Bundaberg’s richest and poorest schools 2023 revealed

Bundaberg’s richest school has raked in more than $145.2 million in five years with an average cost per student of $21,951, tightly held school statistics reveal.

Bundaberg's richest and poorest schools of 2023 have been revealed.

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 Shalom College in Bundaberg had a higher gross income than any other school in the Bundaberg region.

The school made a gross income of $145.2 million, according to financial records from the combined past five years.

The school’s income increased by 29 per cent between 2017 and 2021.

The region‘s second richest school was Bundaberg State High School, in Bundaberg South, which had a gross income of $115.4 million.

Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $16,471.

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The school with the third highest gross income was Kepnock State High School, in Kepnock, which made $110.1 million.

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Private school Shalom College caters to more than one thousand students at its Bundaberg campus.

Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $17,474.

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.

Lowmead State School at Lowmead had the lowest gross income of any school in the Bundaberg region.

It made just $2 million over the five year period.

Lowmead State School is one of the smallest schools in the Bundaberg region, with an average of eleven students between 2020 and 2021.

Its total gross income increased by 15 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $36,156.

Avondale State School at Avondale had the second lowest gross income of any school in the Bundaberg region.

It made just $2.2 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 11 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $49,801.

McIlwraith State School at Mcilwraith had the third lowest gross income of any school in the Bundaberg region.

It made just $2.4 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income fell by 2.2 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $33,845.

RICHEST SCHOOLS IN BUNDABERG

Shalom College: $145.2 million

Bundaberg State High School: $115.4 million

Kepnock State High School: $110.1 million

St Luke’s Anglican School: $72.4 million

Bundaberg North State High School: $65.8 million

Bundaberg Christian College: $55.9 million

Norville State School: $53 million

Isis District State High School: $43.1 million

Gin Gin State High School: $42.8 million

Bundaberg East State School: $38.9 million

POOREST SCHOOLS IN BUNDABERG

Lowmead State School: $2 million

Avondale State School: $2.2 million

McIlwraith State School: $2.4 million

Booyal Central State School: $2.6 million

Wartburg State School: $3.1 million

Hope Adventist School: $3.2 million

Yandaran State School: $3.3 million

Maroondan State School: $3.4 million

Goodwood State School: $3.5 million

Bullyard State School: $3.9 million