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 4, 2024

The tables below show enrolment and attendance data for Term 4, 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 4, 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	1 235	52.0%	1 694	87.2%	2 929	72.3%
		Transition	1 057	57.7%	1 396	89.7%	2 453	76.1%
		Year 1	1 104	58.2%	1 488	90.3%	2 592	76.8%
		Year 2	1 178	58.7%	1 434	89.8%	2 612	75.8%
		Year 3	1 145	58.1%	1 522	90.5%	2 667	76.7%
	Primary Years	Year 4	1 189	57.9%	1 459	89.9%	2 648	75.7%
		Year 5	1 146	60.4%	1 475	89.7%	2 621	77.0%
		Year 6	1 102	57.5%	1 431	89.2%	2 533	75.5%
	Ungraded Primary	Ungraded Primary	np	np			np	np
SECONDARY	Middle Years	Year 7	1 017	55.3%	1 021	85.4%	2 039	73.4%
		Year 8	951	50.2%	1 003	83.6%	1 954	70.7%
		Year 9	1 055	51.0%	999	80.4%	2 054	69.0%
	Senior Years	Year 10	923	50.2%	1 037	76.8%	1 961	67.7%
		Year 11	599	51.0%	1 281	75.1%	1 880	68.6%
		Year 12	366	62.1%	865	67.4%	1 231	65.6%
	Ungraded Secondary	Ungraded Secondary			47	89.3%	47	89.3%
	NTG TOTAL		14 069	55.2%	18 152	84.2%	32 221	72.8%

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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 4 2024^1,2,3

		Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
		Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
Barkly Region
	Early Years	494	46.1%	68	77.6%	562	49.8%
	Primary Years	305	48.9%	23	82.9%	328	51.3%
	Middle Years	204	39.2%	22	78.2%	226	45.0%
	Senior Years	63	34.3%	13	67.5%	77	41.2%
	*Region Total*	1 067	43.8%	126	76.8%	1 193	47.9%
Big Rivers Region
	Early Years	1 078	53.8%	415	88.1%	1 493	63.2%
	Primary Years	597	55.4%	247	86.5%	844	64.4%
	Middle Years	567	43.0%	157	79.3%	724	53.2%
	Senior Years	248	37.4%	81	61.2%	329	44.9%
	*Region Total*	2 489	48.8%	901	81.1%	3 390	58.0%
Central Region
	Early Years	1 102	54.4%	887	90.1%	1 990	70.0%
	Primary Years	671	54.7%	437	89.4%	1 108	68.5%
	Middle Years	453	49.2%	168	80.3%	621	60.4%
	Senior Years	207	44.6%	179	68.2%	386	56.6%
	*Region Total*	2 434	51.5%	1 671	82.9%	4 105	64.8%
Darwin Region
	Early Years	817	73.5%	3 119	90.5%	3 936	86.9%
	Primary Years	501	76.4%	1 938	90.8%	2 439	87.9%
	Middle Years	608	66.0%	1 637	86.1%	2 245	81.7%
	Senior Years	660	73.5%	2 119	78.4%	2 779	77.7%
	*Region Total*	2 585	71.0%	8 814	85.7%	11 399	82.9%
East Arnhem Region
	Early Years	712	39.6%	324	84.9%	1 037	53.8%
	Primary Years	423	40.6%	155	87.5%	578	53.3%
	Middle Years	455	39.1%	157	77.7%	612	55.8%
	Senior Years	273	35.3%	71	59.1%	344	43.1%
	*Region Total*	1 863	38.9%	708	78.2%	2 571	52.5%
Top End Region
	Early Years	1 515	65.3%	2 721	89.8%	4 235	81.2%
	Primary Years	943	65.1%	1 564	89.0%	2 506	80.2%
	Middle Years	737	55.6%	881	80.0%	1 618	70.9%
	Senior Years	438	57.0%	766	74.0%	1 204	68.7%
	*Region Total*	3 632	60.8%	5 931	83.5%	9 564	75.5%
NT Government
	*NTG Total*	14 069	55.2%	18 152	84.2%	32 221	72.8%

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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 4, 2024.

Average enrolment and attendance by remoteness and region, Term 4, 2024 ^1,2

		Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
		Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
Outer Regional
	Darwin Region	2 585	71.0%	8 814	85.7%	11 399	82.9%
	Top End Region	2 074	70.5%	5 750	83.6%	7 823	79.9%
	*Outer Regional Total*	4 658	70.8%	14 564	84.9%	19 222	81.7%
Remote
	Big Rivers Region	876	54.8%	848	81.1%	1 724	67.1%
	Central Region	1 281	58.0%	1 621	82.8%	2 902	71.3%
	Top End Region	497	48.3%	151	82.4%	648	56.3%
	*Remote Total*	2 653	55.6%	2 620	82.3%	5 274	68.6%
Very Remote
	Barkly Region	1 067	43.8%	126	76.8%	1 193	47.9%
	Big Rivers Region	1 613	44.1%	53	80.2%	1 666	45.2%
	Central Region	1 153	40.3%	50	83.8%	1 204	42.1%
	East Arnhem Region	1 863	38.9%	708	78.2%	2 571	52.5%
	Top End Region	1 062	36.4%	30	79.9%	1 092	37.5%
	*Very Remote Total*	6 758	40.8%	968	78.3%	7 725	47.0%
NT Government
	*NT Total*	14 069	55.2%	18 152	84.2%	32 221	72.8%

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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 4 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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