Schools by Sector and Type 2008 to 2017


	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Independent
Primary only	261	259	248	234	235	228	222	215	214	216
Secondary only	88	84	72	68	58	57	53	53	48	51
Combined	620	625	640	653	657	661	669	680	688	693
Special	55	54	57	65	67	69	72	80	92	101
Total	1,024	1,022	1,017	1,020	1,017	1,015	1,016	1,028	1,042	1,061
Catholic
Primary only	1,225	1,225	1,230	1,231	1,228	1,226	1,229	1,235	1,239	1,243
Secondary only	328	315	303	305	305	303	304	324	321	321
Combined	127	139	148	148	153	155	156	139	138	141
Special	25	26	27	26	27	33	33	39	40	39
Total	1,705	1,705	1,708	1,710	1,713	1,717	1,722	1,737	1,738	1,744
Government
Primary only	4,962	4,930	4,879	4,847	4,827	4,802	4,799	4,774	4,780	4,769
Secondary only	1,039	1,040	1,034	1,023	1,029	1,025	1,022	1,032	1,035	1,036
Combined	494	497	498	504	511	505	500	504	490	502
Special	338	335	332	331	330	329	330	329	329	332
Total	6,833	6,802	6,743	6,705	6,697	6,661	6,651	6,639	6,634	6,639
All Sectors
Primary only	6,448	6,414	6,357	6,312	6,290	6,256	6,250	6,224	6,233	6,228
Secondary only	1,455	1,439	1,409	1,396	1,392	1,385	1,379	1,409	1,404	1,408
Combined	1,241	1,261	1,286	1,305	1,321	1,321	1,325	1,323	1,316	1,336
Special	418	415	416	422	424	431	435	448	461	472
Total	9,562	9,529	9,468	9,435	9,427	9,393	9,389	9,404	9,414	9,444

Source: ABS Schools Australia 2008– 2017 (publication no. 4221.0, Table 35a)

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