Rockhampton Grammar School is the region’s richest school, millions ahead of the poorest

The data is in and Rockhampton’s richest and poorest schools have been revealed. Find out where your school sits including how much income per student. See the interactive

Rockhampton Grammar School and Emmaus College are two of the richest schools in Rockhampton.

Rockhampton’s richest school has raked in more than $167.7 million in five years with the total income per student sitting at $25,221 in 2022, the most recent school funding 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 The Rockhampton Grammar School in Rockhampton had a higher gross income than any other school in the Rockhampton region.

The school made a gross income of $167.7 million, according to financial records from the combined past five years.

The school’s income increased by 16 per cent between 2018 and 2022.

The region’s second richest school was Emmaus College, in Park Avenue, which had a gross income of $138.3 million.

Its total gross income per student in 2022 was $24,427.

The school with the third highest gross income was The Cathedral College, in Rockhampton, which made $132.2 million.

Its total gross income per student in 2022 was $22,480.

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 2018 to 2022.

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.

Gogango State School at Gogango, 45 minutes outside Rockhampton, had the lowest gross income of any school in the region.

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

Its total gross income fell by 10 percent from 2018 to 2022 while the total gross income per student in 2022 was $48,567.

Milman State School at Milman had the second lowest gross income of any school in the Rockhampton region.

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

Its total gross income increased by five per cent from 2018 to 2022 while the total gross income per student in 2022 was $83,887.

RICHEST SCHOOLS IN ROCKHAMPTON

The Rockhampton Grammar School: $167.7 million

Emmaus College: $138.3 million

The Cathedral College: $132.2 million

Capricornia School of Distance Education: $99.5 million

Rockhampton State High School: $92.4 million

Yeppoon State High School: $90.9 million

St Brendan’s College: $90.5 million

North Rockhampton State High School: $78.3 million

Heights College: $76 million

Marist College: $64.8 million

POOREST SCHOOLS IN ROCKHAMPTON

Gogango State School: $1.9 million

Milman State School: $2 million

Marmor State School: $2.5 million

Westwood State School: $2.6 million