Of the 280 schools in Tasmania in 2002, the Greater Hobart-Southern Region had 46.4% (130) of all schools in Tasmania, the Northern Region 27.1% (76) and the Mersey-Lyell Region 26.4% (74).
In 2002, there were 174 primary schools in the state, 46.6% (81) in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 28.2% (49) in the Mersey-Lyell Region and 25.3% (44) in the Northern Region. Of the 50 secondary schools in Tasmania, 22 were located in the Greater Hobart-Sourthern Region, 15 in the Northern Region and 13 in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
There were 57 primary/secondary combined schools in the state, with 43.9% (25) located in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 21.1% (12) in the Northern Region and 17.5% (10) in the Mersey-Lyell Region. Of the 9 special schools in Tasmania, over half were located in the Northern Region and 3 were located in the Launceston local government area.
TOTAL SCHOOLS, Tasmanian local government areas - 2002(a)
|
 |  | Primary | Secondary | Primary & secondary combined | Special | All schools |
Local government area |
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
no.
|
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Greater Hobart-Southern |
 | Brighton | 6 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
 | Central Highlands | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
 | Clarence | 19 | 6 | 1 | - | 26 |
 | Derwent Valley | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 |
 | Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
 | Glenorchy | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
 | Hobart | 15 | 5 | 7 | - | 27 |
 | Huon Valley | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 10 |
 | Kingborough | 8 | 2 | 4 | - | 14 |
 | Sorell | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
 | Southern Midlands | 3 | - | 2 | - | 5 |
 | Tasman | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
 | Total | 81 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 130 |
Northern |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Break O'Day | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
 | Dorset | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
 | Flinders | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
 | George Town | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
 | Launceston | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 38 |
 | Meander Valley | 7 | 1 | - | 2 | 10 |
 | Northern Midlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 |
 | West Tamar | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 |
 | Total | 44 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 76 |
Mersey-Lyell |  |  |  |  |  |
 | Burnie | 10 | 4 | - | 1 | 15 |
 | Central Coast | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 12 |
 | Circular Head | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 |
 | Devonport | 8 | 4 | - | 1 | 13 |
 | Kentish | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
 | King Island | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
 | Latrobe | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
 | Waratah/Wynyard | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 9 |
 | West Coast | 4 | - | 2 | - | 6 |
 | Total | 49 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 74 |
Tasmania |
174
|
50
|
57
|
9
|
280
|
|
(a) The non-government schools data includes head campus information only. Subsidiary campuses are not included.
- nil or rounded to zero
Source: Department of Education (government schools data); Department of Education, Science and Training (non-government schools data). |