Enrolment and attendance data

Enrolment and attendance data is collected 8 times per year (at the beginning and end of each term).

In each term, the:

first reporting period covers weeks 1 to 4
second reporting period covers weeks 5 to 8.

The average enrolment number is the average enrolments of students over the 4-week reporting period.

The attendance rate is the proportion of time students attend compared to the time they are expected to attend during the 4-week period.

New enrolment and attendance processes were introduced in 2013 that provided a richer, more robust and highly validated dataset.

Due to these enhancements, 2013 represents a break in series and therefore enrolment and attendance data prior to 2013 cannot be compared to datasets for 2013 and onwards.

In addition, an important part of Every Day Counts is the capturing and reporting of high quality enrolment and attendance information, including reporting on reasons for non-attendance.

Student enrolment and attendance

A summary profile of enrolment and attendance (E&A) data for each collection are available below:

2024	E&A by school
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Student enrolment and attendance for Term 3, 2024

The tables below show enrolment and attendance data for Term 3, 2024. Both the enrolments and the attendance rates are calculated over the 2 reporting periods within the term.

Average enrolment and attendance by year, Term 3, 2024 ^1,2,3,4

			Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
			Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
PRIMARY	Early Years	Preschool	1 199	47.7%	1 674	87.3%	2 873	70.4%
		Transition	1 050	53.5%	1 399	89.3%	2 449	74.2%
		Year 1	1 116	53.9%	1 488	89.3%	2 605	74.3%
		Year 2	1 169	55.6%	1 435	89.7%	2 604	74.5%
		Year 3	1 159	53.9%	1 518	90.5%	2 677	74.8%
	Primary Years	Year 4	1 189	54.5%	1 448	89.5%	2 637	73.8%
		Year 5	1 132	56.9%	1 453	89.7%	2 585	75.4%
		Year 6	1 125	55.0%	1 411	88.4%	2 536	73.7%
	Ungraded Primary	Ungraded Primary	np	np			np	np
SECONDARY	Middle Years	Year 7	1 031	52.8%	1 018	84.8%	2 049	71.9%
		Year 8	960	48.5%	995	83.6%	1 955	69.8%
		Year 9	1 071	47.8%	998	81.1%	2 069	68.0%
	Senior Years	Year 10	960	47.3%	1 028	79.3%	1 988	67.8%
		Year 11	694	48.6%	1 328	79.0%	2 022	70.7%
		Year 12	408	54.8%	886	73.7%	1 293	68.9%
	Ungraded Secondary	Ungraded Secondary			46	93.1%	46	93.1%
	NTG TOTAL		14 264	51.9%	18 124	84.3%	32 388	71.7%

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The data in the above table excludes 15 enrolments from Top End School of Flexible Learning (Tivendale) and 21 enrolments for Centralian Senior College (Owen Springs).
Calculations are based on precise data, due to rounding some totals may not correspond with the sum of separate figures.
Ungraded students are in an interim year level until students can be assessed and assigned to a year level.
np = not publishable as enrolments are less than 12.

Average enrolment and attendance by region, Term 3 2024^1,2,3

		Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
		Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
Barkly Region
	Early Years	472	39.7%	68	79.5%	541	44.7%
	Primary Years	290	42.0%	23	87.0%	313	45.3%
	Middle Years	210	32.5%	22	76.9%	232	38.8%
	Senior Years	81	29.8%	14	63.4%	95	36.3%
	*Region Total*	1 053	37.0%	128	76.3%	1 181	42.0%
Big Rivers Region
	Early Years	1 065	47.2%	405	84.9%	1 470	57.4%
	Primary Years	606	49.4%	241	85.9%	846	59.8%
	Middle Years	597	35.5%	155	79.2%	751	46.9%
	Senior Years	278	31.8%	84	62.8%	363	41.7%
	*Region Total*	2 546	41.8%	885	79.4%	3 430	52.3%
Central Region
	Early Years	1 108	53.9%	902	89.3%	2 010	69.2%
	Primary Years	672	56.4%	430	89.4%	1 102	69.5%
	Middle Years	474	51.4%	169	79.1%	643	61.5%
	Senior Years	238	41.6%	187	70.6%	425	56.0%
	*Region Total*	2 491	51.4%	1 688	82.4%	4 180	64.5%
Darwin Region
	Early Years	809	72.2%	3 111	90.3%	3 920	86.6%
	Primary Years	501	74.7%	1 918	90.7%	2 419	87.4%
	Middle Years	621	65.0%	1 632	86.1%	2 253	81.3%
	Senior Years	716	73.3%	2 134	80.2%	2 849	79.2%
	*Region Total*	2 647	70.0%	8 794	85.7%	11 441	82.7%
East Arnhem Region
	Early Years	719	31.8%	322	85.8%	1 041	48.4%
	Primary Years	428	33.9%	156	85.1%	583	47.7%
	Middle Years	456	33.2%	154	81.3%	610	54.0%
	Senior Years	297	26.7%	74	64.4%	371	39.8%
	*Region Total*	1 899	31.7%	707	79.8%	2 606	48.4%
Top End Region
	Early Years	1 519	62.0%	2 706	89.8%	4 225	79.9%
	Primary Years	952	62.1%	1 545	88.3%	2 497	78.4%
	Middle Years	705	54.8%	878	79.7%	1 583	70.6%
	Senior Years	452	56.6%	794	78.9%	1 246	72.0%
	*Region Total*	3 628	58.8%	5 922	84.0%	9 550	75.1%
NT Government
	*NTG Total*	14 264	51.9%	18 124	84.3%	32 388	71.7%

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The data in the above table excludes 15 enrolments from Top End School of Flexible Learning (Tivendale) and 21 enrolments for Centralian Senior College (Owen Springs).
Calculations are based on precise data, due to rounding some totals may not correspond with the sum of separate figures.
Early Years include the Preschool, Transtion, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 year levels. Primary Years include the Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 and Ungraded Primary year levels. Middle Years include the Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 year levels. Senior Years include year Year 10, Year 11, Year 12 and Ungraded Secondary year levels. Ungraded students are in an interim year level until students can be assessed and assigned a level.

The data below show a combination of enrolment and attendance by remoteness, for Term 3, 2024.

Average enrolment and attendance by remoteness and region, Term 3, 2024 ^1,2

		Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
		Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
Outer Regional
	Darwin Region	2 647	70.0%	8 794	85.7%	11 441	82.7%
	Top End Region	2 110	68.4%	5 757	84.1%	7 867	79.7%
	*Outer Regional Total*	4 757	69.2%	14 551	85.1%	19 308	81.5%
Remote
	Big Rivers Region	913	50.7%	826	79.8%	1 739	63.7%
	Central Region	1 347	57.3%	1 637	82.3%	2 984	70.5%
	Top End Region	510	41.1%	143	81.7%	653	50.1%
	*Remote Total*	2 770	53.0%	2 607	81.5%	5 377	66.6%
Very Remote
	Barkly Region	1 053	37.0%	128	76.3%	1 181	42.0%
	Big Rivers Region	1 633	34.4%	58	71.5%	1 691	35.6%
	Central Region	1 145	40.8%	51	84.6%	1 196	42.6%
	East Arnhem Region	1 899	31.7%	707	79.8%	2 606	48.4%
	Top End Region	1 008	34.3%	22	72.0%	1 030	35.0%
	*Very Remote Total*	6 738	35.1%	966	79.1%	7 703	42.4%
NT Government
	*NTG Total*	14 264	51.9%	18 124	84.3%	32 388	71.7%

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The data in the above table excludes 15 enrolments from Top End School of Flexible Learning (Tivendale) and 21 enrolments for Centralian Senior College (Owen Springs).
Calculations are based on precise data, due to rounding some totals may not correspond with the sum of separate figures.

Distribution of government school student enrolments by remoteness category, Term 3 2024

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Enrolment and attendance statistics archive

Note: Due to new enrolment and attendance processes introduced in 2013 to provide a richer, more robust and highly validated dataset, data prior to 2013 cannot be compared to datasets for 2013 and onwards.

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