Government Funding Vulnerability for Adventist Schools

Executive summary

Seventh-day Adventist schools in Australia operate within a funding framework where independent (non-Catholic private) schools receive approximately 49% of their income from combined Commonwealth and state government sources — a figure that has risen from 41% since 2009. Catholic systemic schools are even more dependent at 76%. While Adventist schools sit within the independent school category and likely fall in the 40–55% government funding range depending on location and socioeconomic profile,...