1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005  
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Overall in 2001, the student-staff ratio (the average number of full-time secondary school students per full-time equivalent teacher) was 12.5. In the government sector the average was 12.6 and in non-government schools it was slightly lower with 12.3.

STUDENT/TEACHER STAFF (FTE) RATIOS(a)(b)(c), Secondary Schools, Tasmania

Years
Government
Non-government
Total

1991
13.4
12.8
13.3
1996
13.0
12.9
12.9
1999
13.0
12.8
13.0
2000
12.9
12.6
12.8
2001
12.6
12.3
12.5

(a) Full-time students only.
(b) Full-time equivalent teaching staff is a measure of the total level of teaching staff resources used. The FTE of a full-time teaching staff member (i.e. employed full-time and engaged solely on activities which fall within the scope of the collection) is equal to 1.0.
(c) Student/teaching staff ratios are calculated by dividing the number of full-time students by the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) teaching staff. Student/teaching staff ratios should not be used as a measure of class size.

Source: Schools, Australia (Cat. no. 4221.0).



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