I spend considerable time on NSW Department Education’s website recently and found a lot of goodies. Yeah, I reading stuff like these for fun. Today’s topic is average primary school class size for NSW.
Grade | Kindergarten | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Kindergarten - Year 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | 24.1 | 25.5 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 26.9 |
2002 | 23.5 | 25 | 25.6 | 26.3 | 26.5 | 26.7 | 26.8 | 26.5 |
2003 | 22.9 | 24.5 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 26.3 |
2004 | 22.1 | 24.6 | 25.4 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 26.2 |
2005 | 19.7 | 23.6 | 25.1 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 26.7 | 25.3 |
2006 | 19.3 | 21.3 | 24.1 | 25.9 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 26.6 | 24.6 |
2007 | 19.2 | 21.1 | 22.6 | 25.7 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 24.3 |
2008 | 19.2 | 21.2 | 22.5 | 25.7 | 26.1 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 24.2 |
2009 | 19.3 | 21.3 | 22.6 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 24.3 |
2010 | 19.2 | 21.2 | 22.7 | 25.6 | 26.2 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 24.2 |
2011 | 19.2 | 21.2 | 22.6 | 25.7 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 26.3 | 24 |
2012 | 19.3 | 21.2 | 22.7 | 25.5 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 24 |
2013 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 22.7 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 26.3 | 26.1 | 24 |
2014 | 19.3 | 21.4 | 22.7 | 25.6 | 26 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 24 |
2015 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 22.7 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 24.1 |
2016 | 19.1 | 21.3 | 22.6 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 24.1 |
Data is taken directly from the site NSW Department of Education’s Site.
Note the decrease in class size is from Kindergarten to Year 2 level where from Year 3 to Year 6 it is about the same for last 20 years. This number matches with my experience at the local public schools.
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