Fraser Coast’s richest and poorest schools for 2023 revealed

Fraser Coast‘s richest school has raked in more than $125.9 million in five years with an average cost per student of $15,785, tightly held school statistics reveal.

Fraser Coast‘s richest school has raked in more than $125.9 million in five years with an average cost per student of $15,785, tightly held school statistics reveal.

Fraser Coast‘s richest school has raked in more than $125.9 million in five years with an average cost per student of $15,785, 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 Urangan State High School in Urangan had a higher gross income than any other school in the Fraser Coast region.

The school made a gross income of $125.9 million, according to financial records from the combined past five years.

The school‘s income increased by 11 per cent between 2017 and 2021.

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The region‘s second richest school was Hervey Bay State High School, in Pialba, which had a gross income of $90.4 million.

Hervey Bay State High School’s total gross income per student in 2021 was $15,888.

The school with the third highest gross income was Xavier Catholic College, in Hervey Bay, which made $89 million.

Xavier Catholic College’s total gross income per student in 2021 was $17,216.

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.

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Brooweena State School at Brooweena had the lowest gross income of any school in the Fraser Coast region.

Brooweena State School is one of the smallest schools in the Fraser Coast region, with an average of 12 students between 2020 and 2021.

It made just $2.3 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 40 percent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $41,284.

Coalstoun Lakes State School at Coalstoun Lakes had the second lowest gross income of any school in the Fraser Coast region.

Coalstoun State School only had 27 students enrolled between 2020 and 2021.

It made just $2.6 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 65 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $25,071.

Gundiah State School at Gundiah had the third lowest gross income of any school in the Fraser Coast region.

It made just $3.1 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 60 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $29,947.

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RICHEST SCHOOLS IN FRASER COAST

Urangan State High School: $125.9 million

Hervey Bay State High School: $90.4 million

Xavier Catholic College: $89 million

Riverside Christian College: $87.7 million

Aldridge State High School: $82 million

Maryborough State High School: $75.4 million

Fraser Coast Anglican College: $65 million

Kawungan State School: $64.1 million

St James Lutheran College: $60.9 million

Yarrilee State School: $53.2 million

POOREST SCHOOLS IN FRASER COAST

Brooweena State School: $2.3 million

Coalstoun Lakes State School: $2.6 million

Gundiah State School: $3.1 million

Bauple State School: $3.3 million

Dallarnil State School: $3.5 million

Mungar State School: $3.6 million

Tiaro State School: $3.8 million

Parke State School: $4.8 million

Albert State School: $10.1 million

Howard State School: $10.7 million