The cash injection will see Junee’s public schools given tens of thousands of dollars in “needs-based funding”, a Gonksi formula that has cost taxpayers $504 million since 2014.

Under the state’s Resource Allocation Model (RAM), each school is awarded a “base allocation” to cover the core cost of educating each student and operating a school.

The government then doles out more money based on how many students are indigenous, refugees, disabled, or come from poor backgrounds.

The biggest funding increase in town based on enrolments and student needs is Junee North Public School, with an extra $75,847 taking its total government funding to $308,908 next year.

Junee Public School will get an extra $72,319, taking it’s total to $334,111, while an extra $7,793 for Junee High will increase its total state funding to $518,013 for 2017.

Junee North principal Kay Thurston said the funding has already had a highly positive effect on the school’s students.  

The school used the bulk of this year’s funding to pay for an extra teacher, which allowed it to operate with reduced class sizes.

“Smaller class sizes mean teachers can target the specific learning needs of students a lot and offer that one on one time throughout the day,” Ms Thurston said.

“We’ve also been able to pay for extra learning support officer time to help the kids more than we’d been able to in the past.”

Ms Thurston said the funding also assisted teachers in honing their craft, which then benefited the students.

“It can give teachers the time to work collaboratively together, to work and plan together, which is so important,” she said.

“Looking at the success that we’ve had this year and seeing the outcomes for our students, it's likely we’ll use next year’s funding in the same realm.”

2017 will mark the fourth year of Gonski funding, a $5 billion investment over the course of six years.