A school that has classes from both primary and secondary year levels.

Schools designated as special or special purpose by their school authority cater for students: with mental or physical disability or impairment with slow learning ability with social or emotional problems in custody, on remand or in hospital.

Amount of capital expenditure funded by the Australian Government.

Income sourced from funding provided by the Australian Government for recurrent purposes.

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the comprehensive national framework of qualifications in the school, vocational education and training (VET) and higher education sectors. Qualifications within the AQF include: senior secondary certificates of education issued by state and territory school curriculum, assessment and certification a [..]

Also called the national average, this is the average of all scores of Australian students in each year level for each NAPLAN test domain.

In statistics, an average (or mean) of a set of data is a measure of the central tendency of the set. There are different statistical measurements that can be used to depict central tendency of the set. The My School website refers to an average as the middle of a set in two ways: In measuring student performance results in a NAPLAN test, the arith [..]

The NAPLAN assessment scale is divided into 10 bands, used to report student progress through Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Band 1 is the lowest band and band 10 is the highest band. A band has a high and low range and is not a specific point.

A school’s results are not reported when there are fewer than five students with NAPLAN results. This rule is applied for reasons of statistical reliability, as well as to protect the privacy of students in small schools. This also applies to socio-educational advantage (SEA) data.

Expenditure incurred by a school, or on behalf of a school by the school system (where appropriate) to buy or improve assets such as equipment and property.