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GOLDFIELDS · Very Remote

Mount Margaret Remote Community School

Department of Education Western Australia

Address

Mount Margaret Mission Road Mount Margaret 6440

Mount Margaret · WA 6440

Laverton

Phone

Contact number on Schools Online

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Decision Index

44

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

—

No data

Students

10

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

3.3:1

students per teacher

Community

—

0 parent reviews

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Decision Index

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44

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

67

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

3.3:1

Score 99

Lower student–teacher ratio than 99% of WA primary schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Staffing trend (5yr)

+50% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+11.1%

Score 74

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

45.5% teaching FTE

Score 6

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 6% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

15

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

ICSEA community advantage

—

ICSEA not available.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-11.6%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 738 (decile 1)

Score 2

Economic resources index higher than 2% 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

100.0%

100th pct (WA)

100.0% LBOTE — higher than 100% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

100.0%

0th pct (WA)

100.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

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.

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 -11.6%

617

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +50%

3.3:1

EnrolmentsUp +11.1%

10

800ICSEA —1300
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Small (<200 students) — 10 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 3.3:1 — better than 98% of all WA schools.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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100% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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ICSEA declining — from 648 (2010) to 617 (2023), -11.6% over 13 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 15.0:1 (2010) to 3.3:1 (2025), +50.0% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +11% over 5 years (+1 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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Located in Very Remote — GOLDFIELDS education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

617

Declining -11.6%

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.

10
11
12
13
21
22
23

5-year change vs 2011 · 2010–2023

ICSEA percentile

0

Declining -100%

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

10
11
12
13
21
22
23

5-year change vs 2011 · 2010–2023

Student–teacher ratio

3.3:1

Higher ratio +50%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

10

Up +11.1%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

100.0%

Stable

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

100.0%

Up +354.5%

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

0.0%

Stable

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

12
13
21
22
23

5-year change vs 2012 · 2012–2023

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

Student mix

Indigenous
100.0%
LBOTE
100.0%
Year range
Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
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Lower mid
—
Upper mid
—
Top
—

Local context

Mount Margaret area

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avg ICSEA

3.3:1

avg ratio

1 Government

Catchment & local intake

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Administration

Local government area
Laverton
Governing body
Department of Education Western Australia
Education region
GOLDFIELDS
Remoteness
Very Remote
Teaching staff
3 (3 FTE)

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

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