Southwest schools receiving the most government funding revealed
Find out which schools in southwest Sydney received the most funding and which schools are spending the most. See how your child’s school compares here.
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One southwest Sydney school received more than $74.1 million in State and Federal Government money in three years — giving it the highest funding in the region.
The massive amount of money some schools have received from governments can be revealed after an independent compilation of figures from the MySchool website.
Malek Fahd Islamic School, in Greenacre, received more money from government coffers than any other school in the region, receiving $74.1 million over the three most recently available years.
Cabramatta High School, Cabramatta, received the second highest amount of state and federal government funding with $60.6 million.
Westfields Sports High School in Fairfield West was the third highest in the region receiving $60.6 million over the three year period.
The figures reveal exactly how much money every school has received from government funding over 2015, 2016 and 2017 calendar years and how much money has been spent on capital projects over the 2015, 2016 and 2017 financial years.
James Meehan High School in Macquarie Fields received the most government funding per student of any school in the South West Sydney region. The school, which had 285 students in 2017, received $29,986 in government funding for each child.
St Francis Catholic College in Edmondson Park received $27,290 for each of its 285 students in 2017, the southwest Sydney region’s second highest funding per student.
Edensor Park father Ola Loau sends his two children to Bossley Park High School, the ninth most funded school in the southwest.
Mr Loau said he was pleased the school received a significant amount of government funding, adding he would welcome more funds to help lower the cost of school fees.
“I’m a single parent, so it would help.”
He said the school had been very supportive of his daughter Olina, 16, and son Ezra, 14, who both regularly perform at the Schools Spectacular.
This year, the school has covered the fees for the talented siblings to perform as featured artists, saving Mr Loau $240.
With six schools in the Fairfield LGA making the top 10 most funded schools in the southwest, Mr Loau said students from the area had “a lot of opportunities” compared to when he grew up.
According to the data, over 2015, 2016 and 2017 financial years, Beverly Hills Girls High School, in Beverly Hills, spent $35.3 million on capital expenditure, more than any other school in the southwest Sydney region.
Over that same three year period Marist Catholic College Penshurst spent $31.2 million on capital expenditure, the region’s second highest.
St Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School spent $24.2 million on capital expenditure over that period, the third highest in the South West Sydney region.
Region’s most funded schools
MFIS: $74.1 million
Cabramatta High School: $60.6 million
Westfields Sports High School: $59.8 million
Fairfield High School: $58.8 million
Amity College, Prestons: $57.7 million
Fairvale High School: $55.7 million
Thomas Hassall Anglican College: $54.5 million
Al Noori Muslim School: $52.9 million
Bossley Park High School: $52.3 million
Canley Vale High School: $52.1 million
Region’s least funded schools
Southern Cross Baptist Church Christian School: $863,960
St Dominic Savio School: $889,501
Kingdom Culture Christian School: $1 million
Southside Montessori School: $1.3 million
Mount Hunter Public School: $1.8 million
Waterfall Public School: $1.9 million
Yanderra Public School: $2.2 million
Bardwell Park Infants School: $2.5 million
Pal Buddhist School: $2.5 million
Kyeemagh Infants School: $2.6 million
Region’s schools with the highest capital expenditure
Beverly Hills Girls High School: $35.3 million
Marist Catholic College Penshurst: $31.2 million
St Hurmizd Assyrian Primary School: $24.2 million
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College Burraneer: $24.1 million
St Ursula’s College: $22 million
Thomas Hassall Anglican College: $21.8 million
De La Salle Catholic College, Cronulla: $21.4 million
Al Noori Muslim School: $19.5 million
St Benedict’s Catholic College: $16.8 million
St Gregory’s College Campbelltown: $16.2 million