Most expensive and richest Hobart schools revealed
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HOBART’S richest school raked in more than $86.5 million in three years and parents wanting to send their kids to the region’s most expensive school have to fork out $15,432 a year, 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.
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The figures revealed The Friends’ School in North Hobart had a higher gross income than any other school in greater Hobart.
The school made a gross income of $86.5 million, according to financial records from the three most recently available years.
The region’s second richest school was The Hutchins School, in Sandy Bay, which had a gross income of $67 million.
The school with the third highest gross income was Guilford Young College, in North Hobart, which made $49 million.
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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 2015, 2016 and 2017 years.
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 2015, 2016 or 2017.
Kempton Primary School had the lowest gross income of any school in the Hobart region. It made just $2.5 million over the three year period.
The south’s most expensive school was The Friends’ School in North Hobart where the average amount parents had to fork out in fees, charges and contributions in 2017 was $15,432.
The Hutchins School had Hobart’s second highest average parental contributions with $13,998 per year.
The school with the third highest parental contributions was St Michael’s Collegiate School where the average contribution was $13,360.
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HOBART’S RICHEST SCHOOLS (2015-2017):
The Friends’ School: $86.5 million
The Hutchins School: $67 million
Guilford Young College: $49 million
Rosny College: $45.6 million
Hobart College: $45.3 million
Dominic College: $43.3 million
St Michael’s Collegiate School: $42.8 million
Elizabeth College: $40.2 million
Sacred Heart College: $39.2 million
St Mary’s College: $39.1 million
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HOBART’S POOREST SCHOOLS (2015-2017):
Kempton Primary School: $2.5 million
Collinsvale Primary School: $2.7 million
The Cottage School: $3.3 million
Sandy Bay Infant School: $3.4 million
Lambert School: $3.7 million
South Arm Primary School: $4.5 million
Bothwell District High School: $4.8 million
Hilliard Christian School: $5.5 million
Bagdad Primary School: $5.6 million
Goodwood Primary School: $6.2 million
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HOBART SCHOOLS THAT COST PARENTS THE MOST PER YEAR (2015-2017):
The Friends’ School: $15,432
The Hutchins School: $13,998
St Michael’s Collegiate School: $13,360
Fahan School: $12,529
Tarremah Steiner School: $7278
The Cottage School: $6415
Oakwood School: $5491
St Virgil’s College: $4926
Guilford Young College: $4601
Calvin Christian School: $4354
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