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Aboutclasssizes
Aboutclasssizes
The size of each primary classes and secondary English classes is collected from government
schools as part of the February School Census conducted on the last school day of February each
year.
Note: Special and language schools are not required to submit class size data.
1
The schools with the largest average class sizes and the largest individual class sizes, both for all
classes and for Prep–2 classes have been contacted to confirm the data and to ascertain any
special circumstances or reasons prevailing in these schools. The use of additional support within
these classes to support the teacher was the most common reason given, as their enrolment
profile did not readily allow the creation of another class.
In the case of composite classes, all the students that are in a composite class (regardless of which
year level) are included in the calculation of the average class size for the respective year levels.
For example, if there was a composite 2/3 class with 25 students, then the 25 students would be
included in the calculation of the average Prep-2, Year 2 and Year 3 class size respectively.
2
Number of classes by year level: The number of classes with at least one student in the
respective year level.
Average (English) class size for each year level: The total number of students in classes
assigned to the respective year level divided by the number of classes with respective year level
students.