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GovernmentPrimaryKindy – Year 06Declining enrolments

SOUTH WEST · Outer Regional

Tambellup Primary School

Department of Education Western Australia

Address

Taylor Street Tambellup 6320

Tambellup · WA 6320

Broomehill-Tambellup

Phone

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Website
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Decision Index

45

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

940

Below average

Students

35

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

13:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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45

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

53

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

13:1

Score 78

More staff per student than 78% of 227 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+44.4% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-20.5%

Score 48

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

30.3% teaching FTE

Score 0

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 0% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

35

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

ICSEA community advantage

940

Score 21

Community socio-educational advantage at the 21th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

+14.8%

Score 82

Community ICSEA has risen — local socio-educational profile is shifting.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 973 (decile 4)

Score 22

Economic resources index higher than 22% 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

12.0%

21th pct (WA)

12.0% LBOTE — higher than 21% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

43.0%

4th pct (WA)

43.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

19.0%

62th pct (WA)

19.0% 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)

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Legacy Swan Score (ICSEA 70% + LBOTE 30%): 38 — 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)Rising +14.8%

940

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +44.4%

13:1

EnrolmentsDown -20.5%

35

800ICSEA 9401300
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Small (<200 students) — 35 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1 — more staff per student than 78% of 227 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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ICSEA rising — from 853 (2010) to 940 (2025), +14.8% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 14.9:1 (2010) to 13.0:1 (2025), +44.4% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -20% over 5 years (-9 students).

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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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)

940

Rising +14.8%

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

21

Rising +600%

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

13:1

Higher ratio +44.4%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

35

Down -20.5%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

43.0%

Down -34.8%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

12.0%

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

19.0%

Up +216.7%

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
43.0%
LBOTE
12.0%
Year range
Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
34.0%
Lower mid
18.0%
Upper mid
30.0%
Top
19.0%

Local context

Tambellup area

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13:1

avg ratio

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Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

227

ICSEA 890–990

This school ratio

13:1

Better than 78% of peers

Peer average ratio

14.6:1

Avg 290 students

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Administration

Local government area
Broomehill-Tambellup
Governing body
Department of Education Western Australia
Education region
SOUTH WEST
Remoteness
Outer Regional
Teaching staff
6 (2.7 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
21th

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

ACARA SML ID 48517