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Schools by Sector and Type 2010 to 2019


	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Independent
Primary only	248	234	235	228	222	215	214	216	216	211
Secondary only	73	68	58	57	53	53	48	51	48	54
Combined	641	653	657	661	669	680	688	693	703	713
Special	55	65	67	69	72	80	92	101	111	110
Total	1,017	1,020	1,017	1,015	1,016	1,028	1,042	1,061	1,078	1,088
Catholic
Primary only	1,230	1,231	1,228	1,226	1,229	1,235	1,239	1,243	1,246	1,248
Secondary only	303	305	305	303	304	324	321	321	323	319
Combined	148	148	153	155	156	139	138	141	144	149
Special	27	26	27	33	33	39	40	39	40	40
Total	1,708	1,710	1,713	1,717	1,722	1,737	1,738	1,744	1,753	1,756
Government
Primary only	4,879	4,847	4,827	4,802	4,799	4,774	4,780	4,769	4,778	4,786
Secondary only	1,034	1,023	1,029	1,025	1,022	1,032	1,035	1,036	1,043	1,043
Combined	498	504	511	505	500	504	490	502	494	497
Special	332	331	330	329	330	329	329	332	331	333
Total	6,743	6,705	6,697	6,661	6,651	6,639	6,634	6,639	6,646	6,659
All Sectors
Primary only	6,357	6,312	6,290	6,256	6,250	6,224	6,233	6,228	6,240	6,245
Secondary only	1,410	1,396	1,392	1,385	1,379	1,409	1,404	1,408	1,414	1,416
Combined	1,287	1,305	1,321	1,321	1,325	1,323	1,316	1,336	1,341	1,359
Special	414	422	424	431	435	448	461	472	482	483
Total	9,468	9,435	9,427	9,393	9,389	9,404	9,414	9,444	9,477	9,503

Source: ABS Schools Australia 2009– 2018 (publication no. 4221.0, Table 35a)

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