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Facts and statistics about Indigenous education

Source: Face the Facts - Questions and Answers about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, Migrants and Refugees

• Educational achievement 2001:
  The proportion of Indigenous people over 15 years who had completed Year 12 was 25% in major cities and 8% in remote areas compared with 46% and 35% respectively for non-Indigenous people.
• School retention 2002:
  38% of Indigenous students continued to Year 12 compared with 76% of non-Indigenous students.
• Higher education 2001:
  5% of Indigenous people aged between 18 and 24 were attending university compared with 23% of non-Indigenous people. The number of Indigenous people aged 15-19 who were attending an educational institution in 2001 was around 19500 compared with around 900000 non-Indigenous people of the same age.
• Expenditure on Indigenous education:
  Public expenditure on education for Indigenous people is 18% higher per capita than for non-Indigenous people aged 3-24 years. The higher expenditure is a result of various factors including location (delivering education in rural and remote locations is more expensive) and lower than average income for Indigenous people which leads to a greater average need for assistance to students.