PHOTO: Brewarrina Central School. Image: NSW Department of Infrastructure.
After years of a devastating decline in school attendance with several schools dipping below 50% attendance, Western Plains schools have a found a way to get students regularly coming back.
Between 2018 and 2022 department figures show significant drops in several schools including Brewarrina Central School which fell from 44% in attending in 90% of the time in 2018 to just 8% in term 3 2022.
Coonamble High School slipped from 40% to 15%. Gilgandra High School went from 48 to 18%. While Narromine High School went from 51 to 30%.
Even compared with 2021 regular attendance rates fell – Lighting Ridge Central School fell from 37% in 2021 to 19% in 2022 and Cobar Public School from 50 to 30%…