North Queensland’s richest and poorest schools revealed
North Queensland’s richest school has raked in more than $167.2m in five years, with an average income per student of $18,736, tightly held school statistics reveal.
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An independent analysis of school financial records from the MySchool website has shown the massive amount of money some schools make every year – and how little some schools are forced to scrape by on.
The figures revealed Ryan Catholic College in Kirwan had a higher gross income than any other school in the North Queensland region.
The school made a total gross income of $167.2m over a five-year period, according to financial records from 2017 to 2021.
The school’s income increased by 22 per cent between 2017 and 2021. Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $18,736.
The region’s second richest school was Kirwan State High School, in Kirwan, which had a gross income of $141.5m.
Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $15,083.
The school with the third highest gross income was Townsville Grammar School, in North Ward, which made $134.9m.
Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $24,365.
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.
Prairie State School at Prairie had the lowest gross income of any school in the North Queensland region.
It made just $1.7m over the five-year period.
Its total gross income fell by 8.8 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $112,538.
Maidavale State School at Airville had the second lowest gross income of any school in the North Queensland region.
It made just $1.8m over the five-year period.
Its total gross income increased by 10 per cent from 2017 to 2021, while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $94,627.
Mount Fox State School at Mount Fox had the third lowest gross income of any school in the North Queensland region.
It made just $1.9m over the five-year period.
Its total gross income fell by 3.5 per cent from 2017 to 2021, while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $174,465.
RICHEST SCHOOLS IN NORTH QUEENSLAND
Ryan Catholic College: $167.2m
Kirwan State High School: $141.5m
Townsville Grammar School: $134.9m
Pimlico State High School: $119.4m
The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James: $117.4m
St Anthony’s Catholic College - Secondary Campus Deeragun: $116m
Ignatius Park College: $103m
Southern Cross Catholic College: $97.2m
Charters Towers School of Distance Education: $78.4m
Calvary Christian College: $78.2m
Townsville State High School: $74.8m
POOREST SCHOOLS IN NORTH QUEENSLAND
Prairie State School: $1.7m
Maidavale State School: $1.8m
Mount Fox State School: $1.9m
Cameron Downs State School: $2m
Homestead State School: $2m
Mutarnee State School: $2.2m
Abergowrie State School: $2.3m
Millaroo State School: $2.3m
Toobanna State School: $2.4m
Kalamia State School: $2.4m
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