Government Schools - Average Class Size,...
From the dataset abstract
A dataset of Government schools average Primary Schools Class Sizes, showing average for Prep to Year 2, Year 3 to Year 6 and overall all classes, from census years 2001 to 2023. The size...
Source: Government schools average class size - Primary classes, February Census, Victoria
Data Dictionary
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Classes | text | ||
| 2001 | text | ||
| 2002 | text | ||
| 2003 | text | ||
| 2004 | text | ||
| 2005 | text | ||
| 2006 | text | ||
| 2007 | text | ||
| 2008 | text | ||
| 2009 | text | ||
| 2010 | text | ||
| 2011 | text | ||
| 2012 | text | ||
| 2013 | text | ||
| 2014 | text | ||
| 2015 | text | ||
| 2016 | text | ||
| 2017 | text | ||
| 2018 | text | ||
| 2019 | text | ||
| 2020 | text | ||
| 2021 | text | ||
| 2022 | text | ||
| 2023 | text |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | 18 April 2019 |
| Metadata last updated | 13 June 2024 |
| Created | 18 April 2019 |
| Format | CSV |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| Attribution | Materials obtained from this dataset is to be attributed as: © State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training) |
| Ckan url | https://discover.data.vic.gov.au |
| Data quality | The dataset is prepared and updated based on February Census of government schools in Victoria. This dataset includes historical data from 2001 census, and each year since, and which was correct at the time of the data release and kept as it is, whilst data from the latest census is added to the dataset with the relevant census year. Previously published dataset file can be requested with provided reason and purpose. Where schools have varying class sizes the following definition is used to identify the class size to be reported in the February School Census: Count the class size as that which exists for the majority of the time and which includes the time spent teaching literacy and numeracy and which the school community relates to as a class grouping. |
| Datastore active | True |
| Datastore contains all records of source file | True |
| Filesize | 1KB |
| Has views | True |
| Hash | 6f89965c8ced1a2172bc1aeda34a8b57 |
| Id | 9554b30f-8df5-4b6e-8563-6a22b3f466c5 |
| Ignore hash | False |
| Mimetype | text/csv |
| Original url | https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/about/research/datavic/dv351-Government Schools - Average class size primary classes 2001-2023.csv |
| Package id | 786c8bb6-575a-4121-b623-a6e5c6ff3d63 |
| Period end | 2023-02-23 |
| Period start | 2001-02-28 |
| Position | 0 |
| Release date | 2021-08-26 |
| Resource id | 9554b30f-8df5-4b6e-8563-6a22b3f466c5 |
| Set url type | False |
| State | active |
| Task created | 2024-06-13 06:00:13.926517 |
| Filesize | 0 bytes |
| Release Date | 26 August 2021 |
| Temporal Coverage Start | 28 February 2001 |
| Temporal Coverage End | 23 February 2023 |
| Data Quality Statement | The dataset is prepared and updated based on February Census of government schools in Victoria. This dataset includes historical data from 2001 census, and each year since, and which was correct at the time of the data release and kept as it is, whilst data from the latest census is added to the dataset with the relevant census year. Previously published dataset file can be requested with provided reason and purpose. Where schools have varying class sizes the following definition is used to identify the class size to be reported in the February School Census: Count the class size as that which exists for the majority of the time and which includes the time spent teaching literacy and numeracy and which the school community relates to as a class grouping. |
| Attribution Statement | Materials obtained from this dataset is to be attributed as: © State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training) |