SCHOOL ENROLMENTS CONTINUE TO RISE
Published Monday, 08 January, 2007 at 04:58 PM
Minister for Education and Training and Minister for the Arts
The Honourable Rod Welford
Queensland’s growing population is reflected in the high number of students expected to enrol in schools across the state this year.
Education and Training Minister, Rod Welford, said approximately 700,000 students were expected to enrol at state, Catholic and independent schools in 2007.
“Queensland continues to be one of the fastest growing states in Australia and this growth is reflected in the high number of enrolments forecast for this year,” Mr Welford said.
“Enrolments in both primary and secondary schools continue to grow and we expect an increase of about 10,000 on 2006 figures.
“Approximately 480,000 students are expected to enrol at state prep sites, primary, secondary and special schools and an estimated 217,000 in non-state schools.”
School enrolment figures for 2007
- Approximately 29,000 students are expected to enrol in the first universally available Prep year program in 2007.
- About 40,000 students are expected to enrol in Year 1 at Queensland state schools in 2007, with a further 16,000 due to enrol in non-state schools.
- Approximately 37,000 students are expected to enrol in Year 8 at Queensland state schools in 2007, with a further 21,000 due to enrol in non-state schools.
- Queensland state special schools are forecast to enrol approximately 2900 students.
Enrolment figures for each Education Queensland district are below.
Media contact: Marnie Stitz on 3237 1000 or 0419 734 985
Projected state school enrolments by district for 2007
|
District Name |
Prep-Year |
Year 1 |
Year 8 |
Total |
|
Brisbane Central and West |
1 450 |
2 150 |
1 200 |
22 750 |
|
Brisbane North |
1 350 |
2 300 |
2 000 |
27 450 |
|
Brisbane South |
1 400 |
2 300 |
1 850 |
25 650 |
|
Cairns Coastal |
800 |
1 650 |
1 500 |
18 900 |
|
CentralCoast |
800 |
1 500 |
1 450 |
18 000 |
|
Central Queensland |
400 |
800 |
650 |
8 250 |
|
Central West |
100 |
200 |
150 |
1 800 |
|
Gold Coast |
2 150 |
3 750 |
3 700 |
46 550 |
|
Logan-Albert Beaudesert |
1 350 |
2 500 |
2 050 |
28 150 |
|
Mackay-Whitsunday |
900 |
1 700 |
1 700 |
20 600 |
|
Moreton East |
1 000 |
1 850 |
1 350 |
20 400 |
|
Moreton West |
700 |
1 400 |
1 200 |
16 300 |
|
Mt Isa |
200 |
500 |
350 |
4 550 |
|
Roma |
200 |
400 |
350 |
4 250 |
|
South East Brisbane |
1 800 |
3 250 |
3 000 |
40 200 |
|
Sunshine Coast North |
1 600 |
2 700 |
2 800 |
34 450 |
|
Sunshine Coast South |
1 600 |
3 000 |
3 100 |
37 100 |
|
Tablelands-Johnstone |
450 |
750 |
850 |
9 850 |
|
The Downs |
300 |
550 |
600 |
6 600 |
|
Toowoomba |
800 |
1 300 |
1 200 |
15 800 |
|
Torres Strait and Cape |
250 |
400 |
200 |
3 750 |
|
Townsville |
1 000 |
2 050 |
1 900 |
24 200 |
|
Warwick |
300 |
550 |
500 |
6 250 |
|
Wide Bay North |
500 |
1 050 |
1 050 |
13 100 |
|
Wide Bay South |
800 |
1 400 |
1 350 |
17 450 |
|
Wide Bay West |
300 |
550 |
550 |
6 700 |
Please note:
- These figures are projected preliminary enrolment forecasts for 2007
- Actual enrolments may vary from those forecast
- Total includes Prep and special school students
- Excludes Brisbane School of Distance Education and Centres for Continuing Secondary Education