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:

2023	E&A by school
Term 4	PDF (456.7 KB) \| XLSX (40.0 KB)

Student enrolment and attendance for Term 4, 2023

The tables below show enrolment and attendance data for Term 4, 2023. 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, 2023 ^1,2,3

			Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
			Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
PRIMARY	Early Years	Preschool	1 225	52.3%	1 724	85.8%	2 949	71.7%
		Transition	1 069	57.5%	1 539	89.6%	2 608	76.5%
		Year 1	1 160	56.9%	1 483	88.8%	2 644	74.9%
		Year 2	1 151	57.8%	1 530	90.5%	2 681	76.6%
		Year 3	1 206	56.8%	1 494	89.7%	2 700	75.1%
	Primary Years	Year 4	1 184	60.0%	1 486	90.1%	2 670	76.9%
		Year 5	1 118	59.1%	1 416	89.4%	2 534	76.2%
		Year 6	1 178	58.9%	1 418	89.5%	2 596	75.7%
	Ungraded Primary	Ungraded Primary	-	-	-	-	-	-
SECONDARY	Middle Years	Year 7	1 011	55.1%	985	85.5%	1 996	73.5%
		Year 8	939	51.4%	999	82.5%	1 938	70.7%
		Year 9	935	54.9%	973	80.4%	1 909	70.7%
	Senior Years	Year 10	800	50.6%	1 184	77.1%	1 984	69.2%
		Year 11	668	53.8%	1 122	71.4%	1 790	66.5%
		Year 12	409	64.6%	873	71.6%	1 283	68.9%
	Ungraded Secondary	Ungraded Secondary	-	-	44	89.2%	44	89.2%
	NT TOTAL		14 054	55.9%	18 271	83.7%	32 325	72.9%

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The data in the above table excludes 42 enrolments from Top End School of Flexible Learning (Tivendale) and 25 enrolments for Centralian Senior College (Owen Springs). Both schools have an attendance rate of 100 per cent.
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.

Average enrolment and attendance by region, Term 4 2023^1,2,3

		Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
		Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
Barkly Region
	Early Years	516	43.2%	72	75.7%	587	47.0%
	Primary Years	307	45.9%	24	81.5%	331	48.5%
	Middle Years	215	35.3%	21	83.3%	236	42.7%
	Senior Years	48	37.6%	15	57.0%	64	42.8%
	*Region Total*	1 086	41.2%	132	74.9%	1 217	45.7%
Big Rivers Region
	Early Years	1 091	53.3%	445	88.1%	1 536	63.2%
	Primary Years	688	57.2%	248	88.7%	937	65.5%
	Middle Years	578	44.4%	138	83.7%	716	54.4%
	Senior Years	245	35.8%	88	64.8%	333	45.7%
	*Region Total*	2 602	49.5%	919	83.2%	3 521	58.9%
Central Region
	Early Years	1 138	54.7%	900	88.9%	2 038	69.4%
	Primary Years	641	58.3%	412	88.0%	1 053	70.2%
	Middle Years	422	55.6%	166	79.4%	588	64.4%
	Senior Years	204	45.2%	194	66.3%	398	56.3%
	*Region Total*	2 406	54.1%	1 671	81.1%	4 077	65.7%
Darwin Region
	Early Years	774	73.4%	3 247	90.0%	4 022	86.8%
	Primary Years	513	77.2%	1 936	91.1%	2 449	88.2%
	Middle Years	565	65.4%	1 611	84.9%	2 175	80.6%
	Senior Years	690	76.5%	2 071	76.2%	2 761	76.2%
	*Region Total*	2 542	71.4%	8 865	84.7%	11 407	82.1%
East Arnhem Region
	Early Years	746	37.1%	341	87.2%	1 087	52.8%
	Primary Years	397	37.2%	171	87.8%	568	52.7%
	Middle Years	464	35.5%	120	82.8%	584	52.8%
	Senior Years	281	31.9%	99	65.1%	379	45.4%
	*Region Total*	1 887	35.8%	730	81.0%	2 618	51.4%
Top End Region
	Early Years	1 547	65.8%	2 766	89.1%	4 313	80.9%
	Primary Years	933	65.4%	1 530	88.9%	2 463	80.1%
	Middle Years	642	60.2%	903	80.2%	1 544	73.5%
	Senior Years	410	62.5%	755	76.3%	1 165	72.2%
	*Region Total*	3 532	63.4%	5 953	83.4%	9 485	76.6%
NT Government
	*NT Total*	14 054	55.9%	18 271	83.7%	32 325	72.9%

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The data in the above table excludes 42 enrolments from Top End School of Flexible Learning (Tivendale) and 25 enrolments for Centralian Senior College (Owen Springs). Both schools have an attendance rate of 100 per cent.
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.

The data below show a combination of enrolment and attendance by remoteness, for Term 4, 2023.

Average enrolment and attendance by remoteness and region, Term 4, 2023 ^1,2

		Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
		Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
Outer Regional
	Darwin Region	2 542	71.4%	8 865	84.7%	11 407	82.1%
	Top End Region	2 080	72.1%	5 797	83.4%	7 877	80.3%
	*Outer Regional Total*	4 621	71.8%	14 662	84.2%	19 283	81.3%
Remote
	Big Rivers Region	895	56.6%	871	83.2%	1 766	68.9%
	Central Region	1 361	59.6%	1 622	81.0%	2 983	70.9%
	Top End Region	458	47.2%	132	84.0%	590	55.5%
	*Remote Total*	2 713	57.1%	2 626	81.9%	5 339	69.1%
Very Remote
	Barkly Region	1 086	41.2%	132	74.9%	1 217	45.7%
	Big Rivers Region	1 707	44.1%	48	83.7%	1 755	45.1%
	Central Region	1 045	43.5%	49	81.7%	1 094	45.2%
	East Arnhem Region	1 887	35.8%	730	81.0%	2 618	51.4%
	Top End Region	994	38.8%	24	77.8%	1 018	39.7%
	*Very Remote Total*	6 719	40.3%	983	80.2%	7 702	47.0%
NT Government
	*NT Total*	14 054	55.9%	18 271	83.7%	32 325	72.9%

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The data in the above table excludes 42 enrolments from Top End School of Flexible Learning (Tivendale) and 25 enrolments for Centralian Senior College (Owen Springs). Both schools have an attendance rate of 100 per cent.
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 2023

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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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