4221.0 - Schools, Australia, 2007

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17 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT TEACHING STAFF (a)(b), By category of school

	PRIMARY			SECONDARY			TOTAL
	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females	Persons
	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
GOVERNMENT

1997	18 367	59 290	77 657	32 190	35 690	67 879	50 557	94 980	145 536
2002	17 562	65 794	83 356	31 375	38 509	69 884	48 937	104 303	153 240
2005	17 260	67 970	85 229	31 365	39 969	71 334	48 625	107 939	156 564
2006	17 439	68 930	86 368	30 957	40 869	71 826	48 396	109 798	158 194
2007	17 293	70 848	88 142	30 920	41 730	72 650	48 213	112 578	160 791
NON-GOVERNMENT

1997	5 611	20 506	26 117	16 218	19 189	35 406	21 828	39 695	61 523
2002	6 345	24 842	31 187	18 529	22 655	41 184	24 874	47 497	72 371
2005	6 918	26 999	33 917	20 001	25 313	45 313	26 919	52 311	79 231
2006	7 030	27 817	34 847	20 497	26 102	46 598	27 527	53 918	81 445
2007	7 132	28 492	35 624	21 143	26 799	47 943	28 276	55 291	83 567
ALL FTE TEACHING STAFF

1997	23 978	79 796	103 774	48 407	54 878	103 285	72 385	134 674	207 059
2002	23 907	90 636	114 543	49 904	61 165	111 068	73 810	151 801	225 611
2005	24 178	94 969	119 147	51 366	65 282	116 648	75 544	160 250	235 794
2006	24 469	96 746	121 215	51 454	66 970	118 424	75 923	163 716	239 639
2007	24 426	99 340	123 766	52 063	68 529	120 592	76 489	167 869	244 358

(a) See Glossary for details of the calculation of full-time equivalent teaching staff.
(b) For a definition of teaching staff, see Glossary.

18 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT TEACHING STAFF (a)(b), By level of school education

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
MALES

Primary
	1997	7 321	5 399	5 045	2 342	2 638	613	337	284	23 978
	2002	7 047	5 556	5 288	2 239	2 552	609	295	320	23 907
	2005	7 030	5 637	5 343	2 270	2 609	599	334	355	24 178
	2006	7 025	5 707	5 424	2 271	2 748	599	342	353	24 469
	2007	6 953	5 813	5 439	2 274	2 670	583	320	373	24 426
Secondary
	1997	16 778	12 662	7 825	3 789	4 696	1 399	407	850	48 407
	2002	17 211	12 815	8 366	3 818	5 028	1 313	445	908	49 904
	2005	17 840	13 262	8 704	3 821	5 065	1 299	457	918	51 366
	2006	17 869	13 435	8 792	3 778	4 906	1 296	469	910	51 454
	2007	17 774	13 684	9 070	3 733	5 130	1 309	469	895	52 063
FEMALES

Primary
	1997	26 458	18 684	14 981	6 819	7 903	2 182	1 344	1 426	79 796
	2002	28 819	22 051	18 284	7 072	9 108	2 247	1 443	1 612	90 636
	2005	29 995	22 687	19 473	7 401	10 005	2 253	1 435	1 721	94 969
	2006	30 786	22 993	19 916	7 605	10 022	2 244	1 464	1 718	96 746
	2007	30 854	23 365	21 363	7 637	10 670	2 258	1 487	1 707	99 340
Secondary
	1997	19 251	14 837	9 158	3 441	4 747	1 544	552	1 347	54 878
	2002	21 236	16 641	10 515	3 718	5 503	1 526	644	1 383	61 165
	2005	22 122	18 162	11 543	3 931	5 838	1 598	684	1 405	65 282
	2006	22 479	18 718	11 914	4 119	5 982	1 639	699	1 419	66 970
	2007	22 655	19 275	12 354	4 215	6 279	1 650	709	1 393	68 529
PERSONS

Primary
	1997	33 779	24 083	20 026	9 161	10 541	2 795	1 680	1 710	103 774
	2002	35 866	27 608	23 573	9 311	11 660	2 856	1 738	1 932	114 543
	2005	37 025	28 324	24 815	9 671	12 614	2 852	1 769	2 077	119 147
	2006	37 812	28 700	25 340	9 876	12 769	2 843	1 807	2 070	121 215
	2007	37 807	29 178	26 802	9 911	13 340	2 841	1 807	2 080	123 766
Secondary
	1997	36 029	27 499	16 984	7 230	9 443	2 944	960	2 197	103 285
	2002	38 447	29 456	18 880	7 536	10 531	2 839	1 089	2 291	111 068
	2005	39 962	31 424	20 247	7 752	10 903	2 897	1 141	2 323	116 648
	2006	40 348	32 153	20 706	7 897	10 887	2 935	1 169	2 329	118 424
	2007	40 429	32 959	21 424	7 947	11 409	2 959	1 178	2 289	120 592

(a) See Glossary for details of the calculation of full-time equivalent teaching staff.
(b) For a definition of teaching staff, see Glossary.

19 SCHOOL PARTICIPATION RATES(a), Full-time students aged 14-19 years

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA(b)	Tas.(c)	NT	ACT(d)(e)	Australia
Age at 1 July		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%

14 year olds
	1997	97.9	97.9	97.6	98.5	99.1	97.6	92.0	105.2	98.1
	2002	96.6	97.6	97.3	97.4	98.1	98.7	85.7	106.3	97.3
	2005	97.4	98.4	97.1	98.0	99.1	98.3	85.1	111.0	97.9
	2006	97.0	98.7	96.4	98.5	98.3	100.5	85.7	110.6	97.7
	2007	97.8	99.3	97.5	99.1	98.0	99.6	83.8	112.7	98.2
15 year olds
	1997	93.2	95.7	90.5	92.5	92.1	98.4	78.6	105.0	93.3
	2002	92.3	94.7	91.3	92.7	90.8	99.1	77.3	104.5	92.8
	2005	93.5	95.7	90.7	95.5	92.0	99.2	80.1	106.9	93.6
	2006	93.5	96.0	91.3	95.8	94.7	98.5	79.1	109.9	94.2
	2007	93.1	96.0	91.9	96.9	93.4	100.5	79.5	108.9	94.1
16 year olds
	1997	78.5	87.5	79.5	81.9	74.8	74.9	66.7	99.2	80.9
	2002	77.7	87.0	82.0	81.7	76.7	81.4	67.3	102.0	81.4
	2005	78.9	87.0	80.8	84.6	77.4	85.1	66.9	101.0	81.9
	2006	80.0	89.1	80.8	85.4	79.6	85.3	65.8	102.6	83.0
	2007	80.0	89.4	81.6	87.6	79.3	84.7	65.5	104.4	83.4
17 year olds
	1997	65.8	75.0	48.2	52.8	40.4	55.8	39.4	89.2	61.0
	2002	66.9	76.8	51.1	60.1	41.9	63.4	44.4	89.8	63.2
	2005	67.8	75.8	49.0	62.9	42.1	63.6	45.0	88.5	63.0
	2006	67.6	76.8	48.0	64.0	40.7	63.4	45.8	90.5	62.9
	2007	67.7	78.2	47.8	64.8	40.2	63.3	44.9	90.6	63.1
18 year olds
	1997	14.3	16.1	6.8	7.0	6.0	11.8	10.7	27.8	12.1
	2002	14.9	20.1	6.2	9.1	5.5	15.6	12.6	25.1	13.3
	2005	14.8	20.9	5.4	9.7	3.9	22.6	11.9	24.2	13.3
	2006	15.0	22.0	4.9	10.6	3.7	25.1	10.5	23.7	13.6
	2007	15.1	22.3	4.9	11.1	3.2	25.5	11.4	22.9	13.6
19 year olds
	1997	1.8	2.2	1.4	1.7	1.8	2.2	2.9	3.3	1.9
	2002	1.6	2.4	1.0	2.1	1.6	3.5	3.1	2.2	1.8
	2005	1.8	2.3	1.0	2.2	0.9	2.3	3.3	2.1	1.7
	2006	1.6	2.1	0.8	2.2	0.7	2.7	3.1	2.1	1.6
	2007	1.4	2.2	0.7	2.7	0.6	2.7	2.3	1.6	1.5
Average age of full-time Year 12 students(f)
	2007	17.2	17.3	16.7	17.2	16.6	17.7	17.2	17.3	17.1

(a) See Gossary for details of the calculation of school age participation rates.
(b) Data in WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.
(c) See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 10, for details on changes to Tasmanian admissions policy affecting participation rates of 18 year olds.
(d) Some ACT rates exceed 100%, largely as a result of NSW residents from surrounding areas enrolling in ACT schools.
(e) School students in Jervis Bay are included in the ACT student totals for these rates (numerator), however Jervis Bay is classified under 'Other territories' in the Estimated Resident Population series and is only included in Australian totals for the denominator.
(f) Approximation based on student's age (in full years) at 1 July 2007.

20 SCHOOL PARTICIPATION RATES(a), Full-time plus part-time students aged 14-19 years

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA(b)	Tas.(c)	NT	ACT(d)(e)	Australia
Age at 1 July		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
MALES

14 year olds
	2002	96.6	98.2	97.8	97.9	97.7	99.3	88.1	106.7	97.5
	2003	97.0	97.3	97.0	97.7	97.1	100.4	91.3	105.2	97.3
	2004	97.2	98.6	97.0	97.3	98.3	98.7	90.7	107.0	97.7
	2005	97.2	98.3	97.0	98.1	98.9	98.0	89.6	113.1	97.8
	2006	97.0	98.7	96.4	99.5	98.3	100.1	91.1	110.9	97.8
	2007	98.0	99.2	97.3	99.3	96.7	99.6	86.7	112.1	98.2
15 year olds
	2002	92.2	95.2	91.3	92.1	90.8	98.4	79.3	103.8	92.8
	2003	92.2	94.1	91.9	95.1	90.6	99.4	83.5	103.6	92.9
	2004	92.4	93.4	90.7	95.1	90.5	99.4	85.9	104.1	92.6
	2005	93.2	95.0	90.0	95.5	91.3	98.4	81.4	105.1	93.1
	2006	93.4	95.4	91.2	95.5	93.9	98.2	84.2	111.3	93.9
	2007	93.0	95.6	91.4	97.4	92.7	100.3	85.1	109.6	93.9
16 year olds
	2002	75.9	86.2	80.8	83.1	75.2	83.0	74.3	101.9	80.4
	2003	77.6	86.7	81.9	82.5	75.3	85.0	69.9	99.5	81.2
	2004	77.2	86.0	80.4	85.2	75.0	85.9	73.8	99.1	80.9
	2005	76.4	84.9	79.1	84.7	73.7	84.4	69.8	100.5	79.9
	2006	77.6	87.2	78.5	85.6	76.1	83.7	68.3	100.6	80.9
	2007	77.7	87.6	79.2	89.3	75.9	84.6	67.6	104.6	81.6
17 year olds
	2002	63.9	72.9	51.4	62.9	41.2	64.2	48.9	91.2	61.5
	2003	63.7	73.2	51.0	61.0	39.8	63.3	50.6	91.3	61.1
	2004	65.1	74.3	50.4	62.0	40.2	64.2	51.4	87.8	61.8
	2005	64.3	72.8	49.1	64.4	40.3	61.5	48.9	87.4	61.0
	2006	64.0	72.8	48.2	64.5	38.6	61.4	47.9	91.0	60.6
	2007	64.3	74.4	47.2	65.9	38.1	62.3	46.7	88.2	60.8
18 year olds
	2002	16.3	21.1	7.3	13.7	6.7	19.8	15.9	27.3	14.8
	2003	16.7	22.3	7.3	14.5	4.8	19.0	14.0	25.9	15.0
	2004	16.7	22.3	6.9	14.2	4.9	19.0	17.3	24.9	14.9
	2005	16.2	22.0	6.0	13.6	4.6	24.4	15.4	25.4	14.6
	2006	16.6	23.0	5.7	14.7	4.1	24.7	13.0	26.9	14.9
	2007	16.4	22.9	5.6	14.5	3.4	26.1	12.3	25.4	14.7
19 year olds
	2002	2.0	2.5	1.4	3.9	2.7	4.6	4.6	2.5	2.3
	2003	2.3	2.7	1.4	3.8	1.5	4.9	3.8	3.0	2.4
	2004	2.2	2.9	1.5	3.8	1.3	3.6	4.1	3.3	2.3
	2005	2.1	2.4	1.2	4.0	1.2	3.0	3.8	2.5	2.1
	2006	1.9	2.3	0.9	3.6	1.0	3.5	4.9	2.1	1.9
	2007	1.7	2.5	0.8	4.2	0.9	3.5	2.7	1.8	1.9
FEMALES

14 year olds
	2002	96.6	97.8	97.8	97.4	98.5	98.4	89.2	106.1	97.5
	2003	96.3	97.6	97.9	97.2	99.3	99.1	95.5	106.0	97.5
	2004	97.4	98.9	99.0	98.1	98.3	99.9	93.4	110.1	98.5
	2005	97.5	98.8	98.4	98.4	99.3	98.7	89.2	109.2	98.4
	2006	97.0	99.0	97.8	97.7	98.3	101.0	88.9	110.4	98.0
	2007	97.6	99.6	98.1	99.2	99.4	99.5	85.3	113.6	98.6
15 year olds
	2002	92.6	96.6	93.5	94.5	91.5	100.2	83.6	105.5	94.1
	2003	93.2	95.3	93.2	95.3	93.5	98.9	82.5	104.6	94.1
	2004	92.9	95.4	93.6	96.0	93.7	98.7	87.2	104.6	94.2
	2005	93.8	97.0	93.9	97.1	93.2	100.7	92.2	108.9	95.2
	2006	93.8	97.4	94.1	97.4	97.3	99.7	85.1	108.9	95.6
	2007	93.2	96.9	94.3	97.8	95.4	101.5	82.5	108.7	95.2
16 year olds
	2002	80.1	91.3	86.3	86.7	79.4	86.9	75.2	102.2	84.9
	2003	82.0	91.1	86.4	89.5	79.2	91.0	76.6	101.3	85.8
	2004	82.5	91.1	86.6	89.5	81.3	92.2	77.0	101.4	86.3
	2005	81.9	91.4	86.0	90.4	82.0	90.2	78.1	101.5	86.2
	2006	83.0	93.3	86.9	91.6	84.7	92.1	77.7	104.9	87.6
	2007	82.7	93.1	87.1	92.4	83.7	89.2	76.3	104.1	87.3
17 year olds
	2002	71.5	82.4	52.7	71.5	44.6	74.0	55.4	88.7	67.9
	2003	71.4	82.7	52.5	71.6	42.4	71.5	52.0	90.8	67.6
	2004	72.3	83.6	52.5	73.8	43.1	75.9	58.5	91.8	68.6
	2005	72.9	82.0	51.3	73.7	44.8	73.6	54.3	91.5	68.2
	2006	72.7	83.9	50.5	75.9	44.2	74.4	54.8	90.2	68.5
	2007	72.5	84.9	50.6	76.5	43.3	73.9	51.4	93.9	68.5
18 year olds
	2002	15.3	19.4	5.8	14.8	6.6	20.1	16.7	22.9	13.8
	2003	15.0	20.3	5.5	14.2	4.2	19.4	12.8	20.4	13.4
	2004	15.1	21.2	5.6	14.1	4.8	18.5	16.5	18.3	13.7
	2005	15.0	21.3	5.4	13.4	4.0	27.0	13.0	23.6	13.8
	2006	15.0	22.4	4.8	14.3	3.8	31.5	12.2	20.3	14.1
	2007	15.1	22.8	4.6	14.3	3.5	30.1	14.4	20.3	14.1
19 year olds
	2002	1.8	2.4	1.0	3.9	2.2	6.5	3.8	2.0	2.1
	2003	2.1	2.6	1.2	4.1	1.4	5.7	4.6	2.9	2.3
	2004	2.2	2.7	1.1	4.3	1.3	5.1	3.9	1.7	2.2
	2005	2.1	2.4	1.1	3.5	1.3	4.6	5.0	1.7	2.1
	2006	1.7	2.2	1.0	3.7	0.9	4.4	3.8	2.1	1.9
	2007	1.5	2.2	0.7	3.7	0.8	3.9	2.9	1.5	1.7
PERSONS

14 year olds
	2002	96.6	98.0	97.8	97.6	98.1	98.9	88.6	106.4	97.5
	2003	96.6	97.4	97.4	97.5	98.2	99.7	93.3	105.6	97.4
	2004	97.3	98.8	98.0	97.7	98.3	99.3	92.0	108.5	98.1
	2005	97.4	98.6	97.7	98.2	99.1	98.3	89.4	111.2	98.1
	2006	97.0	98.8	97.1	98.6	98.3	100.5	90.1	110.7	97.9
	2007	97.8	99.4	97.7	99.2	98.0	99.5	86.0	112.8	98.4
15 year olds
	2002	92.4	95.9	92.4	93.3	91.1	99.3	81.4	104.6	93.4
	2003	92.7	94.7	92.5	95.2	92.0	99.2	83.0	104.1	93.5
	2004	92.7	94.4	92.1	95.5	92.1	99.1	86.5	104.4	93.4
	2005	93.5	96.0	91.9	96.3	92.2	99.5	86.6	107.0	94.1
	2006	93.6	96.3	92.6	96.4	95.6	98.9	84.6	110.2	94.7
	2007	93.1	96.2	92.8	97.6	94.0	100.9	83.9	109.2	94.5
16 year olds
	2002	78.0	88.7	83.5	84.8	77.2	84.9	74.8	102.1	82.6
	2003	79.8	88.8	84.1	85.9	77.2	87.9	73.2	100.4	83.5
	2004	79.8	88.5	83.4	87.3	78.0	89.0	75.4	100.2	83.5
	2005	79.1	88.1	82.4	87.4	77.7	87.2	73.8	101.0	82.9
	2006	80.2	90.2	82.6	88.5	80.3	87.6	72.8	102.7	84.2
	2007	80.2	90.3	83.1	90.8	79.7	86.9	71.8	104.4	84.4
17 year olds
	2002	67.6	77.6	52.0	67.1	42.9	69.0	52.1	90.0	64.6
	2003	67.5	77.9	51.7	66.2	41.1	67.4	51.3	91.0	64.3
	2004	68.6	78.8	51.5	67.8	41.6	69.9	54.8	89.7	65.1
	2005	68.5	77.3	50.1	68.9	42.5	67.4	51.5	89.4	64.5
	2006	68.2	78.2	49.3	69.9	41.3	67.7	51.2	90.6	64.4
	2007	68.2	79.6	48.8	71.0	40.7	67.8	49.0	91.0	64.5
18 year olds
	2002	15.8	20.3	6.5	14.2	6.7	19.9	16.3	25.2	14.3
	2003	15.9	21.3	6.4	14.3	4.5	19.2	13.4	23.2	14.3
	2004	15.9	21.7	6.3	14.2	4.9	18.8	16.9	21.7	14.3
	2005	15.6	21.6	5.7	13.5	4.3	25.7	14.2	24.5	14.2
	2006	15.8	22.7	5.3	14.5	4.0	28.1	12.7	23.8	14.5
	2007	15.8	22.9	5.1	14.4	3.5	28.0	13.3	22.8	14.4
19 year olds
	2002	1.9	2.4	1.2	3.9	2.5	5.5	4.2	2.2	2.2
	2003	2.2	2.7	1.3	4.0	1.4	5.3	4.2	2.9	2.3
	2004	2.2	2.8	1.3	4.0	1.3	4.4	4.0	2.5	2.3
	2005	2.1	2.4	1.1	3.7	1.2	3.8	4.4	2.1	2.1
	2006	1.8	2.2	0.9	3.6	0.9	3.9	4.3	2.1	1.9
	2007	1.6	2.3	0.8	3.9	0.8	3.7	2.8	1.6	1.8

(a) See Glossary for details of the calculation of school age participation rates.
(b) Data for WA have been affected by changes to scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.
(c) See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 10, for details on changes to Tasmanian admissions policy affecting participation rates of 18 year olds.
(d) Some ACT rates exceed 100%, largely as a result of NSW residents from surrounding areas enrolling in ACT schools.
(e) School students in Jervis Bay are included in the ACT student totals for these rates (numerator), however Jervis Bay is classified under 'Other territories' in the Estimated Resident Population series and is only included in Australian totals for the denominator.

21 SCHOOL PARTICIPATION RATES(a), Full-time plus part-time students aged 14-19 years by school affiliation

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA(b)	Tas.(c)	NT	ACT(d)(e)	Australia
Age at 1 July		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
GOVERNMENT

14 year olds
	2002	62.5	60.4	64.0	64.5	62.9	70.6	62.0	58.1	62.6
	2003	61.6	59.4	63.6	63.0	62.4	70.0	64.2	56.0	61.8
	2004	62.0	60.1	64.2	62.4	60.8	68.6	63.9	59.1	62.0
	2005	62.0	60.1	63.9	62.0	60.9	67.9	61.4	57.8	61.9
	2006	61.3	59.6	62.7	61.2	59.2	68.6	62.0	58.5	61.1
	2007	62.3	59.8	63.0	62.0	59.0	67.1	56.6	58.9	61.5
15 year olds
	2002	60.0	59.4	59.4	60.7	57.7	70.1	58.1	57.2	59.7
	2003	59.2	57.8	59.4	62.3	57.7	70.3	58.8	57.1	59.2
	2004	58.1	57.1	58.8	61.2	56.8	69.7	60.4	55.8	58.4
	2005	58.7	57.9	59.1	61.1	56.1	69.3	61.0	58.2	58.8
	2006	58.7	58.2	59.7	60.7	58.9	68.4	58.8	58.0	59.2
	2007	58.0	57.7	59.3	61.1	56.8	68.8	57.9	57.4	58.5
16 year olds
	2002	49.6	54.6	52.7	54.6	48.5	60.7	59.5	62.2	52.3
	2003	50.6	53.9	52.9	54.1	46.6	61.3	57.0	61.1	52.2
	2004	49.5	53.3	52.0	54.9	46.5	63.1	58.8	60.6	51.6
	2005	48.3	52.2	51.1	54.0	45.7	61.9	57.2	59.7	50.6
	2006	49.3	53.7	51.5	54.4	48.1	61.3	56.9	61.6	51.6
	2007	49.4	53.5	51.9	54.5	46.9	59.8	53.9	61.0	51.5
17 year olds
	2002	42.2	45.3	32.3	41.1	26.3	48.3	41.8	57.7	39.7
	2003	41.6	46.4	31.4	40.1	25.0	46.5	40.5	57.0	39.3
	2004	42.2	46.3	31.1	40.7	24.0	47.3	43.5	55.4	39.4
	2005	41.4	45.0	30.2	41.4	24.7	46.5	39.5	55.2	38.7
	2006	40.6	45.0	29.8	41.1	23.9	46.8	41.0	55.5	38.2
	2007	40.7	45.7	29.4	41.4	23.0	45.9	37.9	55.5	38.2
18 year olds
	2002	10.1	11.6	4.5	10.5	5.0	15.5	14.2	16.9	9.2
	2003	10.1	12.5	4.2	10.5	2.8	14.6	11.2	16.2	9.1
	2004	9.9	12.7	4.1	10.2	3.2	13.7	14.2	15.2	9.0
	2005	9.8	12.7	3.7	9.6	2.8	19.2	11.1	16.0	8.9
	2006	9.7	13.3	3.4	10.2	2.7	20.6	10.0	15.9	9.0
	2007	9.6	13.2	3.2	10.1	2.2	20.4	10.1	15.6	8.9
19 year olds
	2002	1.5	1.5	1.0	3.3	2.1	5.3	3.7	2.0	1.7
	2003	1.6	1.6	0.9	3.3	1.1	4.9	3.5	2.8	1.7
	2004	1.7	1.7	0.8	3.3	1.0	4.0	3.8	2.4	1.7
	2005	1.5	1.6	0.8	3.0	1.0	3.5	4.2	2.0	1.5
	2006	1.3	1.5	0.6	2.9	0.7	3.4	3.6	2.1	1.4
	2007	1.2	1.5	0.5	3.3	0.6	3.4	2.2	1.6	1.3
CATHOLIC

14 year olds
	2002	22.1	21.6	17.5	17.7	18.9	15.9	11.6	33.2	20.3
	2003	22.4	21.5	17.3	18.4	18.5	17.2	11.6	34.0	20.4
	2004	22.4	22.2	17.2	18.7	19.3	17.6	12.5	33.8	20.7
	2005	22.3	21.8	17.2	19.4	19.6	17.3	11.2	36.3	20.6
	2006	22.5	21.8	17.6	19.9	19.6	18.8	11.6	34.0	20.8
	2007	22.2	22.3	17.7	19.3	19.9	18.5	12.1	35.9	20.8
15 year olds
	2002	21.1	20.8	16.9	17.3	17.8	16.1	10.7	33.4	19.5
	2003	21.5	20.8	16.8	17.1	18.0	15.8	10.0	32.1	19.6
	2004	21.9	20.7	16.8	18.0	18.1	16.7	10.9	33.2	19.9
	2005	21.9	21.5	16.6	18.1	18.3	17.1	11.0	32.8	20.0
	2006	21.8	21.3	16.6	18.2	18.5	17.2	10.9	35.0	20.0
	2007	21.9	21.1	16.9	18.7	18.4	18.5	12.0	33.1	20.0
16 year olds
	2002	18.0	19.0	15.4	15.3	15.1	14.1	6.9	27.9	17.2
	2003	18.5	19.3	15.7	15.9	16.0	14.5	7.2	28.1	17.6
	2004	19.0	19.3	15.8	16.0	16.1	14.3	7.4	27.1	17.8
	2005	19.0	19.4	15.4	16.6	16.2	13.7	6.7	28.1	17.8
	2006	18.9	20.0	15.4	16.7	16.0	14.2	6.7	27.4	17.9
	2007	18.6	19.8	15.3	17.6	16.4	14.4	7.4	29.2	17.9
17 year olds
	2002	16.2	17.5	9.7	12.7	8.2	11.5	3.8	23.2	14.0
	2003	16.2	17.0	10.0	12.8	8.0	11.6	5.0	23.5	13.9
	2004	16.6	17.4	9.8	13.2	9.0	11.8	5.1	24.4	14.3
	2005	16.8	17.2	9.6	13.2	8.7	11.3	5.5	23.7	14.2
	2006	16.9	17.4	9.2	14.0	8.6	11.1	4.6	23.8	14.3
	2007	16.7	17.8	9.2	14.1	8.7	11.3	4.6	23.5	14.3
18 year olds
	2002	3.1	3.9	0.8	1.7	0.6	2.5	1.3	6.4	2.5
	2003	3.0	3.8	0.8	1.8	0.5	2.5	0.9	5.2	2.4
	2004	3.2	3.8	0.6	1.6	0.5	2.7	1.4	4.2	2.4
	2005	3.0	4.0	0.7	1.7	0.4	3.3	1.6	5.9	2.5
	2006	3.1	4.3	0.6	1.9	0.5	3.6	1.3	5.5	2.6
	2007	3.3	4.3	0.7	2.0	0.4	3.8	2.2	4.7	2.6
19 year olds
	2002	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	-	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.1
	2003	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	-	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.2
	2004	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	-	0.1	-	-	0.2
	2005	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	-	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2
	2006	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	-	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
	2007	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	-	0.1	0.6	-	0.1
INDEPENDENT

14 year olds
	2002	11.9	16.0	16.3	15.4	16.3	12.4	15.0	15.0	14.6
	2003	12.6	16.5	16.5	16.1	17.3	12.6	17.4	15.6	15.1
	2004	12.9	16.5	16.6	16.6	18.3	13.0	15.6	15.6	15.4
	2005	13.1	16.7	16.5	16.9	18.6	13.1	16.8	17.1	15.6
	2006	13.2	17.4	16.8	17.5	19.5	13.2	16.4	18.2	16.0
	2007	13.2	17.3	16.9	17.9	19.1	14.0	17.3	18.0	16.1
15 year olds
	2002	11.3	15.8	16.0	15.3	15.7	13.1	12.6	13.9	14.1
	2003	12.0	16.1	16.3	15.8	16.3	13.0	14.2	15.0	14.7
	2004	12.6	16.5	16.5	16.3	17.1	12.7	15.2	15.4	15.2
	2005	13.0	16.6	16.3	17.1	17.8	13.1	14.6	15.9	15.4
	2006	13.1	16.8	16.3	17.5	18.2	13.4	14.9	17.2	15.6
	2007	13.2	17.5	16.7	17.7	18.8	13.6	13.9	18.7	16.0
16 year olds
	2002	10.3	15.1	15.4	15.0	13.7	10.1	8.4	12.0	13.2
	2003	10.7	15.7	15.5	15.9	14.6	12.2	9.1	11.2	13.7
	2004	11.3	15.9	15.7	16.4	15.4	11.6	9.2	12.4	14.1
	2005	11.8	16.5	15.9	16.8	15.8	11.7	9.9	13.2	14.5
	2006	12.0	16.5	15.8	17.4	16.1	12.2	9.2	13.8	14.7
	2007	12.1	17.0	15.9	18.7	16.4	12.6	10.5	14.2	15.0
17 year olds
	2002	9.2	14.7	10.1	13.4	8.4	9.2	6.5	9.1	10.9
	2003	9.6	14.6	10.3	13.3	8.1	9.3	5.7	10.5	11.0
	2004	9.9	15.2	10.5	14.0	8.6	10.8	6.3	9.9	11.4
	2005	10.3	15.1	10.3	14.3	9.0	9.7	6.5	10.5	11.6
	2006	10.8	15.8	10.3	14.8	8.9	9.8	5.6	11.3	11.9
	2007	10.8	16.1	10.2	15.5	8.9	10.6	6.4	12.0	12.1
18 year olds
	2002	2.6	4.7	1.3	2.1	1.1	2.0	0.9	1.9	2.6
	2003	2.8	5.1	1.4	2.0	1.2	2.2	1.3	1.8	2.8
	2004	2.8	5.2	1.5	2.3	1.1	2.4	1.3	2.2	2.9
	2005	2.8	5.0	1.3	2.2	1.0	3.1	1.5	2.6	2.8
	2006	3.0	5.1	1.2	2.4	0.8	3.8	1.3	2.4	2.9
	2007	2.9	5.4	1.2	2.4	0.8	3.8	1.0	2.5	2.9
19 year olds
	2002	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	-	0.4
	2003	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	-	0.5
	2004	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4
	2005	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	-	-	0.4
	2006	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	-	0.4
	2007	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	-	-	0.3

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) See Glossary for details of the calculation of school age participation rates
(b) Data for WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.
(c) See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 10, for details on changes to Tasmanian admissions policy affecting participation rates of 18 year olds.
(d) Some ACT rates exceed 100%, largely as a result of NSW residents from surrounding areas enrolling in ACT schools.
(e) School students in Jervis Bay are included in the ACT student totals for these rates (numerator), however Jervis Bay is classified under 'Other territories' in the Estimated Resident Population series and is only included in Australian totals for the denominator.

22 APPARENT CONTINUATION RATES(a), Full-time plus part-time students by state and territory

		2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
		%	%	%	%	%	%
NEW SOUTH WALES

Males
	From age 14 to 15 years	95.8	95.5	95.3	95.9	96.1	95.8
	From age 15 to 16 years	83.5	84.2	83.7	82.7	83.2	83.2
	From age 16 to 17 years	84.0	83.9	83.9	83.2	83.8	82.9
	From age 17 to 18 years	26.1	26.1	26.2	25.0	25.8	25.6
	From age 18 to 19 years	12.8	14.2	13.2	12.7	11.7	10.0
Females
	From age 14 to 15 years	96.0	96.5	96.5	96.3	96.2	96.1
	From age 15 to 16 years	87.1	88.6	88.6	88.2	88.5	88.2
	From age 16 to 17 years	88.8	89.1	88.1	88.3	88.7	87.3
	From age 17 to 18 years	21.3	21.0	21.1	20.7	20.5	20.8
	From age 18 to 19 years	12.7	14.0	14.6	14.2	11.6	10.2
Persons
	From age 14 to 15 years	95.9	96.0	95.9	96.1	96.1	95.9
	From age 15 to 16 years	85.3	86.4	86.1	85.4	85.8	85.6
	From age 16 to 17 years	86.4	86.5	86.0	85.8	86.3	85.1
	From age 17 to 18 years	23.6	23.5	23.6	22.8	23.1	23.1
	From age 18 to 19 years	12.7	14.1	13.8	13.4	11.7	10.1
VICTORIA

Males
	From age 14 to 15 years	96.7	95.9	96.0	96.3	97.0	96.9
	From age 15 to 16 years	91.3	91.1	91.4	91.0	91.8	91.9
	From age 16 to 17 years	85.0	84.9	85.7	84.7	85.7	85.4
	From age 17 to 18 years	28.9	30.6	30.4	29.7	31.6	31.4
	From age 18 to 19 years	11.5	12.8	13.0	10.8	10.4	10.7
Females
	From age 14 to 15 years	98.1	97.4	97.7	98.1	98.5	97.9
	From age 15 to 16 years	95.9	94.3	95.6	95.8	96.2	95.6
	From age 16 to 17 years	90.0	90.6	91.8	90.0	91.8	91.0
	From age 17 to 18 years	23.2	24.7	25.6	25.4	27.4	27.2
	From age 18 to 19 years	12.1	13.5	13.3	11.4	10.4	9.8
Persons
	From age 14 to 15 years	97.4	96.6	96.8	97.2	97.7	97.4
	From age 15 to 16 years	93.6	92.6	93.5	93.4	94.0	93.7
	From age 16 to 17 years	87.5	87.8	88.7	87.4	88.8	88.2
	From age 17 to 18 years	25.9	27.5	27.9	27.5	29.4	29.2
	From age 18 to 19 years	11.8	13.1	13.1	11.1	10.4	10.3
QUEENSLAND

Males
	From age 14 to 15 years	93.9	93.9	93.6	92.7	94.0	94.8
	From age 15 to 16 years	90.0	89.7	87.6	87.2	87.3	86.9
	From age 16 to 17 years	63.8	63.1	61.6	61.0	60.9	60.1
	From age 17 to 18 years	14.0	14.2	13.6	11.9	11.6	11.5
	From age 18 to 19 years	20.3	19.4	20.4	17.1	15.1	14.5
Females
	From age 14 to 15 years	95.1	95.2	95.6	94.9	95.6	96.4
	From age 15 to 16 years	92.3	92.4	92.9	91.9	92.5	92.5
	From age 16 to 17 years	61.1	60.8	60.8	59.2	58.8	58.2
	From age 17 to 18 years	10.8	10.4	10.6	10.3	9.4	9.2
	From age 18 to 19 years	19.3	21.2	20.3	19.6	17.9	15.4
Persons
	From age 14 to 15 years	94.5	94.5	94.6	93.8	94.8	95.6
	From age 15 to 16 years	91.2	91.0	90.2	89.5	89.9	89.7
	From age 16 to 17 years	62.5	61.9	61.2	60.1	59.8	59.1
	From age 17 to 18 years	12.4	12.3	12.1	11.1	10.5	10.4
	From age 18 to 19 years	19.9	20.2	20.3	18.2	16.4	14.9
SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Males
	From age 14 to 15 years	94.7	97.2	97.4	98.2	97.4	97.8
	From age 15 to 16 years	90.2	89.6	89.6	89.1	89.6	93.5
	From age 16 to 17 years	75.7	73.5	75.1	75.6	76.1	77.0
	From age 17 to 18 years	22.6	23.0	23.2	22.0	22.7	22.5
	From age 18 to 19 years	27.5	28.1	26.4	27.9	26.1	28.6
Females
	From age 14 to 15 years	95.9	97.9	98.7	99.0	99.0	100.0
	From age 15 to 16 years	92.4	94.6	93.9	94.2	94.4	94.9
	From age 16 to 17 years	81.3	82.6	82.5	82.3	84.0	83.4
	From age 17 to 18 years	20.7	19.8	19.7	18.2	19.5	18.9
	From age 18 to 19 years	29.3	27.5	30.0	24.5	27.7	25.8
Persons
	From age 14 to 15 years	95.3	97.5	98.0	98.6	98.2	98.9
	From age 15 to 16 years	91.3	92.1	91.7	91.5	91.9	94.2
	From age 16 to 17 years	78.5	78.1	78.9	78.9	80.0	80.2
	From age 17 to 18 years	21.6	21.3	21.4	20.0	21.0	20.6
	From age 18 to 19 years	28.4	27.8	28.2	26.2	26.9	27.2
WESTERN AUSTRALIA(b)

Males
	From age 14 to 15 years	93.0	92.7	93.2	92.9	95.0	94.3
	From age 15 to 16 years	83.0	83.0	82.8	81.5	83.3	80.9
	From age 16 to 17 years	55.8	52.9	53.3	53.8	52.4	50.1
	From age 17 to 18 years	16.6	11.6	12.3	11.4	10.2	8.8
	From age 18 to 19 years	40.2	21.5	26.2	24.4	21.6	20.8
Females
	From age 14 to 15 years	93.3	95.0	94.4	94.8	98.0	97.0
	From age 15 to 16 years	87.3	86.5	86.9	87.5	90.9	86.0
	From age 16 to 17 years	55.6	53.4	54.5	55.1	53.9	51.1
	From age 17 to 18 years	14.8	9.5	11.4	9.3	8.6	7.9
	From age 18 to 19 years	35.2	20.5	30.4	26.2	22.4	19.5
Persons
	From age 14 to 15 years	93.1	93.8	93.8	93.8	96.5	95.6
	From age 15 to 16 years	85.1	84.7	84.8	84.5	87.0	83.4
	From age 16 to 17 years	55.7	53.2	53.9	54.4	53.2	50.6
	From age 17 to 18 years	15.7	10.5	11.8	10.3	9.4	8.4
	From age 18 to 19 years	37.8	21.0	28.1	25.3	22.0	20.2
TASMANIA

Males
	From age 14 to 15 years	100.7	100.1	99.1	99.8	100.2	100.2
	From age 15 to 16 years	85.2	86.4	86.5	84.9	85.0	86.2
	From age 16 to 17 years	80.1	76.3	75.5	71.5	72.8	74.4
	From age 17 to 18 years	30.3	29.6	30.0	38.0	40.2	42.6
	From age 18 to 19 years	22.8	24.7	19.2	15.8	14.2	14.2
Females
	From age 14 to 15 years	100.6	100.6	99.6	100.8	101.0	100.5
	From age 15 to 16 years	89.8	90.8	93.1	91.4	91.4	89.4
	From age 16 to 17 years	85.1	82.3	83.4	79.9	82.5	80.3
	From age 17 to 18 years	26.9	26.2	25.9	35.6	42.8	40.4
	From age 18 to 19 years	31.0	28.5	26.2	24.9	16.4	12.5
Persons
	From age 14 to 15 years	100.6	100.3	99.3	100.3	100.6	100.3
	From age 15 to 16 years	87.4	88.6	89.7	88.0	88.1	87.8
	From age 16 to 17 years	82.7	79.3	79.5	75.8	77.7	77.3
	From age 17 to 18 years	28.5	27.8	27.8	36.7	41.6	41.4
	From age 18 to 19 years	26.9	26.6	22.7	20.3	15.3	13.2
NORTHERN TERRITORY

Males
	From age 14 to 15 years	93.9	94.8	94.1	89.8	94.0	93.4
	From age 15 to 16 years	89.3	88.2	88.4	81.3	83.9	80.3
	From age 16 to 17 years	72.5	68.1	73.5	66.3	68.7	68.3
	From age 17 to 18 years	33.3	28.6	34.2	29.9	26.7	25.6
	From age 18 to 19 years	23.0	23.6	29.4	21.7	31.7	20.4
Females
	From age 14 to 15 years	93.5	92.4	91.3	98.7	95.4	92.8
	From age 15 to 16 years	88.6	91.6	93.4	89.6	84.2	89.7
	From age 16 to 17 years	75.6	69.1	76.3	70.5	70.1	66.2
	From age 17 to 18 years	30.0	23.1	31.8	22.3	22.5	26.3
	From age 18 to 19 years	18.8	27.4	30.8	30.4	29.0	23.8
Persons
	From age 14 to 15 years	93.7	93.7	92.7	94.1	94.7	93.1
	From age 15 to 16 years	88.9	89.9	90.8	85.3	84.1	84.8
	From age 16 to 17 years	74.1	68.6	74.9	68.4	69.4	67.2
	From age 17 to 18 years	31.5	25.7	33.0	25.9	24.6	26.0
	From age 18 to 19 years	21.0	25.6	30.1	25.8	30.5	21.9
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY(c)(d)

Males
	From age 14 to 15 years	96.7	97.1	99.0	98.2	98.4	98.8
	From age 15 to 16 years	97.4	95.8	95.7	96.5	95.8	94.0
	From age 16 to 17 years	92.1	89.6	88.3	88.2	90.6	87.7
	From age 17 to 18 years	31.0	28.3	27.3	28.9	30.8	27.9
	From age 18 to 19 years	8.6	11.0	12.8	10.0	8.4	6.7
Females
	From age 14 to 15 years	97.8	98.6	98.7	98.9	99.8	98.5
	From age 15 to 16 years	98.6	96.1	96.9	97.0	96.3	95.6
	From age 16 to 17 years	89.4	88.8	90.6	90.3	88.9	89.6
	From age 17 to 18 years	25.2	23.1	20.2	25.7	22.2	22.5
	From age 18 to 19 years	7.7	12.4	8.4	9.3	9.1	7.2
Persons
	From age 14 to 15 years	97.3	97.8	98.8	98.6	99.1	98.6
	From age 15 to 16 years	98.0	96.0	96.3	96.8	96.0	94.7
	From age 16 to 17 years	90.8	89.2	89.4	89.2	89.7	88.6
	From age 17 to 18 years	28.1	25.7	23.8	27.3	26.6	25.2
	From age 18 to 19 years	8.2	11.6	10.8	9.7	8.7	6.9
AUSTRALIA

Males
	From age 14 to 15 years	95.4	95.3	95.2	95.3	96.0	96.0
	From age 15 to 16 years	87.5	87.5	87.1	86.2	86.9	86.9
	From age 16 to 17 years	76.9	76.0	76.0	75.4	75.9	75.1
	From age 17 to 18 years	24.3	24.4	24.4	23.6	24.4	24.2
	From age 18 to 19 years	15.7	15.9	15.5	14.1	13.0	12.5
Females
	From age 14 to 15 years	96.2	96.5	96.6	96.7	97.2	97.1
	From age 15 to 16 years	91.0	91.2	91.7	91.4	92.1	91.3
	From age 16 to 17 years	79.6	79.5	79.9	79.0	79.4	78.1
	From age 17 to 18 years	20.1	19.8	20.3	20.1	20.7	20.6
	From age 18 to 19 years	15.9	16.5	16.7	15.2	13.4	12.0
Persons
	From age 14 to 15 years	95.8	95.9	95.9	96.0	96.6	96.5
	From age 15 to 16 years	89.2	89.4	89.3	88.8	89.4	89.1
	From age 16 to 17 years	78.3	77.8	78.0	77.2	77.7	76.6
	From age 17 to 18 years	22.1	22.0	22.3	21.8	22.5	22.4
	From age 18 to 19 years	15.8	16.2	16.1	14.6	13.2	12.2

(a) This is a measure of the apparent proportion of students of a particular age that continue to participate in school education from one year to the next. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 22 to 24, for further details.
(b) Data for WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 8, for further details.
(c) ACT rates can be affected by the significant numbers of NSW residents from surrounding areas enrolling in ACT schools.
(d) School students in Jervis Bay are included in the ACT student totals for these rates (numerator), however Jervis Bay is classified under 'Other territories' in the Estimated Resident Population series and is only included in Australian totals for the denominator.

23 APPARENT RETENTION RATES(a), Full-time students, From Year 7/8 to Year 12 by sex

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA(b)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%

Males
	1997	r62.0	69.3	72.9	61.3	65.3	54.1	36.7	92.5	66.2
	2002	64.9	73.4	77.4	61.1	69.3	66.0	48.9	87.1	69.8
	2005	66.0	73.9	75.3	64.3	67.2	58.4	56.8	87.2	69.9
	2006	65.3	72.9	r74.0	64.6	66.2	56.4	57.3	89.3	69.0
	2007	64.7	73.3	73.9	66.2	64.5	57.4	62.1	84.0	68.8
Females
	1997	72.8	83.8	83.2	72.9	78.1	63.4	47.8	90.7	77.8
	2002	75.1	88.7	85.5	72.6	78.3	79.4	57.1	89.1	80.7
	2005	76.3	87.6	84.7	77.6	78.0	76.5	61.5	87.9	81.0
	2006	75.9	87.2	r83.8	78.8	77.6	73.3	59.5	88.2	r80.7
	2007	74.9	87.4	83.3	79.5	76.4	73.9	61.3	86.5	80.1
Persons
	1997	67.2	76.3	77.9	66.9	71.6	58.6	42.0	91.6	71.8
	2002	69.9	80.9	81.3	66.7	73.7	72.6	53.0	88.1	75.1
	2005	71.1	80.6	79.9	70.7	72.5	67.1	59.1	87.5	75.3
	2006	70.5	79.9	r78.8	71.5	71.8	64.8	58.4	88.7	74.7
	2007	69.7	80.1	78.5	72.7	70.3	65.4	61.7	85.2	74.3

r revised
(a) See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 17-19, for further details.
(b) Data for WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 8, for details.

24 APPARENT RETENTION RATES(a), Full-time students, From Year 10 to Year 12 by sex

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA(b)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%

Males
	1997	65.1	73.6	73.7	65.9	67.1	56.0	56.2	92.3	69.3
	2002	67.7	77.1	78.0	65.3	70.0	68.4	61.8	89.4	72.4
	2005	68.4	76.6	75.1	65.9	67.2	59.2	68.0	87.7	71.5
	2006	68.2	76.2	r74.4	66.1	66.1	56.9	63.3	90.2	71.0
	2007	67.6	76.0	74.8	67.1	64.0	57.6	63.3	85.6	70.6
Females
	1997	75.5	86.3	82.3	76.2	78.6	65.8	69.5	91.6	79.9
	2002	77.3	88.7	84.3	75.9	77.9	81.6	70.5	90.2	81.7
	2005	78.1	87.9	83.5	78.6	77.4	77.0	70.9	88.6	81.6
	2006	78.0	88.0	r82.8	79.8	77.0	73.3	73.2	87.5	81.4
	2007	77.4	87.7	82.6	79.9	75.3	73.4	67.7	86.1	80.8
Persons
	1997	70.2	79.9	77.9	71.0	72.8	60.7	62.8	92.0	74.5
	2002	72.4	82.9	81.1	70.6	73.9	75.0	66.2	89.8	77.0
	2005	73.2	82.2	79.3	72.1	72.2	67.8	69.5	88.1	76.5
	2006	73.0	82.1	r78.6	72.7	71.4	65.0	68.0	88.9	r76.2
	2007	72.4	81.8	78.6	73.3	69.5	65.3	65.5	85.9	75.6

r revised
(a) See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 17-19, for further details.
(b) Data for WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 8, for further details.

25 APPARENT RETENTION RATES(a), Full-time students, Indigenous and non-Indigenous

		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%

To Year 9
	Indigenous	95.5	96.5	97.8	96.8	97.2	99.2	98.4	97.5
	Non-Indigenous	99.8	99.9	99.8	99.9	99.9	99.9	r100.1	100.4
	Difference-percentage points	-4.3	-3.4	-2.0	-3.1	-2.7	-0.7	-1.6	-2.9
To Year 10
	Indigenous	83.0	85.7	86.4	87.2	85.8	88.3	91.4	90.5
	Non-Indigenous	98.0	98.4	98.5	98.9	98.5	98.6	98.9	99.7
	Difference-percentage points	-15.0	-12.7	-12.1	-11.7	-12.7	-10.3	-7.5	-9.2
To Year 11
	Indigenous	53.6	56.1	58.9	61.4	61.1	62.3	67.7	69.7
	Non-Indigenous	86.2	87.6	88.7	89.5	89.0	88.3	r88.9	89.4
	Difference-percentage points	-32.6	-31.5	-29.8	-28.1	-27.9	-26.0	-21.1	-19.7
To Year 12
	Indigenous	36.4	35.7	38.0	39.1	39.8	39.5	40.1	42.9
	Non-Indigenous	73.3	74.5	76.3	76.5	76.9	76.6	r76.0	75.6
	Difference-percentage points	-36.9	-38.8	-38.3	-37.4	-37.1	-37.1	-35.8	-32.7

r revised
(a) From Year 7/8. See explanatory notes, paragraphs 17-19, for further details.

26 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENT / TEACHING STAFF RATIOS(a)(b)(c), By category of school

		NSW	Vic.	Qld(d)	SA	WA(e)	Tas.	NT	ACT	Australia
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
GOVERNMENT

Primary
	1997	17.9	18.0	17.1	17.1	18.1	16.2	14.5	18.5	17.6
	2002	17.5	16.4	15.7	16.8	17.7	16.1	14.0	15.8	16.7
	2005	16.7	16.1	15.5	16.1	16.3	15.9	13.6	13.8	16.1
	2006	16.2	15.9	15.5	15.7	16.2	15.8	13.3	13.8	15.8
	2007	16.2	15.7	15.5	15.6	15.4	15.6	13.7	13.6	15.7
Secondary
	1997	12.9	12.5	13.6	12.2	13.0	13.3	12.0	12.7	12.9
	2002	12.5	12.3	13.1	12.5	12.4	13.4	10.9	12.0	12.5
	2005	12.4	12.0	13.0	12.5	12.0	13.2	11.6	11.8	12.4
	2006	12.4	11.9	13.0	12.5	12.5	13.2	11.2	11.9	12.4
	2007	12.5	11.8	12.9	12.7	11.7	13.1	10.9	12.2	12.3
NON-GOVERNMENT

Primary
	1997	19.0	18.8	18.4	19.0	17.9	18.4	18.3	20.5	18.7
	2002	17.7	16.9	16.9	17.5	17.5	17.4	17.6	18.7	17.3
	2005	17.1	16.0	16.3	16.6	16.8	16.8	16.7	17.5	16.6
	2006	16.9	15.7	15.9	16.4	17.0	17.0	17.4	17.5	16.4
	2007	16.8	15.2	17.4	16.5	17.1	16.6	17.0	17.3	16.5
Secondary
	1997	12.6	12.6	13.5	13.2	12.8	12.8	11.4	13.5	12.8
	2002	12.2	12.1	12.7	12.3	12.4	12.5	10.3	12.9	12.3
	2005	11.8	11.6	12.5	12.0	12.2	12.3	10.3	13.0	11.9
	2006	11.7	11.5	12.4	11.8	12.0	12.2	10.5	12.8	11.8
	2007	11.7	11.3	12.2	11.7	12.0	12.1	10.6	12.8	11.9
TOTAL

Primary
	1997	18.2	18.2	17.4	17.5	18.0	16.6	15.1	19.1	17.9
	2002	17.6	16.6	16.0	17.0	17.7	16.3	14.6	16.7	16.9
	2005	16.8	16.1	15.7	16.3	16.4	16.1	14.2	15.0	16.2
	2006	16.4	15.8	15.6	15.9	16.4	16.1	14.0	15.0	16.0
	2007	16.4	15.6	16.0	15.9	15.8	15.8	14.3	14.8	15.9
Secondary
	1997	12.8	12.5	13.6	12.5	13.0	13.2	11.8	13.0	12.8
	2002	12.4	12.2	12.9	12.4	12.4	13.1	10.7	12.4	12.4
	2005	12.2	11.9	12.8	12.3	12.1	13.0	11.2	12.3	12.2
	2006	12.1	11.7	12.8	12.2	12.3	12.8	11.0	12.3	12.2
	2007	12.2	11.6	12.7	12.3	11.8	12.8	10.8	12.5	12.1

(a) Number of full-time students plus full-time equivalent of part-time students divided by the number of full-time equivalent teaching staff.
(b) See Glossary for details of the calculation of full-time teaching staff.
(c) For a definition of teaching staff see Glossary.
(d) Qld has introduced a pre-year 1 grade in 2007 following a successful trial from 2003-2006. See Explanatory Notes, paragraph 9, for further details.
(e) Data for WA have been affected by changes in scope and coverage over time. See Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 7 and 8, for further details.