Student attendance rate by SA4 (2011-2024)

This data set shows the average attendance rate for students in NSW government schools by Statistical Area 4 (SA4).\r\n\r\n### Data notes\r\n* 2021 data is not comparable to previous years due to the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to calculation rules to align with ACARA’s national standards (version 3) and changes to the way attendance data is transferred into the department’s centralised data warehouse. Please refer to 2021 Semester 1 student attendance factsheet for more information.\r\n\r\n* 2020 data is not provided because students were encouraged to learn from home for several weeks in Semester 1. Please refer to the factsheet on The effects of COVID-19 on attendance during Semester 1 2020 for more information.\r\n\r\n* In 2018 NSW government schools implemented the national standards for student attendance data reporting. This resulted in a fall in attendance rates for most schools due to the inclusion of part day absences and accounting for student mobility in the calculation. Data from 2018 onwards is not comparable with earlier years.\r\n\r\n* Schools for Specific Purposes (SSPs) are only included from 2021. Prior to this SSP attendance data was not collected centrally.\r\n\r\n* The attendance rate is defined as the number of actual full-time equivalent student days attended by full-time students in Years 1–10 as a percentage of the total number of possible student-days attended in Semester 1. Figures are aligned with the National Report on Schooling and the My School website.\r\n\r\n* SA4 refers to the ABS Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 Statistical Area 4 (SA4) – 2021.\r\n\r\n* ‘Other Territories’ has been assigned to Norfolk Island Central School, which operated under the responsibility of NSW Department of Education between 2018-2021.\r\n\r\n### Data source\r\nSemester 1 Return of Absences Collection\r\n\r\n### Data quality statement\r\nThe [Attendance Data Quality Statement](https://metadata.nsw.gov.au/item/11448/qualitystatement/attendance-data-quality-statement) addresses the quality of the Attendance dataset using the dimensions outlined in the NSW Department of Education's data quality management framework: institutional environment, relevance, timeliness, accuracy, coherence, interpretability and accessibility. It provides an overview of the dataset's quality and highlights any known data quality issues.\r\n

本数据集展示了新南威尔士州（New South Wales, NSW）公立学校学生按统计区域4（Statistical Area 4, SA4）划分的平均出勤率。

### 数据说明
* 2021年数据与往年不可比，原因包括新冠疫情的持续影响、为契合澳大利亚课程评价与报告局（Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, ACARA）第三版国家标准而调整的计算规则，以及学生出勤数据上传至教育部集中式数据仓库的方式变更。更多信息请参阅《2021年第一学期学生出勤情况简报》。

* 2020年数据未提供，因第一学期期间学校鼓励学生居家学习数周。更多信息请参阅《2020年第一学期新冠疫情对出勤情况的影响简报》。

* 2018年，新南威尔士州公立学校开始实施学生出勤数据报告国家标准。由于计算中纳入了半日缺勤情况并考虑了学生流动因素，多数学校的出勤率出现下降。2018年及之后的数据与此前年份不可比。

* 特殊用途学校（Schools for Specific Purposes, SSPs）仅自2021年起纳入统计范围，此前其出勤数据未进行集中收集。

* 出勤率的定义为：1至10年级全日制学生实际出勤的全日制当量学生天数，占第一学期总可能出勤学生天数的百分比。统计数据与《全国学校教育报告》及My School网站数据保持一致。

* SA4指澳大利亚统计局（Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS）2021年版澳大利亚统计地理标准（Australian Statistical Geography Standard, ASGS）下的统计区域4（Statistical Area 4, SA4）。

* 2018至2021年间由新南威尔士州教育部负责运营的诺福克岛中央学校，被归入“其他领地”类别。

### 数据来源
第一学期缺勤情况报送采集

### 数据质量声明
本[出勤数据质量声明](https://metadata.nsw.gov.au/item/11448/qualitystatement/attendance-data-quality-statement)依据新南威尔士州教育部数据质量管理框架中划定的维度，对本出勤数据集的质量进行了说明，涵盖制度环境、相关性、时效性、准确性、一致性、可解释性及可访问性七大方面。该声明概述了数据集的质量状况，并点明了已知的数据质量问题。