Attendance Benchmarks — New South Wales (2025)
State-level attendance rates for New South Wales, broken down by year level and school sector.Gardeners Road Public School is a government school — the Government row is highlighted.Note: These are state-wide averages — individual school attendance data is not published in this dataset.
Years 1-1088.2%60.3
Years 1-690.9%67.6
Years 7-1083.7%47.6
Year-by-Year Comparison
Attendance rate by year level across all school sectors.
Government (this school)CatholicIndependent
Year 1
Government
91.3%
Catholic
92.9%
Independent
92.7%
Year 2
Government
91.3%
Catholic
92.8%
Independent
92.8%
Year 3
Government
91.3%
Catholic
92.8%
Independent
93%
Year 4
Government
90.9%
Catholic
92.3%
Independent
92.8%
Year 5
Government
90.6%
Catholic
92.1%
Independent
93%
Year 6
Government
89.9%
Catholic
91.6%
Independent
92.3%
Year 7
Government
87.9%
Catholic
92.1%
Independent
92.8%
Year 8
Government
84.3%
Catholic
89.7%
Independent
91.3%
Year 9
Government
82.2%
Catholic
88.9%
Independent
90.2%
Year 10
Government
80.5%
Catholic
88.6%
Independent
89%
Source: ACARA Student Attendance 2025
Full Attendance Table — 2025
Year LevelSectorRateLevel
Year 1Government91.3%69.6
Year 1Catholic92.9%77.4
Year 1Independent92.7%75.3
Year 2Government91.3%69.5
Year 2Catholic92.8%76.9
Year 2Independent92.8%75.6
Year 3Government91.3%69.3
Year 3Catholic92.8%76.7
Year 3Independent93%77.0
Year 4Government90.9%67.7
Year 4Catholic92.3%74.4
Year 4Independent92.8%75.6
Year 5Government90.6%66.5
Year 5Catholic92.1%73.0
Year 5Independent93%76.7
Year 6Government89.9%63.4
Year 6Catholic91.6%70.7
Year 6Independent92.3%73.9
Year 7Government87.9%57.8
Year 7Catholic92.1%72.9
Year 7Independent92.8%76.1
Year 8Government84.3%46.9
Year 8Catholic89.7%60.9
Year 8Independent91.3%68.7
Year 9Government82.2%43.1
Year 9Catholic88.9%57.6
Year 9Independent90.2%64.9
Year 10Government80.5%42.3
Year 10Catholic88.6%56.4
Year 10Independent89%61.5
Years 1-6Government90.9%67.6
Years 1-6Catholic92.4%74.9
Years 1-6Independent92.8%75.7
Years 7-10Government83.7%47.6
Years 7-10Catholic89.9%62.2
Years 7-10Independent90.9%67.9
Years 1-10Government88.2%60.3
Years 1-10Catholic91.4%69.8
Years 1-10Independent91.7%71.4
Primary UngradedGovernment82.5%44.7
Primary UngradedCatholic91%74.2
Primary UngradedIndependent89.3%59.9
Secondary UngradedGovernment73.4%38.3
Secondary UngradedCatholic85.6%50.1
Secondary UngradedIndependent86.4%49.9
Source: ACARA Student Attendance 2025