Student Retention Rates

The retention rate for Yr 8 is always 100% for all years because it is the base year for retention. In some years the retention rate exceeds 100% because there was a net increase in the number of students for that year.

For all years, 2008 showed to have the highest retention rates than the previous five years, especially in Yr 12. The retention rates for Yr 9 in 2002 & 2006 and Yr 12 in 2008 show Port Hedland(T) enrolling new students not previously attending the previous year.

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Student/Teacher Ratio

The student teacher ratio in Port Hedland(T) has been decreasing steadily from 1999 to 2004, coinciding with the general decline in the number of students across the same period, as with most of the Pilbara. As the number of students rose in 2005 the teacher student ratio increased accordingly.

Overall the number of non-indigenous students gradually decreased between 1999 & 2005 before a small increase the following three years.

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