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WHEATBELT · Outer Regional

St Patrick's School

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

Amherst Street Katanning 6317

Katanning · WA 6317

Katanning

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Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website

stpatskatanning.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

Average · Methodology

ICSEA

983

About average

Students

116

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

14.1:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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

Decision Index

Average

strong staffing vs peers

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

14.1:1

Score 71

More staff per student than 71% of 309 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+16.5% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+54.7%

Score 62

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

66.7% teaching FTE

Score 88

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 88% 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

983

Score 39

Community socio-educational advantage at the 39th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-3.2%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 944 (decile 2)

Score 13

Economic resources index higher than 13% 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)

440.2 / 100k

Score 60

Great Southern District — lower offence rate than 60% 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

32.0%

64th pct (WA)

32.0% LBOTE — higher than 64% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

3.0%

60th pct (WA)

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

11.0%

43th pct (WA)

11.0% 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%): 38 — 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 -3.2%

983

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +16.5%

14.1:1

EnrolmentsUp +54.7%

116

800ICSEA 9831300

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Small (<200 students) — 116 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1 — more staff per student than 71% of 309 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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32% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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ICSEA declining — from 1016 (2010) to 983 (2025), -3.2% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 14.3:1 (2010) to 14.1:1 (2025), +16.5% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +55% over 5 years (+41 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 983 — compare NAPLAN progress against 309 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Outer Regional — WHEATBELT education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

983

Declining -3.2%

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.