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GovernmentSecondaryYear 07 – Year 12Declining enrolments

GOLDFIELDS · Remote

Esperance Senior High School

Department of Education Western Australia

Address

Pink Lake Road Esperance 6450

Esperance · WA 6450

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Decision Index

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ICSEA

946

Below average

Students

761

Large (600–1,199)

Student ratio

12:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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Decision Index

Developing

strong staffing vs peers

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

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School environment

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

12:1

Score 75

More staff per student than 75% of 59 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-11.8% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-17.1%

Score 48

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

60.8% teaching FTE

Score 30

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 30% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

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

ICSEA community advantage

946

Score 23

Community socio-educational advantage at the 23th percentile among WA secondary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-2.7%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 999 (decile 5)

Score 38

Economic resources index higher than 38% 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)

1097.4 / 100k

Score 13

Goldfields-Esperance District — lower offence rate than 13% 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

9.0%

16th pct (WA)

9.0% LBOTE — higher than 16% of WA secondary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

16.0%

19th pct (WA)

16.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

9.0%

41th pct (WA)

9.0% 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%): 41 — 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 -2.7%

946

Student–teacher ratioImproved -11.8%

12:1

EnrolmentsDown -17.1%

761

800ICSEA 9461300

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Large (600–1,199) — 761 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1 — more staff per student than 75% of 59 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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ICSEA declining — from 964 (2010) to 946 (2025), -2.7% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 12.6:1 (2010) to 12.0:1 (2025), -11.8% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -17% over 5 years (-157 students).

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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

ACARA My School

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ICSEA 946 — compare NAPLAN progress against 59 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Remote — GOLDFIELDS education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

946

Declining -2.7%

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.