Gympie’s richest and poorest schools for 2023 revealed
Gympie‘s richest school has raked in more than $95.7 million in five years with an average cost per student of $15,699, tightly held school statistics reveal.
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Gympie‘s richest school has raked in more than $95.7 million in five years with an average cost per student of $15,699, 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 James Nash State High School in Gympie had a higher gross income than any other school in the Gympie region.
The school made a gross income of $95.7 million, according to financial records from the combined past five years.
The school‘s income increased by nine per cent between 2017 and 2021.
The region‘s second richest school was Gympie State High School, in Gympie, which had a gross income of $82.2 million.
Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $16,705.
The school with the third highest gross income was Victory College, in Gympie, which made $56 million.
Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $19,353.
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.
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It does not include any deductions for capital works or debt servicing.
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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.
Theebine State School at Theebine had the lowest gross income of any school in the Gympie region.
It made just $1.8 million over the five year period.
Its total gross income fell by 8.2 percent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $68,102.
Woolooga State School at Woolooga had the second lowest gross income of any school in the Gympie region.
It made just $2.1 million over the five year period.
Its total gross income increased by zero per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $59,371.
Wolvi State School at Wolvi had the third lowest gross income of any school in the Gympie region.
It made just $3.3 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 $28,941.
RICHEST SCHOOLS IN GYMPIE
James Nash State High School: $95.7 million
Gympie State High School: $82.2 million
Victory College: $56 million
St Patrick‘s College: $40.8 million
Gympie West State School: $40.4 million
Cooloola Christian College: $38.7 million
Gympie South State School: $36.4 million
One Mile State School: $29.8 million
Jones Hill State School: $29.1 million
Tin Can Bay State School: $26.3 million
POOREST SCHOOLS IN GYMPIE
Theebine State School: $1.8 million
Woolooga State School: $2.1 million
Wolvi State School: $3.3 million
Dagun State School: $3.6 million
Gunalda State School: $3.7 million
Kandanga State School: $3.7 million
Widgee State School: $4.6 million
Kia-Ora State School: $4.7 million
Kin Kin State School: $5.5 million
Amamoor State School: $5.6 million
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