Western Australia’s richest and poorest schools revealed

WA’s richest school has raked in more than $306.1 million in five years with an average cost per student of $33,690, tightly held school statistics reveal.

Christ Church Grammar School in Claremont is WA’s richest school

WA’s richest school has raked in more than $306.1 million in five years with an average cost per student of $33,690, 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.

The figures revealed Christ Church Grammar School in Claremont had a higher gross income than any other school in the WA region.

The school made a gross income of $306.1 million, according to financial records from the combined past five years.

The school’s income fell by 13.8 per cent between 2017 and 2021.

The region’s second richest school was Hale School, in Wembley Downs, which had a gross income of $270.1 million.

Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $34,847.

The school with the third highest gross income was Scotch College, in Swanbourne, which made $247.7 million.

Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $32,857.

The figures include all fees, charges and parental contributions as well as State and Federal Government funding and any other private sources over the five years from 2017 to 2021.

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 the five years.

Banksia Montessori School at Dianella had the lowest gross income of any school in the WA region.

It made just $1.9 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 59 percent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $12,402.

Woodanilling Primary School at Woodanilling had the second lowest gross income of any school in the WA region.

It made just $4.1 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by six per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $61,611.

The Japanese School in Perth at City Beach had the third lowest gross income of any school in the WA region.

It made just $4.1 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 15 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $21,422.

RICHEST SCHOOLS IN WA

Christ Church Grammar School: $306.1 million

Hale School: $270.1 million

Scotch College: $247.7 million

St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School: $217.8 million

St Stephen’s School: $207.6 million

Guildford Grammar School: $199.2 million

Wesley College: $190.4 million

All Saints’ College: $181.4 million

Aquinas College: $177.5 million

Presbyterian Ladies’ College: $176.7 million

POOREST SCHOOLS IN WA

Banksia Montessori School: $1.9 million

Woodanilling Primary School: $4.1 million

The Japanese School in Perth: $4.1 million

Babakin Primary School: $4.3 million

Pingrup Primary School: $4.4 million

Nungarin Primary School: $4.4 million

Moerlina School: $4.5 million

Casa Mia Montessori Community School: $4.5 million

Australian Christian College - Darling Downs: $4.5 million

Yealering Primary School: $4.6 million

Originally published as Western Australia’s richest and poorest schools revealed