The Rouse Hill schools with the most crowded classrooms revealed
Find and compare which schools have the highest and lowest student to teacher ratios in the area.
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Schools in the Rouse Hill district with the most crowded and best resourced classrooms have been revealed.
An analysis of national data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has shown which schools in the area have the highest student to teacher ratios.
According to the authority’s 2018 figures, the most up to date data which includes all state and private schools, Our Lady of Angels Primary School in Kellyville had the highest number of students than at any other school in the area, being 20.6, that each teacher had to teach.
The school with the second highest student to teacher ratio was Ironbark Ridge Public School, which recorded 20.4 students for every teacher.
School principal Nick Thomson said this was not an area of concern.
He said it was a positive whole-school ratio, which more accurately reflects the standardised formula given for Kindergarten classes, opposed to 30 students for a Year 6 class.
“There’s research into how student’s outcomes are impacted by having smaller classes and the evidence is not as clear,” Mr Thomson said.
“It doesn’t have as big an impact as one would think and a ratio of one to 20 is quite good.”
Our Lady of The Rosary Primary School was listed as having the third highest ratio in the community with 19.6 students to each teacher.
A spokesman for the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta said class sizes vary at each school and from grade to grade based on enrolment demand and other areas such as student support needs.
“When class sizes are larger or individual student needs are higher, additional support is provided, including through the allocation of support staff and relevant resources, such as technology,” he said.
In contrast Casuarina School in Riverstone had the area’s lowest ratio of students per teacher at 4.3.
The second lowest ratio was Tallowood School being 4.6 followed by The Ponds School, where there were 4.7 students per teacher.
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.