Interactive list: Every southern Adelaide school’s enrolment number and student/teacher ratio
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Children at Christie Downs Primary School have the benefit of having the most teachers on site — per student — of any school in Adelaide’s south.
An analysis of national data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has revealed which schools have the lowest student/teacher ratios.
Christie Downs Primary School came out on top in the region with a ratio of nine students per teacher.
This is followed by Lonsdale Heights Primary School with 10.7 students per teacher and Noarlunga Downs Primary School with 10.9 students per teacher.
In comparison, Craigburn Primary School, Flagstaff Hill R-7 School, Woodcroft Primary School and Reynella Primary School have nearly 20 students per teacher.
According to ACARA, the national student/teacher ratio was 13.5 students for every teacher.
Student/teacher ratios do not take into account teacher aides or non-teaching staff at schools — only the full-time equivalent teachers.
A range of variables also means student/teacher ratios do not necessarily equate directly to class size.
The Education Department said all public schools were funded to ensure agreed average class sizes at every year level were not exceeded.
In each school, average class sizes should not be greater than 26 students across Reception to Year 2, 30 from Year 3-7, 29 from Years 8-10 and 26 in Years 11-12.
Schools are also funded according to seven categories of advantage and disadvantage, with a particular focus on helping disadvantaged schools keep junior primary classes small.
“Overall class sizes are influenced by how much funding a school receives based on its level of disadvantage, the programs on offer and how it deploys its resources,” a department spokesman said.
“For instance, schools with special units and special classes for disability will have lower ratios.”
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