Table 3 Ranked individual impact of each school characteristic and 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)

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Overall % Indigenous enrolment

38% (31%–44%)

  Low (0%–2%)

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  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%)

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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%)