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Salmon Gums Primary School

Department of Education Western Australia

Address

Coolgardie-Esperance Highway Salmon Gums 6445

Salmon Gums · WA 6445

Esperance

Phone

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Decision Index

66

Good · Methodology

ICSEA

1,023

About average

Students

17

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

5.7:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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66

Decision Index

Good

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

78

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

5.7:1

Score 99

More staff per student than 99% of 310 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

0% ratio change

Score 70

Student–teacher ratio has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+6.2%

Score 74

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

56.6% teaching FTE

Score 40

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 40% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

51

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

ICSEA community advantage

1023

Score 57

Community socio-educational advantage at the 57th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-1.5%

Score 70

Community ICSEA has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 1039 (decile 8)

Score 62

Economic resources index higher than 62% 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

0.0%

3th pct (WA)

0.0% LBOTE — higher than 3% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

0.0%

90th pct (WA)

0.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

21.0%

65th pct (WA)

21.0% 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%): 69 — 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 -1.5%

1023

Student–teacher ratioStable

5.7:1

EnrolmentsUp +6.2%

17

800ICSEA 10231300
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Small (<200 students) — 17 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 5.7:1 — more staff per student than 99% of 310 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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Enrolments have grown — +6% 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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ICSEA 1023 — compare NAPLAN progress against 310 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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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)

1023

Declining -1.5%

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.

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

ICSEA percentile

57

Declining -12.3%

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

5.7:1

Stable

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

17

Up +6.2%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

0.0%

Stable

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

0.0%

Stable

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

21.0%

Down -8.7%

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
0.0%
LBOTE
0.0%
Year range
Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
22.0%
Lower mid
28.0%
Upper mid
29.0%
Top
21.0%

Local context

Salmon Gums area

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schools

1,023

avg ICSEA

5.7:1

avg ratio

1 Government

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

310

ICSEA 973–1073

This school ratio

5.7:1

Better than 99% of peers

Peer average ratio

15.6:1

Avg 345 students

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Administration

Local government area
Esperance
Governing body
Department of Education Western Australia
Education region
GOLDFIELDS
Remoteness
Very Remote
Teaching staff
3 (3 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
57th

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

ACARA SML ID 48501