Table 3.

Ranked individual impact of each school characteristic and school-level attributable risk %

School characteristic	School-level attributable risk %
Overall school size (total school enrolment)	79% (76%–82%)
Small (11–383)	56% (53%–60%)
Medium (384–844)	23% (20%–26%)
Large (845–2735)	Ref
Overall % Indigenous enrolment	38% (31%–44%)
Low (0%–2%)	Ref
Medium (7%–22%)	6% (4%–8%)
High (9%–100%)	32% (27%–37%)
Overall attendance rate (% of all possible school days attended)	37% (29%–46%)
Low (29%–87%)	34% (29%–40%)
Medium (88%–91%)	3% (2%–5%)
High (92%–97%)	Ref
Overall relative socioeconomic disadvantage score (postcode)	34% (28%–41%)
Most disadvantaged (604–967)	18% (15%–22%)
Less disadvantaged (698–1016)	16% (13%–20%)
Least disadvantaged (11,017–1128)	Ref
Overall special education status	27% (23%–31%)
Mainstream school	Ref
Special education school	27% (23%–31%)
Overall remoteness	24% (19%–29%)
Major cities	Ref
Inner regional	13% (10%–16%)
Outer regional	4% (3%–5%)
Remote and very remote	7% (6%–9%)