Data Notes:

• NSW government schools by Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI), as at Mid-Year Census, conducted in August each year.

• FOEI is a school level index of educational disadvantage related to socioeconomic background. It has been selected as the basis of the equity loading for socio-economic background in the department’s Resource Allocation Model.

• Includes all hospital schools, Stewart House School and Royal Far West School.

• Excludes Aurora College, Palm Avenue School, NSW School of Languages and all Environmental Education Centres.

• Norfolk Island Central School was included in NSW data for the first time in 2016. It is included in the North West NSW SA4 Grouping.

• SA4 groupings are a geographical structure based on the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). More information is available in Statistical Bulletin explanatory notes.

Data Source:

• Schools and Students: Statistical Bulletin. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.