School data and performance

Every year data is collected relating to schools, students and staff throughout the Western Australian education system.

A student census is taken within the first few weeks of each semester. The data is used for reporting and statistical purposes and is made available in various reports, summaries and extracts.

You can find a directory of all public schools and information about individual schools, including school annual reports and student results, on Schools Online.

After the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) we publish a summary report for the performance of Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students in Western Australian public schools.

Student census data reports

You will find reports, maps and other resources about students and schools in Western Australia in the following sections. If you can’t find the data you need, email your requirements to systemperformance.datareporting@education.wa.edu.au.

Scroll to the bottom of this page to find the explanation of terms for reports.

Schools maps
School lists
Summary: public and non-government schools with full-time students (Table 1.01)
Students by year level
Part-time students by year level
Students by education region and level
Aboriginal students by education region and level
Students by campus
Students by intensive English centre
Number of schools by size
Non-government schools by religious affiliation
Public school teaching staff

The interactive maps show the locations of our schools across Western Australia. The csv files also have contact details and student numbers.

Schools interactive map
Remote Teaching Service Schools interactive map
Refer to Data WA to find the schools dataset.

This data lists all the public and non-government schools in the state.

They are updated daily around 12 pm.

Contact details for educational regional offices are available on the contact page.

Summary statistics of schools and full-time students filtered by metropolitan, country and combined are available in PDF format. Reports are generated following the census each semester.

Number of primary and full-time secondary students over the past 10 years – by school education (public and non-government) sector and year level.

Number of part-time secondary students over the past 10 years – by school education (public and non-government) sector, year level and students who identify as Aboriginal.

Number of schools and primary and full-time secondary students – by education level, education region and school education (public and non-government) sector.

Number of Aboriginal primary and full-time secondary students – by education level, education region, school education (public and non-government) sector, and public school.

The following CSV files contain 2 data sets: all students and Aboriginal students.

Number of primary and full-time secondary students – by public (non-main school) campus and year level.

Number of primary and full-time secondary students – by public school intensive English centre (IEC) and year level.

Including classification and school education (public and non-government) sector.

Including student numbers and education region

Number (full-time equivalent, or FTE) of school-based teaching staff in the public school sector – by category of staff and education level.

Explanation of terms for reports

The following terms are used in the census reports:

KIN is Kindergarten year level
PRP is compulsory year level (Pre-primary)
Y01-Y12 is Year 1 to Year 12
UPR is ungraded primary
USE is ungraded secondary.

There are different school types in the Western Australian education system.

Public

Primary schools
District high schools are usually Kindergarten to Year 10
High schools are Year 7 to Year 10
Senior high schools are Year 7 to Year 12
Senior colleges are Year 10 to Year 12
Senior campuses are Year 11 and Year 12
School of Isolated and Distance Education is SIDE
Education support schools and centres
Community kindergartens

Non-government schools

Primary schools
Primary and secondary schools are usually Kindergarten to Year 10 or 12
Secondary schools
Independent pre-schools

School data and performance