New South Wales Government School Enrolments by Size and Type, 2008-2024

NSW Department of Education data tracks student enrolment numbers across government schools from 2008 to 2024. The dataset includes primary, secondary, infants, central/community, and specialist schools for specific purposes. Enrolment fluctuations can move schools between size bands from year to year.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in school size distribution based on enrolment numbers over a 16-year period
• Compare enrolment patterns across different school types (primary, secondary, infants, SSPs) described in the notes
• Model the impact of enrolment fluctuations on school classification bands mentioned in the data notes

Strengths

• Data spans 16 years (2008-2024), providing a long-term view
• Includes detailed definitions for multiple school types (primary, infants, secondary, SSPs, EECs)
• Published under a CC-BY-4.0 license by the NSW Department of Education

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Education Statistics and Measurement, Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation, NSW Department of Education

Time Range

2008-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-17 19:39:30.614800

Geography

New South Wales, Australia