Summary Statistics on Victorian Schools
Summary statistics on Victorian schools are updated twice per calendar year. The 'Summary Statistics Snapshot' provides a quick overview of key statistics such as numbers of students, teachers and schools.
- Summary statistics snapshot Victorian schools 2023 (PDF, 729KB)
- Summary statistics snapshot Victorian schools 2023 (DOCX, 66.1KB)
The 'Summary Statistics Brochure' provides comprehensive information on the Victorian government school system, including class sizes, student achievement figures, and demographic information.
- Summary statistics Victorian schools 2023 (DOCX, 267KB)
- Summary statistics Victorian schools 2023 (PDF, 512KB)
The data cube files are reissued with updated data from the February school census during each calendar year.
- Schools and enrolments 2023 (XLSX, 900KB)
- Class sizes 2023 (XLSX, 33KB)
- Apparent retention and transition rates 2023 (XLSX, 48KB)
Definitions and derived calculations
These documents provide information on definitions and derived calculations for class sizes and apparent retention and transition rates.
- About apparent retention rates (PDF, 121KB)
- About apparent retention rates (DOCX, 69KB)
- About class size data (PDF, 135KB)
- About class size data (DOCX, 69KB)
Teacher supply and demand
Report types:
- Supply: enrolment, destination and related initial teacher education data from Victorian universities and other sources
- Demand: school enrolment and employment data
- Matching supply and demand: current and projected teacher shortages or surpluses.
The teacher supply and demand reports:
- Teacher supply and demand report 2022 (PDF, 2.9MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2022 - Accessible version (DOCX, 14.1MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2022 - Supplementary data (XLSX, 272KB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2021 (PDF, 2.9MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2021 - Accessible version (DOCX, 12.5MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2021 - Supplementary data (XLSX, 244KB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2020 (PDF, 4MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2020 (DOCX, 7.8MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2020 - Supplementary data (PDF, 2.7MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2020 - Supplementary data (DOCX, 1.4MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2018 (PDF, 6.4MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2018 (DOCX, 8.5MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2018 - Supplementary data (PDF, 3MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2018 - Supplementary data (DOCX, 1MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2017 (PDF, 10MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2017 (DOCX, 6.4MB)
- Teacher supply and demand report 2017 - Supplementary data (DOCX, 1.8MB)
Expulsions
Annual data on expulsions in Victorian government schools for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 is now available.
The reports below provide a comprehensive analysis of data for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
- Expulsion data snapshot 2022 (PDF, 115KB)
- Expulsion data snapshot 2022 (DOCX, 97KB)
- Expulsion data snapshot 2021 (PDF, 103KB)
- Expulsion data snapshot 2021 (DOCX, 105KB)
- Expulsion data snapshot 2020 (PDF, 103KB)
- Expulsion data snapshot 2020 (DOCX, 102KB)
- Expulsion data snapshot 2019 (PDF, 90KB)
- Expulsion data snapshot 2019 (DOCX, 107MB)
- Expulsion data snapshot 2018 (PDF, 97KB)
- Expulsion data snapshot 2018 (DOCX, 107MB)
Incidents of expulsions in 2017
| Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Primary school students | 23 |
| Secondary school students | 258 |
| Ungraded | 4 |
| Total | 285 |
Incidents of expulsion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in 2017
| Type | Number |
|---|---|
| ATSI students | 18 |
| Non-ATSI students | 267 |
| Total | 285 |
This data represents incidents of expulsion in Victorian government schools between 1 January and 31 December 2017.
Restraint and Seclusion
Annual data on incidents of restraint and seclusion in Victorian government schools for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 is now available.
Incidents of restraint and seclusion in 2019
| Number of incidents of physical restraint | Number of incidents of seclusion | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary school age | 977 | 80 | 1057 |
Secondary school age | 254 | 21 | 275 |
Unknown age | 43 | 6 | 49 |
Total | 1274 | 107 | 1522* |
*The total number of incidents includes 141 incidents of combined restraint and seclusion
Reason for restraint and seclusion in 2019
| Number of incidents of physical restraintNumber of incidents of physical restraint | Number of incidents of seclusion | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Aggression towards persons | 1218 | 127 | 1345 |
Prevent self-harm | 20 | 4 | 24 |
Prevent damage to property with a risk of physical harm | 108 | 19 | 127 |
Abscond from school with a risk of physical harm | 99 | 3 | 102 |
Reports can include multiple reasons, so the total number does not match that reported elsewhere on this page.
Incidents of restraint and seclusion in 2020
| Number of incidents of physical restraint | Number of incidents of seclusion | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary school age | 604 | 62 | 666 |
Secondary school age | 254 | 26 | 280 |
Total | 858 | 88 | 996* |
*The total number of incidents includes 50 incidents of combined restraint and seclusion
Reason for restraint and seclusion in 2020
| Number of incidents of physical restraint | Number of incidents of seclusion | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Aggression towards persons | 950 | 111 | 1061 |
Prevent self-harm | 88 | 4 | 92 |
Prevent damage to property with a risk of physical harm | 161 | 28 | 189 |
Abscond from school with a risk of physical harm | 115 | 2 | 117 |
Reports can include multiple reasons, so the total number does not match that reported elsewhere on this page.
Incidents of restraint and seclusion in 2021
| Number of incidents of physical restraint | Number of incidents of seclusion | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary school age | 921 | 53 | 974 |
Secondary school age | 419 | 26 | 445 |
Total | 1340 | 79 | 1461* |
*The total number of incidents includes 42 incidents of combined restraint and seclusion
Reason for restraint and seclusion in 2021
| Number of incidents of physical restraint | Number of incidents of seclusion | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Aggression towards persons | 1505 | 100 | 1605 |
Prevent self-harm | 166 | 7 | 173 |
Prevent damage to property with a risk of physical harm | 206 | 17 | 223 |
Abscond from school with a risk of physical harm | 195 | 4 | 199 |
Reports can include multiple reasons, so the total number does not match that reported elsewhere on this page.
Incidents of restraint and seclusion in 2022
| Number of incidents of physical restraint | Number of incidents of seclusion | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary school age | 1183 | 244 | 1427 |
Secondary school age | 326 | 69 | 395 |
Unknown age | 21 | 1 | 22 |
Total | 1530 | 314 | 1844 |
Reason for restraint and seclusion in 2022
| Number of incidents of physical restraint | Number of incidents of seclusion | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Aggression towards persons | 794 | 191 | 985 |
Prevent self-harm | 69 | 9 | 78 |
Prevent damage to property with a risk of physical harm | 135 | 42 | 177 |
Abscond from school with a risk of physical harm | 132 | 13 | 45 |
Reports can include multiple reasons, so the total number does not match that reported elsewhere on this page.
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