South Burnett’s richest, poorest schools of 2023 revealed

South Burnett‘s richest school has raked in more than $90.7 million in five years with an average cost per student of $17,225, tightly held school statistics reveal.

Kingaroy State High School is the richest school in the South Burnett in 2023.

South Burnett‘s richest school has raked in more than $90.7 million in five years with an average cost per student of $17,225, tightly held school statistics reveal.

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.

The figures revealed Kingaroy State High School in Kingaroy had a higher gross income than any other school in the South Burnett region.

The school made a gross income of $90.7 million, according to financial records from the combined past five years.

The school‘s income increased by 21 per cent between 2017 and 2021.

The region‘s second richest school was Nanango State High School, in Nanango, which had a gross income of $52.5 million.

Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $20,487.

The school with the third highest gross income was Murgon State High School, in Murgon, which made $42.9 million.

South Burnett‘s richest school has raked in more than $90.7 million in five years with an average cost per student of $17,225.

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Its total gross income per student in 2021 was $26,321.

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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.

Windera State School at Windera had the lowest gross income of any school in the South Burnett region.It made just $2.3 million over the five year period.

Windera State School at Windera had the lowest gross income of any school in the South Burnett region.

It made just $2.3 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 14 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $30,098.

Durong South State School at Durong had the second lowest gross income of any school in the South Burnett region.

It made just $2.6 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 44 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $29,394.

Cloyna State School at Cloyna had the third lowest gross income of any school in the South Burnett region.

It made just $3 million over the five year period.

Its total gross income increased by 18 per cent from 2017 to 2021 while the total gross income per student in 2021 was $55,737.

RICHEST SCHOOLS IN SOUTH BURNETT

Kingaroy State High School: $90.7 million

Nanango State High School: $52.5 million

Murgon State High School: $42.9 million

Kingaroy State School: $40.3 million

St Mary‘s Catholic College: $39.7 million

St John‘s Lutheran School: $34.9 million

Nanango State School: $32.7 million

Taabinga State School: $26 million

Murgon State School: $21.5 million

Cherbourg State School: $21 million

POOREST SCHOOLS IN SOUTH BURNETT

Windera State School: $2.3 million

Durong South State School: $2.6 million

Cloyna State School: $3 million

Crawford State School: $3.5 million

Tingoora State School: $3.5 million

Tanduringie State School: $3.8 million

Wooroolin State School: $4.2 million

Harlin State School: $4.4 million

Moffatdale State School: $4.4 million

Benarkin State School: $4.7 million

Originally published as South Burnett’s richest, poorest schools of 2023 revealed