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
Term 1	PDF (457.5 KB) \| XLSX (44.7 KB)

Student enrolment and attendance for Term 1, 2024

The tables below show enrolment and attendance data for Term 1, 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 1, 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	1 050	56.6%	1 522	87.2%	2 572	74.7%
		Transition	989	61.1%	1 392	90.3%	2 381	78.3%
		Year 1	1 131	61.2%	1 500	90.9%	2 631	78.2%
		Year 2	1 200	62.7%	1 440	90.5%	2 640	78.0%
		Year 3	1 173	63.1%	1 496	91.7%	2 669	79.2%
	Primary Years	Year 4	1 238	62.9%	1 446	90.9%	2 684	78.1%
		Year 5	1 170	65.8%	1 460	90.9%	2 631	79.8%
		Year 6	1 172	63.5%	1 409	91.2%	2 581	78.8%
	Ungraded Primary	Ungraded Primary	np	np			np	np
SECONDARY	Middle Years	Year 7	1 050	63.0%	1 008	89.0%	2 058	78.3%
		Year 8	1 045	56.4%	978	86.3%	2 022	74.2%
		Year 9	1 080	54.7%	995	83.3%	2 075	72.2%
	Senior Years	Year 10	1 008	56.1%	1 010	83.6%	2 018	73.5%
		Year 11	879	53.8%	1 370	82.1%	2 249	73.7%
		Year 12	582	62.1%	995	83.0%	1 577	77.1%
	Ungraded Secondary	Ungraded Secondary			47	89.7%	47	89.7%
	NT TOTAL		14 768	60.0%	18 069	87.0%	32 838	76.4%

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The data in the above table excludes 35 enrolments from Top End School of Flexible Learning (Tivendale) and 18 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.
np = not publishable as enrolments are less than 12.

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

		Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
		Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
Barkly Region
	Early Years	475	46.3%	67	80.7%	542	50.6%
	Primary Years	329	46.4%	25	84.5%	354	49.1%
	Middle Years	267	34.0%	23	73.1%	290	38.8%
	Senior Years	83	30.0%	16	60.1%	100	36.3%
	*Region Total*	1 154	40.6%	132	74.3%	1 286	44.7%
Big Rivers Region
	Early Years	1 036	59.4%	396	88.2%	1 432	67.5%
	Primary Years	625	63.8%	233	88.1%	858	70.4%
	Middle Years	636	47.0%	142	82.4%	778	55.6%
	Senior Years	400	38.8%	93	70.3%	494	47.5%
	*Region Total*	2 697	52.7%	864	83.1%	3 561	60.8%
Central Region
	Early Years	1 064	59.1%	847	89.3%	1 911	72.1%
	Primary Years	709	61.2%	430	91.5%	1 139	72.8%
	Middle Years	449	54.7%	160	78.9%	608	62.9%
	Senior Years	261	54.8%	198	75.0%	459	64.8%
	*Region Total*	2 483	57.5%	1 635	83.7%	4 118	68.4%
Darwin Region
	Early Years	767	77.0%	3 058	91.3%	3 826	88.4%
	Primary Years	516	79.1%	1 906	92.0%	2 423	89.3%
	Middle Years	606	72.6%	1 600	89.4%	2 206	85.6%
	Senior Years	820	77.2%	2 185	85.8%	3 005	84.6%
	*Region Total*	2 710	75.7%	8 750	88.9%	11 460	86.4%
East Arnhem Region
	Early Years	700	44.4%	306	87.4%	1 006	57.3%
	Primary Years	426	48.0%	164	87.3%	589	59.0%
	Middle Years	476	47.0%	161	87.8%	637	64.6%
	Senior Years	362	39.7%	81	70.7%	443	49.9%
	*Region Total*	1 964	44.8%	711	84.1%	2 676	58.4%
Top End Region
	Early Years	1 500	69.2%	2 677	90.7%	4 177	83.0%
	Primary Years	977	70.8%	1 557	90.5%	2 534	82.9%
	Middle Years	740	65.7%	895	82.9%	1 635	76.7%
	Senior Years	542	62.6%	849	82.2%	1 391	76.0%
	*Region Total*	3 759	66.9%	5 977	86.1%	9 737	79.3%
NT Government
	*NT Total*	14 768	60.0%	18 069	87.0%	32 838	76.4%

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The data in the above table excludes 35 enrolments from Top End School of Flexible Learning (Tivendale) and 18 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 1, 2024.

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

		Aboriginal		Non-Aboriginal		Total
		Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate	Average Enrolment	Attendance Rate
Outer Regional
	Darwin Region	2 710	75.7%	8 750	88.9%	11 460	86.4%
	Top End Region	2 164	75.1%	5 819	86.1%	7 983	83.1%
	*Outer Regional Total*	4 874	75.4%	14 569	87.8%	19 443	85.0%
Remote
	Big Rivers Region	905	57.9%	806	83.3%	1 711	69.0%
	Central Region	1 314	64.1%	1 576	83.8%	2 890	74.3%
	Top End Region	499	54.8%	136	84.3%	634	61.3%
	*Remote Total*	2 717	60.8%	2 518	83.7%	5 235	71.5%
Very Remote
	Barkly Region	1 154	40.6%	132	74.3%	1 286	44.7%
	Big Rivers Region	1 793	48.4%	58	77.8%	1 851	49.3%
	Central Region	1 169	45.7%	58	80.4%	1 227	47.4%
	East Arnhem Region	1 964	44.8%	711	84.1%	2 676	58.4%
	Top End Region	1 096	45.2%	23	84.4%	1 119	45.9%
	*Very Remote Total*	7 177	45.1%	983	82.5%	8 159	51.1%
NT Government
	*NT Total*	14 768	60.0%	18 069	87.0%	32 838	76.4%

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The data in the above table excludes 35 enrolments from Top End School of Flexible Learning (Tivendale) and 18 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 1 2024

Enrolment and attendance t1 2024 figures

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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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