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CatholicPrimaryKindy – Year 06Declining enrolments

MIDWEST · Inner Regional

St Mary's School

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

26 Mary Street Northampton 6535

Donnybrook · WA 6239

Donnybrook-Balingup

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
stmarysdbrk.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

69

Good · Methodology

ICSEA

1,019

About average

Students

113

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

12.3:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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69

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

77

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

12.3:1

Score 85

More staff per student than 85% of 319 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-14.6% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-6.6%

Score 58

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

62.6% teaching FTE

Score 71

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 71% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

60

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

ICSEA community advantage

1019

Score 55

Community socio-educational advantage at the 55th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

+0.3%

Score 70

Community ICSEA has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 1026 (decile 7)

Score 54

Economic resources index higher than 54% 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

8.0%

13th pct (WA)

8.0% LBOTE — higher than 13% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

4.0%

52th pct (WA)

4.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

13.0%

47th pct (WA)

13.0% 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%): 65 — 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 +0.3%

1019

Student–teacher ratioImproved -14.6%

12.3:1

EnrolmentsDown -6.6%

113

800ICSEA 10191300
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Small (<200 students) — 113 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1 — more staff per student than 85% of 319 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 13.2:1 (2010) to 12.3:1 (2025), -14.6% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -7% over 5 years (-8 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.

ACARA My School

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ICSEA 1019 — compare NAPLAN progress against 319 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Inner Regional — MIDWEST education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

1019

Rising +0.3%

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

55

Rising +1.9%

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

12.3:1

Improved -14.6%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

113

Down -6.6%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

4.0%

Up +100%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

8.0%

Up +166.7%

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

13.0%

Up +30%

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
4.0%
LBOTE
8.0%
Year range
Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
25.0%
Lower mid
35.0%
Upper mid
27.0%
Top
13.0%

Local context

Donnybrook area

Suburb guide →

2

schools

989

avg ICSEA

13.4:1

avg ratio

1 Government1 Catholic

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

319

ICSEA 969–1069

This school ratio

12.3:1

Better than 85% of peers

Peer average ratio

15.6:1

Avg 344 students

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Administration

Local government area
Donnybrook-Balingup
Governing body
Catholic Education Western Australia
Education region
MIDWEST
Remoteness
Inner Regional
Teaching staff
10 (9.2 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
55th

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

ACARA SML ID 48890