--- title: Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type, South Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/ publisher: Department for Education licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2023-11-30 rows: 12 fields: 13 source: https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/d5326064-60d6-45cd-ae04-4d4d59e7172c/resource/c26553a1-b16e-4134-b21a-91ecf4522ca7/download/19-enrolments-by-school-type.csv source_sha256: 577a492480517ce9376bb6e6e39019c9bd9e3ac2c7238e78d340e01c94c48d44 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type, South Australia Full-time equivalent enrolments at South Australian government schools by type of school in each year from 2012 to 2023, from the Term 3 enrolment census. Published by Department for Education under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department for Education has not endorsed this site. Also called: Enrolments by School Type SA, SA public school enrolment numbers by type, South Australian government school FTE enrolments. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/v/2023-11-30/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.csv (1.2 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.xlsx (9.2 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.json (5.5 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.parquet (9.7 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.sqlite (29 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.ndjson (4.8 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.arrow (7.7 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.csv.gz (632 B) Pinned version 2023-11-30: `https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/v/2023-11-30/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/aggregate?group=school_type&metric=sum.fte_2023 Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `school_type` | string | Type_of_School | | | `fte_2012` | number | 2012 | | | `fte_2013` | number | 2013 | | | `fte_2014` | number | 2014 | | | `fte_2015` | number | 2015 | | | `fte_2016` | number | 2016 | | | `fte_2017` | number | 2017 | | | `fte_2018` | number | 2018 | | | `fte_2019` | number | 2019 | | | `fte_2020` | number | 2020 | | | `fte_2021` | number | 2021 | | | `fte_2022` | number | 2022 | | | `fte_2023` | number | 2023 | | Key: `school_type`. ## Versions - 2023-11-30: 12 rows, 13 fields, sha256 577a49248051. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/v/2023-11-30/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [NSW government schools, locations and enrolments](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-public-schools/) (NSW) - [Primary school intake zones, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-intake-zones-primary/) (NSW) - [High school intake zones, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-intake-zones-secondary/) (NSW) - [Average class sizes in government primary schools by year, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-primary-class-sizes/) (NSW) - [Future school intake zones, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-intake-zones-future/) (NSW) - [State school catchment areas, primary, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-catchments-primary/) (Qld) - [State school catchment areas, junior secondary, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-catchments-junior-secondary/) (Qld) - [State school catchment areas, senior secondary, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-catchments-senior-secondary/) (Qld) - [School locations, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/) (Vic) - [Government primary school zones for 2027, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-zones-primary-2027/) (Vic) - [Public school term dates, New South Wales, 2019 to 2025](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-term-dates/) (NSW) - [State school enrolments by school and year level, February census, Queensland 2015 to 2019](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-state-school-enrolments-february/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation Department for Education, Government of South Australia, Enrolments by School Type, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/enrolments-in-sa-government-by-school-type, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department for Education, Government of South Australia, Enrolments by School Type, https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/enrolments-in-sa-government-by-school-type, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/v/2023-11-30/ Harvard: Department for Education (2023) Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type, South Australia, version 2023-11-30 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/v/2023-11-30/ Markdown: Data: [Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type, South Australia](https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/enrolments-in-sa-government-by-school-type), Department for Education, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/v/2023-11-30/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/v/2023-11-30/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/v/2023-11-30/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 12 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/v/2023-11-30/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type cover? The current version covers the years since 2012. Each release from Education becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type updated? Education releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type? No. The publisher is Department for Education, and its page is https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/enrolments-in-sa-government-by-school-type. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What is in each row? One type of government school, such as primary, area or special schools, with its full-time equivalent enrolments in each year's Term 3 census from 2012 to 2023, one column per year. ### What is a full-time equivalent enrolment? A student enrolled full time counts as one and a part-time student as the fraction of full time they attend, so the figures can carry decimals. ### Why do primary enrolments fall and high school enrolments rise in 2022? South Australian government schools moved Year 7 from primary school to high school from 2022, so about 12,000 FTE enrolments left primary schools and about 10,000 joined high schools that year. ### Why are junior primary enrolments so high in 2012? The publisher gives 4,900.4 for junior primary schools in 2012 and 488.0 in 2013, about a tenth as many. The file gives no reason, and the figure is kept as published. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/sa-school-enrolments-by-type.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/sa-school-enrolments-by-type.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.