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CatholicSecondaryYear 07 – Year 12Growing enrolments

MIDWEST · Outer Regional

Nagle Catholic College

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

Sanford Street Geraldton 6530

Geraldton · WA 6530

Greater Geraldton

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
ncc.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

38

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

1,017

About average

Students

1,209

Very large (1,200+)

Student ratio

15:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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38

Decision Index

Developing

mid-range community context

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

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School environment

38

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

15:1

Score 16

More staff per student than 16% of 71 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+19% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+11.1%

Score 74

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

60.8% teaching FTE

Score 30

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 30% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

38

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

ICSEA community advantage

1017

Score 55

Community socio-educational advantage at the 55th percentile among WA secondary 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 971 (decile 3)

Score 21

Economic resources index higher than 21% 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)

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

7.0%

39th pct (WA)

7.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

16.0%

65th pct (WA)

16.0% 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%): 58 — 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 -0.3%

1017

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +19%

15:1

EnrolmentsUp +11.1%

1,209

800ICSEA 10171300
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Very large (1,200+) — 1,209 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1 — more staff per student than 16% of 71 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 14.8:1 (2010) to 15.0:1 (2025), +19.0% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +11% over 5 years (+121 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 1017 — compare NAPLAN progress against 71 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Outer Regional — MIDWEST education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

1017

Declining -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

Declining -1.8%

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

15:1

Higher ratio +19%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

1,209

Up +11.1%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

7.0%

Stable

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

13.0%

Up +30%

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

16.0%

Down -5.9%

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
7.0%
LBOTE
13.0%
Year range
Year 07 – Year 12

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
22.0%
Lower mid
35.0%
Upper mid
27.0%
Top
16.0%

Local context

Geraldton area

Suburb guide →

13

schools

932

avg ICSEA

14.2:1

avg ratio

7 Government5 Catholic1 Independent

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

71

ICSEA 967–1067

This school ratio

15:1

Better than 16% of peers

Peer average ratio

13.7:1

Avg 947 students

For NAPLAN progress against similar-background students, check My School student progress data. That is the fairest academic comparison ACARA provides.

Administration

Local government area
Greater Geraldton
Governing body
Catholic Education Western Australia
Education region
MIDWEST
Remoteness
Outer Regional
Teaching staff
85 (80.8 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 48894