Government schools student attendance rates by sex, indigenous status and year level 2012

The data is collected from all Government schools as part of theadministration of student absences. Attendance rate is calculated on the number of actual full-time equivalentstudent-days attended by students in Years 1 to 10 as a percentage of thetotal number of possible student-days attended over semester 1.Please note: This definition differs for the data published by ACARA on the'My School' website where attendance is calculated for Year 1 to Year 10 overthe full school year.