After peaking during the pandemic in 2021, domestic enrolments declined in 2022 and 2023 The number of domestic enrolments decreased by 2.4 per cent from 1,102,757 in 2022 to 1,076,027 in 2023, when it reached its lowest level since 2017. There were 9,859 more primary school student enrolments in 2024, an increase of 0.4% since 2023 Government primary school enrolments decreased by 0.3% with 4,312 fewer students In 2023, there were 9,629 schools in australia, an increase of 15 schools since 2022 The majority (69.7%) of schools are government schools, established and administered by state and territory governments through their education departments or authorities.
Australian electoral commissioner tom rogers said the continuing upwards trajectory of enrolment in australia is a result of years of hard work “quite frankly, the enrolment rates our initiatives are producing are a modern democratic miracle,” mr rogers said.
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