Most expensive and richest North West Tasmanian schools revealed

We reveal the most expensive North West Tasmania’s schools to send your kids to and how much money they are pocketing. Find your child’s school in our interactive or compare others nearby.

NORTH West Tasmania’s richest school raked in more than $42.4 million in three years and parents wanting to send their kids to the region’s most expensive school have to fork out $3661, 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 Marist Regional College in Burnie had a higher gross income than any other school in the North West.

The school made a gross income of $42.4 million, according to financial records from the three most recently available years.

The region’s second richest school was Don College, in Devonport, which had a gross income of $40 million.

The school with the third highest gross income was Hellyer College, in Burnie, which made $35.7 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.

Wilmot Primary School had the lowest gross income of any school in the North West. It made just $1.8 million over the three year period.

The region’s school most expensive school was Marist Regional College in Burnie where the average amount parents had to fork out in fees, charges and contributions in 2017 was $3661.

St Brendan-Shaw College, in Devonport, had the North West Tasmania region’s second highest average parental contributions with $2907.

The school with the third highest parental contributions was Devonport Christian School, in Devonport Christian School, where the average contribution was $1762.

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REGION’S RICHEST SCHOOLS (2015-2017):

Marist Regional College: $42.4 million

Don College: $40 million

Hellyer College: $35.7 million

St Brendan-Shaw College: $34 million

Devonport High School: $24 million

Burnie High School: $22.6 million

Reece High School: $22.5 million

Nixon Street Primary School: $19.2 million

Parklands High School: $18.1 million

Spreyton Primary School: $16.5 million

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REGION’S POOREST SCHOOLS (2015-2017):

Wilmot Primary School: $1.8 million

Havenview Primary School: $5.7 million

Cooee Primary School: $5.7 million

Devonport Christian School: $6.9 million

Forth Primary School: $6 million

Hillcrest Primary School: $9.8 million

East Devonport Primary School: $11.1 million

Miandetta Primary School: $12.2 million

Devonport Primary School: $12.5 million

Montello Primary School: $12 million

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REGION’S SCHOOLS THAT COST PARENTS THE MOST PER YEAR (2015-2017):

Marist Regional College: $3661

St Brendan-Shaw College: $2907

Devonport Christian School: $1762

Stella Maris Catholic School: $1658

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School: $1435

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