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CatholicPrimaryKindy – Year 06Declining enrolments

MIDWEST · Remote

Our Lady of Mount Carmel School

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

10 Doney Street Mullewa 6630

Mullewa · WA 6630

Greater Geraldton

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Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website

olmc.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

872

Below average

Students

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

6.6:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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

Decision Index

Developing

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

6.6:1

Score 93

More staff per student than 93% of 71 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-35.9% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-44.4%

Score 38

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

54.1% teaching FTE

Score 28

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 28% 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

872

Score 7

Community socio-educational advantage at the 7th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-7.7%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 904 (decile 1)

Score 7

Economic resources index higher than 7% 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

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

40.0%

4th pct (WA)

40.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

6.0%

23th pct (WA)

6.0% 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%): 31 — 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 -7.7%

872

Student–teacher ratioImproved -35.9%

6.6:1

EnrolmentsDown -44.4%

800ICSEA 8721300

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Small (<200 students) — 35 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 6.6:1 — more staff per student than 93% of 71 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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ICSEA declining — from 956 (2010) to 872 (2025), -7.7% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 10.2:1 (2010) to 6.6:1 (2025), -35.9% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -44% over 5 years (-28 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 872 — compare NAPLAN progress against 71 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Remote — MIDWEST education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

872

Declining -7.7%

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.