Government schools average class size - Primary classes, February 2025 Census, Victoria

A dataset of Government schools average Primary Schools Class Sizes, showing average for Prep to Year 2, Year 3 to Year 6 and overall all classes, from census years 2001 to 2025.The size of primary class is collected from government schools as part of the February School Census conducted on the last school day of February each year.The data is collected from all Government schools as part of the February census. The size of a class is defined as the number of students that exist in a class grouping. Where schools have varying class sizes the following definition is used: -count the class as that which exists for the majority of the time and -which includes the time spent teaching literacy and numeracy and -which the school community regards as a class grouping. Decisions on the class size profile for a school are made at the school level and take into account a number of factors such as the number of teachers available, the balance of enrolments across year levels and class room availability.Average class size is NOT the same as the student/teacher ratio.

这是一个政府学校小学班级平均规模数据集，展示了2001至2025年普查年份期间学前班至二年级、三年级至六年级以及所有班级的整体平均规模。小学班级规模数据是每年二月最后一个上学日开展的二月学校普查的一部分，从政府学校收集而来。该数据作为二月普查的一部分，从所有政府学校收集。班级规模定义为班级分组中的学生人数。若学校存在不同的班级规模，则采用以下定义：- 以大多数时间存在的班级为准；- 包含读写和算术教学时间；- 且被学校社区视为班级分组。学校班级规模概况的决策由学校层面制定，并考虑多个因素，如可用教师数量、各年级入学人数平衡及教室可用性。平均班级规模与师生比不同。