Table 2.

School characteristics at baseline by experimental group

School characteristics	PACE N = 24	Adapted PACE N = 24
School type
• Catholic	2 (8%)	3 (13%)
• Government	21 (88%)	20 (83%)
• Independent	1 (4%)	1 (4%)
Number of students (size)
• Mean (SD)	205.9 (199.9)	242 (252.3)
Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA)a
• Most disadvantaged	17 (71%)	16 (67%)
• Least disadvantaged	7 (29%)	8 (33%)
Geolocation
• Major city	11 (46%)	11 (46%)
• Inner/outer regional or remote	13 (54%)	13 (54%)

^aSEIFA: relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage