The education department produces a range of reports and statistics relating to sites, students and staff in South Australian government schools and preschools.

Education data is available in 'csv' format on Data SA.

2024 reports

• Senior school retention and SACE completion 2023 (PDF 284 KB) – summary of findings from tracking individual students through year levels 8 to 12.

2023 reports

• Senior school retention and SACE completion 2022 (PDF 444 KB) – summary of findings from tracking individual students through year levels 8 to 12.

2022 reports

• Senior school retention and SACE completion 2021 (PDF 189 KB) – summary of findings from tracking individual students through year levels 8 to 12.

2021 reports

• SACE and VET pathways (PDF 298 KB) – high-level overview of SACE and VET pathways for government school students through years 10 to 12 and post-school.
• Senior school retention and SACE completion 2020 (PDF 159 KB) – summary of findings from tracking individual students through year levels 8 to 12.

2020 reports

• Senior school retention and SACE completion 2019 (PDF 210 KB) – summary of findings from tracking individual students through year levels 8 to 12.

2019 reports

• Senior school retention and SACE completion 2018 (PDF 732 KB) – summary of findings from tracking individual students through year levels 8 to 12.
• Phonics screening check fact sheet (PDF 674 KB) – information about the 'phonics screening check', introduced for year 1 students across the South Australian public education system for the first time in 2018.

2018 reports

• Index of educational disadvantage for SA government schools (PDF 386 KB) – socio-economic index used to allocate resources to schools to address educational disadvantage. Find out more about the index (PDF 57 KB) .
• Site location data 2018 (PDF 628 KB) – site location data for SA government schools for 2018.
• Term 1 enrolment data collection (PDF 35 KB) – summary data relating to enrolments in SA Government schools for 2017 and 2018.
• Senior school retention and SACE completion 2017 (PDF 196 KB) – summary of findings from tracking individual students through year levels 8 to 12.
• Behaviour management (DOCX 108 KB) – summary of statistics relating to behaviour management incidents in South Australian Government schools during term 2 2014 to 2018.

2017 reports

• Index of educational disadvantage for SA government schools  (PDF 143 KB) – socio-economic index used to allocate resources to schools to address educational disadvantage. Find out more about the index (PDF 57 KB) .
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) students 2017 (PDF 336 KB) – enrolments and apparent retention rates for ATSI students for 2017.
• Apparent retention rates 2017 (PDF 285 KB) – retention rates from year 8 to year 12 by year level from 2008 to 2017.
• Attendance semester 1 2017 (PDF 108 KB) – summary statistics relating to attendance in SA government schools for 2017.
• Behaviour management 2017 (PDF 339KB) – summary statistics relating to suspensions and exclusions in SA government schools for 2017.
• Education services 2017 (PDF 215KB) – summary statistics relating to enrolments and types of SA government schools for 2017.
• English as an additional language or dialect (EALD) 2017 (PDF 65KB) – summary statistics relating to EALD enrolments in SA government schools for 2017.
• Enrolments by site 2017 (PDF 621KB) – summary of total full time equivalent enrolments by gender for SA government schools for 2017.
• Junior primary class sizes 2017 (PDF 191KB) – summary of junior primary class sizes for SA government schools in 2017.
• Site location data 2017 (PDF 603KB) – site location data for SA government schools for 2017.
• Students with disability (SWD) 2017 (PDF 156 KB) – summary of SWD enrolments and education settings for SA government schools for 2017.

2016 reports

• Index of educational disadvantage for SA government schools (PDF 183KB) – socio-economic index used to allocate resources to schools to address educational disadvantage. Find out more about the index (PDF 58KB).
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) students 2016 (PDF 103KB) – enrolments and apparent retention rates for ATSI students for 2016.
• Apparent retention rates 2016 (PDF 48KB) – retention rates from year 8 to year 12 by year level from 2005 to 2016.
• Attendance semester 1 2016 (PDF 53KB) – summary statistics relating to attendance in SA government schools for 2015.
• Behaviour management 2016 (PDF 94KB) – summary statistics relating to suspensions and exclusions in SA government schools for 2016.
• Education services 2016 (PDF 215KB) – summary statistics relating to enrolments and types of SA government schools for 2016.
• English as an additional language or dialect (EALD) 2016 (PDF 65KB) – summary statistics relating to EALD enrolments in SA government schools for 2016.
• Enrolments by site 2016 (PDF 621KB) – summary of total full time equivalent enrolments by gender for SA government schools for 2016.
• Junior primary class sizes 2016 (PDF 191KB) – summary of junior primary class sizes for SA government schools in 2016.
• Site location data 2016 (PDF 603KB) – site location data for SA government schools for 2016.
• Students with disability (SWD) 2016 (PDF 49KB) – summary of SWD enrolments and education settings for SA government schools for 2016.

2015 reports

• Index of educational disadvantage for SA government schools (PDF 181KB) – socio-economic index used to allocate resources to schools to address educational disadvantage. Find out more about the index (PDF 58KB).
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) students 2015 (PDF 103KB) – enrolments and apparent retention rates for ATSI students for 2015.
• Apparent retention rates 2015 (PDF 52KB) – retention rates from year 8 to year 12 by year level from 2005 to 2015.
• Attendance semester 1 2015 (PDF 65KB) – summary statistics relating to attendance in SA government schools for 2015.
• Behaviour management 2015 (PDF 65KB) – summary statistics relating to suspensions and exclusions in SA government schools for 2015.
• Education services 2015 (PDF 238KB) – summary statistics relating to enrolments and types of SA government schools for 2015.
• English as an additional language or dialect (EALD) 2015 (PDF 128KB) – summary statistics relating to EALD enrolments in SA government schools for 2015.
• Enrolments by site 2015 (PDF 351KB) – summary of total full time equivalent enrolments by gender for SA government schools for 2015.
• Junior primary class sizes 2015 (PDF 147KB) – summary of junior primary class sizes for SA government schools in 2015.
• Site location data 2015 (PDF 658KB) – site location data for SA government schools for 2015.
• Students with disability (SWD) 2015 (PDF 65KB) – summary of SWD enrolments and education settings for SA government schools for 2015.

2014 reports

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) students 2014 (PDF 110KB) – enrolments and apparent retention rates for ATSI students for 2014.
• Apparent retention rates 2014 (PDF 31KB) – retention rates from year 8 to year 12 by year level and by age from 2004 to 2014.
• Attendance semester 1 2014 (PDF 53KB) – summary statistics relating to attendance in SA government schools for 2014.
• Behaviour management 2014 (PDF 68KB) – summary statistics relating to suspensions and exclusions in SA government schools for 2014.
• Education services 2014 (PDF 192KB) – summary statistics relating to enrolments and types of SA government schools for 2014.
• English as an additional language or dialect (EALD) 2014 (PDF 118KB) – summary statistics relating to EALD enrolments in SA government schools for 2014.
• Enrolments by site 2014 (PDF 282KB) – summary of total full time equivalent enrolments by gender for SA government schools for 2014.
• Junior primary class sizes 2014 (PDF 146KB) – summary of junior primary class sizes for SA government schools in 2014.
• Site location data 2014 (PDF 606KB) – site location data for SA government schools for 2014.
• Students with disability (SWD) 2014 (PDF 65KB) – summary of SWD enrolments and education settings for SA government schools for 2014.