National Report on Schooling in Australia
ACARA publishes the annual National Report on Schooling in Australia on behalf of Australian education ministers.
The report:
- addresses the 11 areas of commitment to action specified in the Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration
- outlines national policy and reporting context for school education
- reports on nationally agreed key performance measures (KPMs) for schooling
- provides statisitics on school and staff numbers, student enrolments and school funding
Latest report
Read the most recent report, the National Report on Schooling in Australia 2021.
Earlier reports
The National Report on Schooling in Australia data portal
View the latest available data in the National Report on Schooling in Australia data portal, which complements the national report on schooling and is updated with the most recent data available.
The data portal provides interactive access to a wide range of data on Australian schooling, including general statistics on enrolments and funding, and data on the agreed KPMs. In most cases, the portal allows viewing and downloading of data at the national level, but also by state and territory, by school sector, by calendar year and by other breakdowns such as gender and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status.