Master dataset: NSW government school locations and student enrolment numbers

The master dataset contains comprehensive information for all government schools in NSW. Data items include school locations, latitude and longitude coordinates, school type, student enrolment numbers, electorate information, contact details and more.

This dataset is publicly available through the Data NSW website, and is used to support the School Finder tool.

Data Notes:

Data relating to healthy canteen is no longer up to date as it is no longer updated by the Department, this data can be sourced through NSW health.
Student enrolment numbers are based on the census of government school students undertaken on the first Friday of August.
School information, such as addresses and contact details, are updated regularly as required, and are the most current source of information.
Data is suppressed for indigenous and LBOTE percentages where student numbers are equal to, or less than five.
NSSC out of scope schools will not have an enrolment figure.
NSSC and LBOTE figures are updated annually in December.
ICSEA values are updated every April with the previous year's ICSEA values. Small schools, SSPs and Senior Secondary schools do not have their ICSEA values published by ACARA.
Following the introduction of part-time study in secondary schools in 1993, student enrolments are generally reported in full-time equivalent units (FTE). The FTE for students studying less than 10 units, the minimum workload, is determined by the formula: 0.1 x the number of units studied and represented as a proportion of the full-time enrolment of 1.0 FTE.

Data Source:

Education Statistics and Measurement. Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.

Data Source:

Data.NSW

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NSW public schools master dataset

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CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Code examples:

curl JavaScript PowerShell Python R

Querying

Get 5 results containing "jones" in any field:

curl https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
  -H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
  "resource_id": "0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        resource_id: '0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c',
        limit: 5,
        q: 'jones'
    })
})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

(using the ckanapi client library)

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c",
    limit=5,
    q="jones",
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id = '0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c',
        limit = 5,
        q = 'jones'))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Get results with either "watershed" or "survey" as subject and "active" as its stage:

curl https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
-H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
"resource_id": "0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({resource_id: '0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c', filters: {
        subject: ['watershed', 'survey'],
        stage: 'active'
    }})})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c",
    filters={
      "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
      "stage": "active",
    },
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id='0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c', 
        filters = list(
            subject = list("watershed", "survey"), 
            stage = "active")))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Using the API with this Web Browser

Some API endpoints may be accessed using a GET query string.

Query example (first 5 results)

https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c&limit=5

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=0da62bd2-83b7-40bc-978a-445f4d86e92c&q=jones

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CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Code examples:

curl JavaScript PowerShell Python R

Querying

Get 5 results containing "jones" in any field:

curl https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
  -H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
  "resource_id": "678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        resource_id: '678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688',
        limit: 5,
        q: 'jones'
    })
})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688",
  "limit": 5,
  "q": "jones"
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

(using the ckanapi client library)

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688",
    limit=5,
    q="jones",
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id = '678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688',
        limit = 5,
        q = 'jones'))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Get results with either "watershed" or "survey" as subject and "active" as its stage:

curl https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search \
-H"Authorization:$API_TOKEN" -d '
{
"resource_id": "678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}'

const resp = await fetch(`https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/json',
        authorization: API_TOKEN
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({resource_id: '678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688', filters: {
        subject: ['watershed', 'survey'],
        stage: 'active'
    }})})
await resp.json()

$json = @'
{
  "resource_id": "678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688",
  "filters": {
    "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
    "stage": "active"
  }
}
'@
$response = Invoke-RestMethod https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search`
  -Method Post -Body $json -Headers @{"Authorization"="$API_TOKEN"}
$response.result.records

from ckanapi import RemoteCKAN

rc = RemoteCKAN('https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/', apikey=API_TOKEN)
result = rc.action.datastore_search(
    resource_id="678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688",
    filters={
      "subject": ["watershed", "survey"],
      "stage": "active",
    },
)
print(result['records'])

library(httr2)

req <- request("https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search")
result <- req %>% 
    req_headers(Authorization = API_TOKEN) %>% 
    req_body_json(list(
        resource_id='678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688', 
        filters = list(
            subject = list("watershed", "survey"), 
            stage = "active")))
    req_perform %>% 
    resp_body_json

Using the API with this Web Browser

Some API endpoints may be accessed using a GET query string.

Query example (first 5 results)

https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688&limit=5

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://uatweb.datansw.links.com.au/data/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=678406e3-0242-4b11-8600-ade1e4371688&q=jones

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Additional Information

Field	Value
Title	Master dataset: NSW government school locations and student enrolment numbers
Date Published	19/06/2024
Last Updated	17/09/2025
Publisher/Agency	NSW Department of Education
Licence	Creative Commons Attribution
Update Frequency	as required
Contact Point	NSW Department of Education Data Services <data.services@det.nsw.edu.au>
Temporal Coverage	01/01/2016 - 31/12/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Data Portal	Data.NSW