Just 64.5 per cent of students now attend a government school, continuing a long-term decline in the public sector’s ...
Families abandon public schools for independent sector
Public school enrolments have fallen for the second year in a row, as the independent sector continues to take on a larger share of Australia’s students.
The retention rate at public schools has also seen a significant fall, down from 83.1 per cent in 2018 to 76 per cent in 2022.