Enrolments and attendance 2007-2008

Enrolment and attendance data are collected eight times per year in Week 4 and Week 8 of each term. Enrolment is the number of students enrolled on the collection day. Attendance is the average student attendance over the four weeks preceding the collection.

The data presented in the tables below compares the enrolment and attendance data collected in Week 8 on 20 March 2008 (collection 2) with the corresponding collection 2 in 2007.

The data is grouped by geolocation as fellows:

Provincial - Darwin and Palmerston schools
Remote - Alice Springs and Katherine schools
Very Remote - All other NT schools

Enrolments

	2007		2008		Change
Geolocation	Indigenous	Non-Indigenous	Indigenous	Non-Indigenous	Indigenous	Non-Indigenous
Provincial	3055	13525	3276	13441	221	-84
Remote	2983	3771	2926	3557	-57	-214
Very Remote	8178	1379	8541	1317	363	-62

Attendance

	2007		2008		Change
Geolocation	Indigenous	Non-Indigenous	Indigenous	Non-Indigenous	Indigenous	Non-Indigenous
Provincial	82%	91%	81%	91%	-1%	0%
Remote	81%	92%	82%	92%	1%	0%
Very Remote	66%	88%	66%	91%	0%	3%

Enrolment and attendance charts

The charts below show a combination of enrolment and attendance data for 2007 and 2008. Enrolment is indicated by the bars and the left scale - student enrolment numbers. Attendance is indicated by the lines and the right scale - average student attendance percentage. The Mar(2) data corresponds with the individual school table - enrolment and attendance for March (collection 2) available by school (pdf 30Kb) or geolocation (pdf 164Kb) order.