International students enrolled in NSW public schools by operational directorate (2019-2023)

This dataset provides information on the number of international students enrolled in NSW public schools, categorised by operational directorate. Data notes:

Data is sourced through the DE International Student Management System.

International students must hold a student visa and require an Authority to Enrol (ATE) form, issued by DE International, to enrol in a NSW public school.

Enrolment numbers are not representative of the number of students in the International Students Program, as a student may enrol in an Intensive English Centre and then proceed to a high school.

Total enrolments include full fee-paying students in the International Students Program who complete their high school education in a NSW government school, and Study Abroad program students who enrol from one term to a maximum of one year.

All international students and Study Abroad students are able to commence their study from Term 1 through to Term 4.

Data has been confidentialised where necessary to suppress international student enrolments of 15 or fewer students in an operational directorate, indicated by “sp”.

An operational directorate oversees groups of principal networks in which schools are organised. For more information, visit the most up-to-date operational directorate list.

Data source:

DE International, Community Languages and International Programs, Student Support and Specialist Programs, Teaching Learning and Student Wellbeing, NSW Department of Education.