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GovernmentSecondaryYear 07 – Year 12Declining enrolments

SOUTH WEST · Outer Regional

Albany Senior High School

Department of Education Western Australia

Address

1 Campbell Road Albany 6330

Albany · WA 6330

Albany

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Decision Index

55

Average · Methodology

ICSEA

995

About average

Students

830

Large (600–1,199)

Student ratio

13.7:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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55

Decision Index

Average

mid-range staffing · mid-range community context

55% school environment · 45% community context · ACARA + ABS + WA Police verified data

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School environment

60

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

13.7:1

Score 47

More staff per student than 47% of 76 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025; peer group ICSEA ±50

Staffing trend (5yr)

-6.8% ratio change

Score 82

Student–teacher ratio has improved (fewer students per teacher).

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-15%

Score 58

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

66.8% teaching FTE

Score 61

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 61% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

48

Area socio-educational profile — context for who lives nearby, not teaching quality.

ICSEA community advantage

995

Score 44

Community socio-educational advantage at the 44th percentile among WA secondary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-1.2%

Score 70

Community ICSEA has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 997 (decile 5)

Score 37

Economic resources index higher than 37% of WA postcode areas (ABS SEIFA IER). Proxy for housing affordability context.

Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 — Postal Area (POA), Index of Economic Resources (IER)

Area safety (police district)

440.2 / 100k

Score 60

Great Southern District — lower offence rate than 60% of WA police districts (selected offences, FY to date). District-level indicator, not suburb-specific.

Source: WA Police Force — Crime Statistics 2024-25 (Financial Year to Date)

Peer profile

Who your child learns with — descriptive cohort data, not included in the Decision Index.

LBOTE students

10.0%

19th pct (WA)

10.0% LBOTE — higher than 19% of WA secondary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

10.0%

30th pct (WA)

10.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

13.0%

57th pct (WA)

13.0% of students from the top socio-educational advantage quarter — who your child learns alongside.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Planned external data (not yet integrated)

  • · Median house price (ABS Census — not yet integrated)

We do not show scores for housing or crime until verified open datasets are joined.

Legacy Swan Score (ICSEA 70% + LBOTE 30%): 55 — still available for filtering.

Data insights

What the data tells you

Key facts from ACARA 2025 and historical trends — use alongside school visits and My School NAPLAN.

ICSEA (SES index)Declining -1.2%

995

Student–teacher ratioImproved -6.8%

13.7:1

EnrolmentsDown -15%

830

800ICSEA 9951300
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Large (600–1,199) — 830 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1 — more staff per student than 47% of 76 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 13.2:1 (2010) to 13.7:1 (2025), -6.8% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -15% over 5 years (-147 students).

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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NAPLAN score history is on My School (ACARA). School-level bulk NAPLAN is not in the free download — we link to the official source.

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ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Outer Regional — SOUTH WEST education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

995

Declining -1.2%

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (500–1300+). Higher means students typically come from more advantaged backgrounds — use for like-school comparisons, not as a quality score.

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

ICSEA percentile

44

Declining -12%

This school's ICSEA rank among all Australian schools (0–100). Higher = higher relative advantage.

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Student–teacher ratio

13.7:1

Improved -6.8%

Students per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower usually means smaller class sizes and more staff attention.

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

830

Down -15%

Total student headcount over time. Shows whether the school is growing or shrinking.

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

10.0%

Up +100%

Share of students who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

10.0%

Up +42.9%

Share of students with a language background other than English. LBOTE = Language Background Other Than English (ACARA).

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Top SEA quarter

13.0%

Down -13.3%

Share of students in the most socio-educationally advantaged quarter at this school (ACARA SEA quartiles).

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025. Trend badges show factual up/down vs ~5 years ago.

Student mix

Indigenous
10.0%
LBOTE
10.0%
Year range
Year 07 – Year 12

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
32.0%
Lower mid
31.0%
Upper mid
24.0%
Top
13.0%

Local context

Albany area

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schools

994

avg ICSEA

13.8:1

avg ratio

7 Government4 Independent1 Catholic

Catchment & local intake

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Boundaries sourced from WA Department of Education Schools Online

Like-school comparison

ICSEA ±50, same school type (ACARA like-schools approach)

Like-schools in WA

76

ICSEA 945–1045

This school ratio

13.7:1

Better than 47% of peers

Peer average ratio

13.6:1

Avg 907 students

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Administration

Local government area
Albany
Governing body
Department of Education Western Australia
Education region
SOUTH WEST
Remoteness
Outer Regional
Teaching staff
67 (60.7 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
44th

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Data: ACARA School Profile 2025 · WA Dept of Education SLIP — Current Active Schools S1 2025 · Updated 2025

ACARA SML ID 48116