Parramatta, North Sydney’s most crowded class sizes revealed

Class sizes in Parramatta are bulging at the seam, with many pushing past 20 students for every one teacher.

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An analysis of data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has revealed the schools where teachers have the most students to teach.

The 2018 figures show in the western Sydney region there were more students per teacher at Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School in Greystanes and Villa Maria Catholic Primary School in Hunters Hill, which each had 20.9 students to every one teacher.

Noah Cummins, 10, Luca McClintock 10, Olive Alley, 8 and Jaida Power-Jones, 10, from St Paul the Apostle Primary School, Winston Hills.

The schools sit at the third highest in the entire western region.

In contrast there is one teacher for every seven students at Auburn’s Alpha Omega Senior College and 12.1 students for every teacher at Cumberland High School in Carlingford.

ACARA figures show 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 for 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.

PARRAMATTA HIGHEST RATIO

Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, Greystanes: 20.9:1

St Patrick’s Primary School, Parramatta: 20.9:1

St Paul the Apostle Primary School, Winston Hills: 20.2:1

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School, Wentworthville: 19.9:1

Mother Teresa Primary School, Westmead: 19.5:1

NORTHERN DISTRICTS HIGHEST RATIO

Villa Maria Catholic Primary School, Hunters Hill: 20.7:1

St Kevin’s Catholic Primary School, Eastwood: 21.6:1

St Charles Catholic Primary School, Ryde: 20.1: 1

Epping Heights Public School, Epping: 19.6:1

Epping North Public School, North Epping: 19.3:1

PARRAMATTA LOWEST RATIO

Redbank School, Westmead: 2.6: 1

Fowler Road School, Merrylands: 4:1

Holroyd School, Merrylands: 4.7:1

Holroyd High School, Greystanes: 7.3:1

Alpha Omega Senior College, Auburn: 7.7:1

NORTHERN DISTRICTS LOWEST RATIO

Arndell School, North Ryde: 3:1

Karonga School, Epping: 3.5:1

Macquarie University Special Education Centre, Macquarie University: 4.6:1

St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill: 9.9:1

Cumberland High School, Carlingford: 12.2: 1