The non-government school sector comprises systemic schools, which are groups of schools administered by a central organisation, for example, Catholic parish schools, and independent schools, each of which is a separate legal entity.

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• Independent Sector Facts 2009
• School Enrolment Facts 2009

School and student numbers

AISV membership in 2008 comprised 173 non-systemic independent schools and 48 independent systemic schools. Of the 48 systemic schools, seven were also members of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria.

In Victoria there are:

• 220 independent schools
• 487 Catholic schools
• 1,585 government schools.

Of the total of 835,399 students:

• independent schools enrol 14.3 per cent
• Catholic schools 21.9 per cent
• government schools, 63.8 per cent.

Some independent schools have a particular religious or philosophical focus and others are non-denominational or inter-denominational. The religious affiliation or guiding philosophy of AISV Member Schools is as follows:

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