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Facts and figures about Victoria's education system

Victoria’s school education system is made up of:

• 1574 - government schools
• 499- Catholic schools
• 222 - independent schools

Government school numbers (as at Feb 09)

Latest estimate of government school numbers: 1,594

• 1,183 - Primary
• 61 - Primary/secondary
• 250 - Secondary
• 76 - Special
• 4 - Language
• List of new, merged and voluntarily closed schools since 1999 (Excel - 96Kb)

Student figures (as at Feb 09)

Latest estimate of government school students: 538,116

• 305,006 – Primary
• 223,331 - Secondary
• 8,579 - Special
• 1,200 - Language

Teaching figures (as of Feb 09)

Latest estimate of teachers (FTE) 40,188 in government schools

• 18,755 - Primary
• 16,811 - Secondary
• 4,623 - Special/P-12/Language/Other

Teacher appointments

• 1,017 new teacher graduates have been appointed to commence teaching in 2009 in Victorian government schools under the Graduate Recruitment Program
• 180 additional teachers and staff have been appointed to government schools as part of the Teacher Supply and Demand recruitment initiatives.

More information

For more information, see Statistics for Victorian schools (PDF - 83Kb) (latest).