Dimension 4: Education
All
Outcome
Young South Australians are successful learners
Indicator
Children and young people are engaged in school, further education, training or work
Studying and/or training and/or working
The Survey of Education and Work data indicate that 87.8% of young people (15-19 years) were fully engaged in school, work or further education in 2022 in SA (89.6% in 2018).
Data Source: ABS, Survey of Education and Work
The percentage of young people (15-19 years) with disability that were partially or fully engaged in school, work or further education in SA was 81.5% in 2021, down from 84.8% in 2016 (81.7% in 2021 and 79.9% in 2016 nationally).
Data Source: ABS, Census
School attendance rates
There are two ways to measure school attendance:
a) Attendance rate – the number of actual full-time equivalent student-days attended by full-time students in Year 1 to Year 10 in Semester 1 as a percentage of the total number of possible student-days attended in Semester 1
b) Attendance level – the proportion of full-time students in Year 1 to Year 10 whose attendance rate in Semester 1 is equal to, or greater than, 90%.
The framework currently reports the attendance rate
In 2022:
85.6% of students enrolled in Years 1 to 10 attended school (91.6% in 2018).
Nationally, 86.5% of students enrolled in Years 1 to 10 attended school in 2022 (91.9% in 2018)
Note: Care should be taken in comparing attendance rates and levels across school years and jurisdictions given the differences in the numbers of students for whom these data are calculated.
Data Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
Educational achievement
The percentage of young people completing a senior certificate of education qualification, or equivalent by 19 years in SA was 93.4% in 2021 (92.0% in 2016).
Data Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)