Mid-North Coast school budgets for 2023 revealed from Port Macquarie to the Manning

One Mid-North Coast school has raked in more than $128.4 million in five years with an average cost per student of $27,449, tightly held school statistics reveal. Search the full list.

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.

An independent analysis of school financial records from the MySchool website has highlighted the different levels of funding allocated to schools across the Mid-North Coast.

It is important to remember that the statistics are based on total gross income.

So some of the lower ranked schools like Hannam Vale Public School with less students has a total gross income per student in 2021 of $21,005 compared to one of the more so-called well off schools like MacKillop College Port Macquarie which has a total income per student in 2021 of $19,454.

A NSW Department of Education spokesman said the greatest positive influence on student engagement and education outcomes is quality teaching.

All public and private students in NSW receive funding through the School Resourcing Standard (SRS), which provides a combination of federal and state funding for each student.

The department allocates resources to individual NSW government schools through the Resource Allocation Model (RAM).

This allocation model provides schools with needs-based funding calculated using three base loadings (location, per capita and professional learning) and four equity loadings (low-level adjustment for disability, Aboriginal background, socio-economic background and English language proficiency).

Targeted funding is also provided for students with special needs.

Camden Haven High School

The figures revealed Camden Haven High School in Laurieton had a higher gross income than any other school in the Mid North Coast region.

Its total income per student in 2021 was $27,449.

The school made a gross income of $128.4 million, according to financial records from the combined past five years.

The school’s income increased by 22 per cent between 2017 and 2021.

St Columba Anglican School

The region’s second richest school was St Columba Anglican School, in Port Macquarie, which had a gross income of $115.4 million.

Its total income per student in 2021 was $22,033.

St Columba Anglican School has consistently performed well in NAPLAN results between 2017 and 2021.

Over that five-year period, St Columba Anglican School had higher Year 5 yearly results than any other school in the Mid North Coast, scoring an average of 2585.8 each year.

The region’s second richest school was St Columba Anglican School, in Port Macquarie.

MacKillop College Port Macquarie

The school with the third highest gross income was MacKillop College Port Macquarie, in Port Macquarie, which made $102.7 million.

Its total income per student in 2021 was $19,454.

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 2017 to 2021.

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.

Medlow Public School

Medlow Public School at Medlow had the lowest gross income of any school in the Mid North Coast region.

It made just $2.5 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 43 percent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $32,700.

Hannam Vale Public School at Hannam Vale had the second lowest gross income of any school in the Mid North Coast region.

Hannam Vale Public School.

It made just $2.5 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by one per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $21,005.

Crossmaglen Public School at Crossmaglen had the third lowest gross income of any school in the Mid North Coast region.

It made just $3.2 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 179 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $22,200.

Data has been curated to feature schools that have taken the most gross revenue over a five-year period.

In the interactive below there is a breakdown of school revenue by student number.

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MID NORTH COAST SCHOOLS WITH THE BIGGEST BUDGETS

Camden Haven High School: $128.4 million

St Columba Anglican School: $115.4 million

MacKillop College Port Macquarie: $102.7 million

St Joseph‘s Regional College: $98.7 million

Melville High School: $64.5 million

Hastings Secondary College, Port Macquarie Campus: $64.3 million

Hastings Secondary College, Westport Campus: $62.6 million

St Paul‘s College: $60.4 million

Wauchope High School: $55.7 million

Kempsey Adventist School: $53.5 million

MID NORTH COAST SCHOOLS WITH THE SMALLEST BUDGETS

Medlow Public School: $2.5 million

Hannam Vale Public School: $2.5 million

Crossmaglen Public School: $3.2 million

Gladstone Public School: $3.4 million

Kinchela Public School: $3.5 million

Herons Creek Public School: $3.6 million

Bellbrook Public School: $3.8 million

Moorland Public School: $3.9 million

Rollands Plains Upper Public School: $4 million

Willawarrin Public School: $4.4 million