TABLE 4.2.2
 PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT & STAFF BY GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE, PERCENTAGE CHANGE AND RATIO 1994 - 2003
YEAR ENROLMENT % CHANGE ENROLLMENT STAFF % CHANGE STAFF STUDENT /TEACHER RATIO
PUBLIC PRIVATE TOTAL PUBLIC & PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE TOTAL PUBLIC & PRIVATE
1994/95      1,430  0         1,430            70  0                70   20.4
1995/96      1,463  0         1,463 2.3%          75  0                75 7.1% 19.5
1996/97      1,494  0         1,494 2.1%          76  0                76 1.3% 19.7
1997/98      1,520  0         1,520 1.7%          76  0                76 0.0% 20.0
1998/99   1,511  0         1,511 -0.6%       66  0                66 -13.2% 22.9
1999/00      1,522  0         1,522 0.7%          85  0                85 28.8% 17.9
2000/1      1,378         111         1,489 -2.2%          70            8                78 -8.2% 19.1
2001/2      1,320         107         1,427 -4.2%          76            8                84 7.7% 17.0
2002/3      1,316         146         1,462 2.5%          80          11                91 8.3% 16.1
2003/4      1,283 155      1,438 -1.6%          96 15          111 22.0% 13.0
Source:  Education Department * Term begins in September
1  There are 6 Primary Schools &  6 principals (one at each school)
Private Staff total include 1 Peripatetic Teacher 2001/02
Public Staff total include 8 Peripatetic Teachers 2001/02
In 2003 a new private school opened.
LAST UPDATE: April 15, 2004