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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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