Apparent retention rates for students in Years 10 to 12 by First Peoples status, Victoria, 2010 to 2025
Measure 6.1.2
Definition: The apparent retention rate is an indicative measure
of the number of full-time school students in a designated year level of
schooling as a percentage of their respective cohort group in a base year.
For example, the apparent retention rate for Year 10 – Year 12, 2017, is the
number of students in Year 12, 2017 as a percentage of the number of students
in the Year 10 cohort in 2015 (the base year), two years earlier. Part-time
and ungraded students are not included in calculations of apparent retention
rates.
Notes and caveats:
It is not currently possible to calculate actual retention
rates. There are a number of reasons why apparent rates may differ from
actual rates, why they may differ between states and territories and between
school sectors, and why apparent retention rates by state and/or sector may
exceed 100 per cent.
The reasons for complexity in calculating actual retention rates
include, but are not limited to: students progressing at a faster or slower
than the expected rate of one school year/grade per year, students changing
between full-time or part-time study migration (interstate/international),
students changing schools across state boundaries, students transferring
between school sectors enrolment policies (contributing to different age/year
level structures), age/year level requirements for leaving school, the
availability of approved alternatives to senior schooling.
Data is reported by Victorian government-funded schools only.
Source: Released administrative data, Department of Education, Victoria; Schools Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).