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KIMBERLEY · Remote

St Mary's College

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

3 Port Drive Broome 6725

Broome · WA 6725

Broome

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Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website

stmarysbroome.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

844

Well below average

Students

741

Large (600–1,199)

Student ratio

10.6:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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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

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

10.6:1

Score 38

More staff per student than 38% of 8 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-7% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+9.5%

Score 74

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

52.6% teaching FTE

Score 19

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 19% 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

844

Score 5

Community socio-educational advantage at the 5th percentile among WA combined schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-4.8%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 916 (decile 1)

Score 8

Economic resources index higher than 8% 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

53.0%

69th pct (WA)

53.0% LBOTE — higher than 69% of WA combined schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

61.0%

22th pct (WA)

61.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

11.0%

44th 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%): 13 — 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 -4.8%

844

Student–teacher ratioImproved -7%

10.6:1

EnrolmentsUp +9.5%

741

800ICSEA 8441300

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Large (600–1,199) — 741 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1 — more staff per student than 38% of 8 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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53% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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ICSEA declining — from 859 (2010) to 844 (2025), -4.8% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 13.7:1 (2010) to 10.6:1 (2025), -7.0% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +10% over 5 years (+64 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 844 — compare NAPLAN progress against 8 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Remote — KIMBERLEY education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

844

Declining -4.8%

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.