MIDWEST · Very Remote
Department of Education Western Australia
Burringurrah Community Mount James 6642
Mount James · WA 6642
Upper Gascoyne
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ICSEA
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No data
Students
55
Small (<200 students)
Student ratio
11:1
students per teacher
Community
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0 parent reviews
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Decision Index
Developing
mid-range staffing
55% school environment · 45% community context · ACARA + ABS + WA Police verified data
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Student–teacher ratio
11:1
Score 52
Lower student–teacher ratio than 52% of WA combined schools.
Source: ACARA School Profile 2025
Staffing trend (5yr)
+61.8% ratio change
Score 48
Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.
Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025
Enrolment stability (5yr)
+103.7%
Score 62
Enrolments have grown over five years.
Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025
Teaching staff share
50.5% teaching FTE
Score 14
Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 14% of WA schools.
Source: ACARA School Profile 2025
Area socio-educational profile — context for who lives nearby, not teaching quality.
ICSEA community advantage
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ICSEA not available.
Source: ACARA School Profile 2025
ICSEA trend (5yr)
+9.3%
Score 82
Community ICSEA has risen — local socio-educational profile is shifting.
Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025
Housing & economic resources
IER 831 (decile 1)
Score 4
Economic resources index higher than 4% 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)
1417.7 / 100k
Score 7
Mid West-Gascoyne District — lower offence rate than 7% 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)
Who your child learns with — descriptive cohort data, not included in the Decision Index.
LBOTE students
98.0%
90th pct (WA)
98.0% LBOTE — higher than 90% of WA combined schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.
Source: ACARA School Profile 2025
Indigenous students
98.0%
9th pct (WA)
98.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.
Source: ACARA School Profile 2025
Planned external data (not yet integrated)
We do not show scores for housing or crime until verified open datasets are joined.
Key facts from ACARA 2025 and historical trends — use alongside school visits and My School NAPLAN.
685
11:1
55
Small (<200 students) — 55 students enrolled in 2025.
ACARA School Profile 2025
Student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1 — better than 74% of all WA schools.
ACARA School Profile 2025
98% of students speak a language background other than English at home.
ACARA School Profile 2025
ICSEA rising — from 713 (2010) to 685 (2023), +9.3% over 13 years.
ACARA School Profile 2008–2025
Student-teacher ratio has increased — 9.1:1 (2010) to 11.0:1 (2025), +61.8% over 5 years.
ACARA School Profile 2008–2025
Enrolments have grown — +104% over 5 years (+28 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
Located in Very Remote — MIDWEST education region.
ACARA School Location 2025
NAPLAN & attendance: View on My School →
ICSEA (SES index)
685
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 2018 · 2010–2023
ICSEA percentile
1
This school's ICSEA rank among all Australian schools (0–100). Higher = higher relative advantage.
5-year change vs 2018 · 2010–2023
Student–teacher ratio
11:1
Students per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower usually means smaller class sizes and more staff attention.
5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025
Enrolments
55
Total student headcount over time. Shows whether the school is growing or shrinking.
5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025
Indigenous students
98.0%
Share of students who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025
LBOTE students
98.0%
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
3.0%
Share of students in the most socio-educationally advantaged quarter at this school (ACARA SEA quartiles).
5-year change vs 2018 · 2013–2023
Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025. Trend badges show factual up/down vs ~5 years ago.
Share of students per quarter
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Boundaries sourced from WA Department of Education Schools Online
ACARA 2008–2025
+28 students since 2010
ACARA School Profile 2008–2025 · annual enrolments
ACARA 2025
55
total
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