Redlands schools: Richest and poorest revealed
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REDLANDS Coast’s richest school rakes in more than $90.4 million in three years and parents wanting to send their kids to the region’s most expensive school have to fork out $11,853, tightly held school statistics reveal.
An independent analysis of school financial records from the MySchool website have shown the massive amount of money some schools make every year, and how little some schools are forced to scrape by on.
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The figures revealed Sheldon College in Sheldon had a higher gross income than any other school in the Redlands Coast region.
The school made a gross income of $90.4 million, according to financial records from the three most recently available years.
The region’s second richest school was Ormiston College, in Ormiston, which had a gross income of $74 million.
The school with the third highest gross income was Cleveland District State High School, in Sheldon, which made $70.6 million.
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The figures include all fees, charges and parental contributions as well as State and Federal Government funding and any other private sources over the 2015, 2016 and 2017 years.
It does not include any deductions for capital works or debt servicing. The analysis does not include special schools or schools that did not have complete financial data in MySchool for one or more of 2015, 2016 or 2017.
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Macleay Island State School, had the lowest gross income of any school in the Redlands Coast region. It made just $7.5 million over the three year period.
The region’s school most expensive school was Sheldon College in Sheldon where the average amount parents had to fork out in fees, charges and contributions in 2017 was $11,853.
Ormiston College, in Ormiston, had the Redlands Coast region’s second highest average parental contributions with $9961.
The school with the third highest parental contributions was Redlands College, in Redlands College, where the average contribution was $7108.
Redlands’ richest schools
Sheldon College: $90.4 million
Ormiston College: $74 million
Cleveland District State High School: $70.6 million
Redlands College: $65.3 million
Carmel College: $57.2 million
Alexandra Hills State High School: $56.4 million
Victoria Point State High School: $46.5 million
Faith Lutheran College — Redlands: $44 million
Wellington Point State High School: $40.2 million
Redland Bay State School: $28.5 million
Region’s poorest schools
Macleay Island State School: $7.5 million
Russell Island State School: $7.9 million
Dunwich State School: $7.9 million
Vienna Woods State School: $9.1 million
Alexandra Hills State School: $9.6 million
Star of the Sea Primary School: $9.9 million
Wellington Point State School: $17 million
St Anthony’s School: $17 million
Victoria Point State School: $18.4 million
St Rita’s Primary School: $19 million
Region’s schools that cost parents the most
Sheldon College: $11,853
Ormiston College: $9961
Redlands College: $7108
Faith Lutheran College — Redlands: $6212
Australian Industry Trade College — Redlands: $5625
Carmel College: $5013
Star of the Sea Primary School: $2667
St Mary MacKillop Primary School: $2579
St Rita’s Primary School: $2516
St Anthony’s School: $2160
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