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GovernmentPrimaryKindy – Year 06Declining enrolments

SOUTH WEST · Inner Regional

Balingup Primary School

Department of Education Western Australia

Address

Cnr Brockman And Steere Sts Balingup 6253

Balingup · WA 6253

Donnybrook-Balingup

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Phone

Contact number on Schools Online

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Website

balingupprimaryschool.wa.edu.au

Official school website

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Decision Index

Average · Methodology

ICSEA

998

About average

Students

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

9.8:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

Verified ACARA data only — school environment, community context, and peer profile.

Decision Index

Average

strong staffing vs peers · mid-range community context

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

9.8:1

Score 88

More staff per student than 88% of 323 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-12.5% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-12.3%

Score 58

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

52.7% teaching FTE

Score 22

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 22% 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

998

Score 46

Community socio-educational advantage at the 46th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-4.5%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 993 (decile 5)

Score 35

Economic resources index higher than 35% 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)

407.1 / 100k

Score 73

South West District — lower offence rate than 73% 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

14.0%

27th pct (WA)

14.0% LBOTE — higher than 27% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

4.0%

52th pct (WA)

4.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

13.0%

47th 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%): 54 — 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 -4.5%

998

Student–teacher ratioImproved -12.5%

9.8:1

EnrolmentsDown -12.3%

800ICSEA 9981300

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Small (<200 students) — 57 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 9.8:1 — more staff per student than 88% of 323 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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ICSEA declining — from 1064 (2010) to 998 (2025), -4.5% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 10.0:1 (2010) to 9.8:1 (2025), -12.5% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -12% over 5 years (-8 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 998 — compare NAPLAN progress against 323 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Inner Regional — SOUTH WEST education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

998

Declining -4.5%

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.