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CatholicSecondaryYear 07 – Year 12Growing enrolments

SOUTH WEST · Inner Regional

Bunbury Catholic College

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

Lot 4 Rodsted Street Bunbury 6230

Bunbury · WA 6230

Bunbury

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Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website

bunburycatholic.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

Average · Methodology

ICSEA

1,048

About average

Students

954

Large (600–1,199)

Student ratio

13.4:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

Verified ACARA data only — school environment, community context, and peer profile.

Decision Index

Average

mid-range staffing · mid-range community context

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

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School environment

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

13.4:1

Score 55

More staff per student than 55% of 58 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+9.8% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+15.4%

Score 68

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

59.4% teaching FTE

Score 26

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 26% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

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

ICSEA community advantage

1048

Score 68

Community socio-educational advantage at the 68th percentile among WA secondary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

+0.5%

Score 70

Community ICSEA has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 979 (decile 4)

Score 26

Economic resources index higher than 26% 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

13.0%

35th pct (WA)

13.0% LBOTE — higher than 35% of WA secondary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

3.0%

64th pct (WA)

3.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

20.0%

74th pct (WA)

20.0% 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%): 67 — 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 +0.5%

1048

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +9.8%

13.4:1

EnrolmentsUp +15.4%

954

800ICSEA 10481300

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Large (600–1,199) — 954 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1 — more staff per student than 55% of 58 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 13.7:1 (2010) to 13.4:1 (2025), +9.8% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +15% over 5 years (+127 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

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ICSEA 1048 — compare NAPLAN progress against 58 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)

1048

Rising +0.5%

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.