Toowoomba's best and worst resourced schools revealed

THE schools with Toowoomba's best and worst student-teacher resourcing have been revealed. SEE THE FULL LIST

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THE schools with Toowoomba's most crowded and best resourced classrooms have been revealed.

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

The figures show in 2018 in the Toowoomba region there were more students per teacher at Cambooya State School than any other school.

According to the data, the most up to data that includes all state and private schools nationally, Cambooya State School had 20.6 students for every teacher, the highest in the area.

The second highest student-teacher ratios were at St Saviour's Primary School where there was an average of 19.4 students for every teacher at the school.

At St Thomas More's Primary School there were 18.6 students for every teacher, the Toowoomba region's third highest.

In contrast there one teacher for every 3.4 students at Toowoomba West Special School, the region's lowest ratio of students per teacher.

The second lowest ratio was at Ropeley State School where there were 4.2 students per teacher.

The figures show at Clifford Park Special School there were 4.6 students per teacher, the third lowest ratio in the Toowoomba region.

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.

Toowoomba's most crowded classrooms

• Cambooya State School: 20.6 students per teacher
• St Saviour's Primary School: 19.4 students per teacher
• St Thomas More's Primary School: 18.6 students per teacher
• Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School: 18.5 students per teacher
• Leyburn State School: 17.7 students per teacher
• St Anthony's School: 17.0 students per teacher
• Toowoomba East State School: 16.9 students per teacher
• Southbrook Central State School: 16.8 students per teacher
• Mater Dei Primary School: 16.7 students per teacher
• Sacred Heart Primary School: 16.5 students per teacher

Toowoomba's least crowded classrooms

• Toowoomba West Special School: 3.4 students per teacher
• Ropeley State School: 4.2 students per teacher
• Clifford Park Special School: 4.6 students per teacher
• Ma Ma Creek State School: 6.2 students per teacher
• St Saviour's College: 6.9 students per teacher
• Youth and Community Learning Centre: 7.7 students per teacher
• Clifton State High School: 8.4 students per teacher
• Brookstead State School: 9.3 students per teacher
• Mount Whitestone State School: 9.3 students per teacher
• Pittsworth State High School: 10 students per teacher

Originally published as Toowoomba's best and worst resourced schools revealed