Tweed’s most funded schools
ne Tweed school received more than $43.1 million in State and Federal Government money in three years — giving it the highest funding in the region
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One Tweed school received more than $43.1 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.
Kingscliff High School, in Kingscliff, received more money from government coffers than any other school in the region, receiving $43.1 million over the three most recently available years.
Tweed River High School, Tweed Heads South, received the second highest amount of state and federal government funding with $32.4 million.
St Joseph’s College in Banora Point was the third highest in the region receiving $32.4 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.
Pacific Hope School in Tweed Heads South received the most government funding per student of any school in the Tweed region. The school, which had 27 students in 2017, received $51,013 in government funding for each child.
Condong Public School in Condong received $23,363 for each of its 27 students in 2017, the Tweed region’s second highest funding per student.
Over 2015, 2016 and 2017 financial years, St Ambrose Catholic Primary School, in Pottsville, spent $11.1 million on capital expenditure, more than any other school in the Tweed region.
Over that same three year period St Joseph’s College spent $9.1 million on capital expenditure, the region’s second highest.
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School spent $8.2 million on capital expenditure over that period, the third highest in the Tweed region.
Region’s most funded schools
Kingscliff High School: $43.1 million
Tweed River High School: $32.4 million
St Joseph’s College: $31.5 million
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School: $30.8 million
Murwillumbah High School: $29.1 million
Mount St Patrick College: $28.6 million
Banora Point High School: $26.7 million
Wollumbin High School: $22.2 million
Pottsville Beach Public School: $19.6 million
Banora Point Public School: $17.5 million
Region’s least funded schools
Carool Public School: $1.3 million
Tumbulgum Public School: $1.7 million
Duranbah Public School: $1.8 million
Aetaomah School: $1.9 million
Chillingham Public School: $1.9 million
Tyalgum Public School: $2.1 million
Fingal Head Public School: $2.1 million
Stokers Siding Public School: $2.3 million
Pacific Hope School: $2.4 million
Dungay Public School: $2.5 million
Region’s schools with the highest capital expenditure
St Ambrose Catholic Primary School: $11.1 million
St Joseph’s College: $9.1 million
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School: $8.2 million
Pacific Coast Christian School: $4.8 million
Kingscliff High School: $1.7 million
Tweed River High School: $1.7 million
Pottsville Beach Public School: $1.2 million
Tweed Valley Adventist College: $1.2 million
Murwillumbah High School: $918,819
Pacific Hope School: $788,667