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CatholicPrimaryPre-Kindy – Year 06Declining enrolments

KIMBERLEY · Very Remote

St Joseph's School

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

St Peter'S Way Wyndham 6740

Kununurra · WA 6743

Wyndham-East Kimberley

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
stjoknx.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

27

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

788

Well below average

Students

115

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

12.5:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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27

Decision Index

Developing

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

44

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

12.5:1

Score 40

More staff per student than 40% of 15 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+17.9% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-5%

Score 80

Enrolments have been relatively stable — consistent demand signal.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

40.9% teaching FTE

Score 2

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 2% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

7

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

ICSEA community advantage

788

Score 3

Community socio-educational advantage at the 3th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-4.1%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 873 (decile 1)

Score 5

Economic resources index higher than 5% 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)

2414.0 / 100k

Score 0

Kimberley District — lower offence rate than 0% 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

63.0%

90th pct (WA)

63.0% LBOTE — higher than 90% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

72.0%

2th pct (WA)

72.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

5.0%

18th pct (WA)

5.0% 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%): 5 — 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 -4.1%

788

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +17.9%

12.5:1

EnrolmentsDown -5%

115

800ICSEA 7881300
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Small (<200 students) — 115 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1 — more staff per student than 40% of 15 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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63% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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ICSEA declining — from 811 (2010) to 788 (2025), -4.1% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 11.6:1 (2010) to 12.5:1 (2025), +17.9% over 5 years.

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 788 — compare NAPLAN progress against 15 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Very Remote — KIMBERLEY education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

788

Declining -4.1%

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

3

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

12.5:1

Higher ratio +17.9%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

115

Down -5%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

72.0%

Up +18%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

63.0%

Up +425%

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

5.0%

Down -37.5%

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
72.0%
LBOTE
63.0%
Year range
Pre-Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
61.0%
Lower mid
20.0%
Upper mid
14.0%
Top
5.0%

Local context

Kununurra area

Suburb guide →

6

schools

723

avg ICSEA

7.1:1

avg ratio

2 Independent2 Government2 Catholic

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

15

ICSEA 738–838

This school ratio

12.5:1

Better than 40% of peers

Peer average ratio

12.3:1

Avg 150 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
Wyndham-East Kimberley
Governing body
Catholic Education Western Australia
Education region
KIMBERLEY
Remoteness
Very Remote
Teaching staff
11 (9.2 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
3th

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

ACARA SML ID 48909