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GovernmentPrimaryKindy – Year 06Declining enrolments

SOUTH WEST · Inner Regional

Geographe Primary School

Department of Education Western Australia

Address

Clydebank Avenue Busselton 6280

Busselton · WA 6280

Busselton

Phone

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Decision Index

52

Average · Methodology

ICSEA

976

About average

Students

413

Medium (200–599)

Student ratio

16.5:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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52

Decision Index

Average

Based on verified ACARA school and community data

55% school environment · 45% community context · ACARA + ABS + WA Police verified data

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School environment

52

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

16.5:1

Score 43

More staff per student than 43% of 297 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-19.1% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-9.8%

Score 58

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

51.5% teaching FTE

Score 17

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 17% 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

976

Score 36

Community socio-educational advantage at the 36th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-0.2%

Score 70

Community ICSEA has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 1022 (decile 7)

Score 52

Economic resources index higher than 52% 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

10.0%

17th pct (WA)

10.0% LBOTE — higher than 17% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

11.0%

25th pct (WA)

11.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

10.0%

39th pct (WA)

10.0% 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%): 50 — 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 -0.2%

976

Student–teacher ratioImproved -19.1%

16.5:1

EnrolmentsDown -9.8%

413

800ICSEA 9761300
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Medium (200–599) — 413 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1 — more staff per student than 43% of 297 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 19.9:1 (2010) to 16.5:1 (2025), -19.1% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -10% over 5 years (-45 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 976 — compare NAPLAN progress against 297 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)

976

Declining -0.2%

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

36

Stable

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

16.5:1

Improved -19.1%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

413

Down -9.8%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

11.0%

Up +57.1%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

10.0%

Up +42.9%

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

10.0%

Up +25%

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
11.0%
LBOTE
10.0%
Year range
Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
44.0%
Lower mid
29.0%
Upper mid
17.0%
Top
10.0%

Local context

Busselton area

Suburb guide →

7

schools

979

avg ICSEA

13.3:1

avg ratio

5 Government1 Independent1 Catholic

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

297

ICSEA 926–1026

This school ratio

16.5:1

Better than 43% of peers

Peer average ratio

14.8:1

Avg 313 students

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Administration

Local government area
Busselton
Governing body
Department of Education Western Australia
Education region
SOUTH WEST
Remoteness
Inner Regional
Teaching staff
33 (25 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
36th

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

ACARA SML ID 48755