Data Sources & Methodology

WhatSchool Australia is built entirely from official, open structured data. We do not copy or paraphrase content from My School or school websites. Every metric on a school profile carries source and year provenance.

Data Coverage

Total Schools
9,755
Geocoded
9,738 (99.8%)
SEIFA Coverage
9,716 (99.6%)
Grade-level Records
143,646

Source Register

NSW Public Schools Master Dataset
NSW public school directory with coordinates
NSWCSV
Status: verifiedCommercial: pending_reviewSize: 1.2MB
NSW Public Schools Master Dataset (2 Oct 2026)
contacts, URLs
NSWCSV
Status: refreshed 2026-10-18Commercial: cleared (WhatSchool build)
NSW school intake zones (2 Oct 2026)
catchment polygons
NSWSHP
Status: loaded 2026-10-18Commercial: cleared (WhatSchool build)
NT Schools Directory (directory.ntschools.net)
phone, email, website
NTAPI
Status: loaded 2026-10-18Commercial: cleared (WhatSchool build)
ACARA Enrolments by Grade 2008-2025
year-level enrolment distribution
NationalXLSX
Status: verifiedCommercial: pending_reviewSize: 31.6MB
ACARA School Profile 2008-2025
historical school profile data
NationalXLSX
Status: verifiedCommercial: pending_reviewSize: 28.5MB
ACARA School Profile 2025
core school identity and profile
NationalXLSX
Status: verifiedCommercial: pending_reviewSize: 2.0MB
ACARA Student Attendance
attendance rates (aggregate level)
NationalXLSX
Status: verifiedCommercial: pending_reviewSize: 10.0MB
NAPLAN National Results
NAPLAN outcomes
NationalXLSX
Status: verifiedCommercial: pending_reviewSize: 46.1MB
QLD state and non-state school details (data.qld.gov.au)
phone, website
QLDCSV/API
Status: loaded 2026-10-18Commercial: cleared (WhatSchool build)
VIC School Locations 2025
VIC school directory with coordinates
VICCSV
Status: verifiedCommercial: pending_reviewSize: 0.5MB
WA Schools List
WA school directory
WAXLSX
Status: verifiedCommercial: pending_reviewSize: 0.5MB

⚠️ Legal & Content Policy

WhatSchool Australia uses open structured data from Australian government sources. We do not scrape, copy, or paraphrase descriptive content from My School (myschool.edu.au) or individual school websites. All text descriptions on school profiles are platform-generated factual summaries derived from structured data fields.

Schools can claim their profile and provide school-supplied content directly to WhatSchool, which is displayed with clear attribution ("School-supplied content"). ICSEA values are provided by ACARA and are © ACARA. SEIFA indexes are provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).