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CatholicPrimaryPre-Kindy – Year 06Declining enrolments

SOUTH METROPOLITAN · Major Cities

Sacred Heart Primary School

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

40 Ovens Road Thornlie 6108

Thornlie · WA 6108

Gosnells

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Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website

shthorn.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

Average · Methodology

ICSEA

1,050

Above average

Students

387

Medium (200–599)

Student ratio

15.7:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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

Decision Index

Average

mid-range staffing · mid-range community context

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

15.7:1

Score 66

More staff per student than 66% of 272 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-8.2% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-3.7%

Score 80

Enrolments have been relatively stable — consistent demand signal.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

51.6% teaching FTE

Score 17

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 17% 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

1050

Score 68

Community socio-educational advantage at the 68th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

+0.8%

Score 70

Community ICSEA has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 1008 (decile 6)

Score 44

Economic resources index higher than 44% 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)

508.9 / 100k

Score 40

Armadale District — lower offence rate than 40% 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

39.0%

72th pct (WA)

39.0% LBOTE — higher than 72% 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

20.0%

63th pct (WA)

20.0% 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%): 56 — 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 +0.8%

1050

Student–teacher ratioImproved -8.2%

15.7:1

EnrolmentsDown -3.7%

387

800ICSEA 10501300

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Medium (200–599) — 387 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1 — more staff per student than 66% of 272 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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39% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 18.1:1 (2010) to 15.7:1 (2025), -8.2% over 5 years.

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 1050 — compare NAPLAN progress against 272 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

1050

Rising +0.8%

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.