Active School Locations for Western Australia Semester 1 2024

First semester 2024 school year data lists active school locations in Western Australia. The dataset is provided by the Department of Education and was last updated in March 2026. It includes geographic location data for schools.

Use Cases

• Map school locations using geographic coordinates from the spatial data files for demographic analysis
• Analyze the distribution of active schools across Western Australia for infrastructure planning
• Integrate school point data with census boundaries using spatial join keys for community studies

Strengths

• Official data from the Government of Western Australia's Department of Education
• Provides multiple spatial file formats including GeoJSON, SHP, and Geopackage for interoperability
• Dataset was updated in March 2026, indicating maintenance

Limitations

• Unknown row count and column schema limits analytical planning
• Data is limited to the first semester of the 2024 school year, a single time point
• Spatial coverage is restricted to Western Australia, not nationally representative

Provenance

Source

Department of Education, Government of Western Australia

Collection Method

Administrative data collection by the education department.

Time Range

First semester, 2024 school year.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24.

Geography

Western Australia.