.0 49.0 256.2
Year 7 (Qld, SA, WA, NT) 74.1 2.9 15.8 7.3 25.9 51.2 48.8 98.3
Ungraded 85.0 0.0 1.8 13.3 15.1 64.7 35.3 15.9
Total primary 73.1 1.9 18.9 6.1 26.9 51.3 48.7 1 885.4
Secondary
Year 7 (NSW, Vic., Tas., ACT) 63.8 4.2 23.0 9.0 36.2 51.3 48.7 156.3
Year 8 65.0 4.6 21.0 9.4 35.0 51.1 48.9 256.8
Year 9 65.7 4.6 20.6 9.2 34.3 50.8 49.2 256.9
Year 10 65.3 4.8 20.7 9.2 34.7 50.5 49.5 249.5
Year 11 64.2 5.4 20.5 10.0 35.9 48.7 51.3 219.9
Year 12 61.6 5.8 21.9 10.6 38.4 47.0 53.0 182.5
Ungraded 87.8 1.2 3.4 7.6 12.2 59.7 40.3 19.3
Total secondary 64.8 4.8 20.9 9.5 35.2 50.1 49.9 1 341.3
Other
Total
Males
Females
Persons
Total 69.7 3.1 19.7 7.5 30.3 50.8 49.2 3 226.7
(a) Pre-year 1 does not exist in Queensland or in Western Australia.
Source: Schools, Australia (4221.0).
%
100
80
60
40
20
10.4 PERCENTAGE OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, STUDENTS,
AND SCHOOL STAFF (FTE(a))—1949 and 1999
1949
1999
0
Schools Students Teaching staff
(a) Full-time teaching staff plus full-time equivalent of part-time teaching staff.
Source: Schools, Australia (4221.0); Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 39,
1953 (Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics).