Table 2.
Sample characteristics (2019, 2020)
| Year 3 | Year 4 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Schools, n | 35 | 35 | 40 | 37 | 51 | 46 |
| ICSEA, mean (SD) | 992 (64) | 996 (74) | 1005 (71) | 1000 (68) | 1003 (70) | 1003 (67) |
| ICSEA < 950, mean (SD) | 918 (29) | 916 (33) | 916 (21) | 912 (33) | 914 (28) | 917 (31) |
| ICSEA 950–1049, mean (SD) | 993 (25) | 1000 (25) | 996 (27) | 994 (25) | 998 (28) | 994 (27) |
| ICSEA 1050 +, mean (SD) | 1099 (32) | 1088 (27) | 1106 (26) | 1093 (30) | 1103 (25) | 1092 (27) |
| ICSEA < 950, n (%) | 9 (26) | 8 (2) | 9 (23) | 7 (19) | 12 (24) | 10 (22) |
| ICSEA 950–1049, n (%) | 20 (57) | 20 (57) | 21 (53) | 20 (57) | 27 (53) | 25 (54) |
| ICSEA 1050 +, n (%) | 6 (17) | 7 (20) | 10 (25) | 9 (24) | 12 (24) | 12 (26) |
| Regional, n (%) | 17 (49) | 10 (29) | 18 (45) | 7 (19) | 23 (45) | 10 (22) |
| Students, n | 779 | 690 | 805 | 756 | 1584 | 1446 |
| Age—years, mean (SD) | 9.2 (0.5) | 9.2 (0.5) | 10.2 (0.4) | 10.1 (0.4) | 9.7 (0.6) | 9.7 (0.7) |
| Female, n (%) | 382 (49) | 340 (49) | 398 (49) | 381 (50) | 780 (49) | 721 (50) |
| Indigenous, n (%) | 72 (9) | 60 (8) | 32 (4) | 38 (5) | 104 (7) | 98 (7) |
| LBOTE, n (%) | 120 (15) | 101 (15) | 173 (22) | 182 (24) | 293 (19) | 283 (20) |
ICSEA Index of socio-educational advantage, SD standard deviation