Teacher v students: Best and worst resourced Moreton schools revealed
The Moreton schools with the most crowded and best resourced classrooms have been revealed. Find out how your child’s school fared.
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The schools with Moreton’s most crowded and best resourced classrooms have been revealed.
An analysis of national data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting
Authority has revealed the schools where teachers have the most students to teach.
The figures show in 2018 in the Moreton region there were more students per teacher at
Charlotte Mason College, than any other school.
HOW OTHER REGIONS COMPARE
According to the data, the most up to data that includes all state and private schools nationally, Charlotte Mason College, which is a distance education school based at Kallangur, had 29.7 students for every teacher, the highest in the area.
The second highest student-teacher ratios was at Australian Christian College — Moreton where
there was an average of 21.2 students for every teacher at the school.
At St Benedict’s Primary School there were 19 students for every teacher, the Moreton region’s third highest.
Understandably the region’s special school’s had a lower ratio with one teacher for every 3.4 students at Woody Point Special School, the region’s lowest ratio of students per teacher.
The second lowest ratio was at Caboolture Special School where there were 4.0 students per
teacher.
The figures show at Pine Rivers Special School there were 4.1 students per teacher, the third
lowest ratio in the Moreton region.
University of Sunshine Coast’s Dr Carol Smith, who is the Program co-ordinator for Master of Teaching (Primary), said it was important to remember “class size is one of many variables” that can contribute to a student’s academic success.
“Research shows and from my own experience that (class size) is just one factor,” Dr Smith said.
“Other factors can be firstly who the student is themselves and their academic strengths, home factors, the resources available in the school, school culture, philosophies in the school and the biggest thing in all of this is the teacher.
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She said the teacher had to be able to engage with the students, in either a big or small class.
Dr Smith said there was some research that suggested students in the early years and those with special needs benefited from smaller class sizes.
“It is about the student teacher connection. The teacher is more able to give instruction and monitor the progress and provide feedback with small numbers,” she said.
According to ACARA the national student-teacher ratio was 13.5 students for every teacher.
Across the country independent private schools had the lowest student to teacher ratios with 11.7 students to every teacher.
Government schools had an average of 13.8 students for every teacher while Catholic schools
had an average of 14 students for every teacher.
Student-teacher ratios do not take into account teacher aides or non-teaching staff at schools,
only the full-time equivalent teachers.
Moreton’s most crowded classrooms
Charlotte Mason College: 29.7 students per teacher
Australian Christian College — Moreton: 21.2 students per teacher
St Benedict’s Primary School: 19 students per teacher
Delaneys Creek State School: 18.9 students per teacher
St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School: 18.2 students per teacher
Living Faith Lutheran Primary School: 18.1 students per teacher
St Peter’s Catholic Primary School: 18.9 students per teacher
All Saints Primary School: 17.6 students per teacher
Burpengary Meadows State School: 17.3 students per teacher
Narangba Valley State School: 16.8 students per teacher
Moreton’s least crowded classrooms
Woody Point Special School: 3.4 students per teacher
Caboolture Special School: 4.0 students per teacher
Pine Rivers Special School: 4.1 students per teacher
Redcliffe Special School: 4.3 students per teacher
Mt Nebo State School: 6.7 students per teacher
Mt Maria College — Petrie: 9 students per teacher
Birali Steiner School: 9.2 students per teacher
Arethusa College: 9.4 students per teacher
Good Shepherd Christian School: 9.9 students per teacher
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