Secondary education schools by selective, specialist and co-educational status (2011-2024)

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 01/03/2026

Data Notes:

  • Includes secondary schools and central/community schools.
  • Secondary schools generally enrol students in Years 7 to 12, although some secondary schools only enrol students in the senior years, i.e. Years 11 to 12 or the junior years, i.e. Years 7 to 10.
  • The Conservatorium High School is included with performing arts schools.
  • Aurora College (NSW Virtual Selective High School) is included with fully selective schools.
  • The number of schools is recorded mid-year.
  • Intensive English only covers standalone Intensive English schools and does not include schools with an attached Intensive English Centre.
  • Selective high schools provide a learning environment designed for academically gifted and high potential students.
  • Reporting by non-binary gender is not possible due to system limitations.

Data Source:

  • Education Statistics and Measurement, Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Secondary education schools by selective, specialist and co-educational status (2011-2024)
Language eng
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/2a73d0c7-657c-4911-bf90-566bc644d5cd
Remote Last Updated 20/01/2026
Contact Point
NSW Department of Education
open.data@det.nsw.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2024
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    147.0179,
    -32.1618
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal DataNSW

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Secondary education schools by selective, specialist and co-educational status (2011-2024)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-nsw-education-secondary-education-schools-by-selective-specialist-and-co-educational-status