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CatholicPrimaryPre-Kindy – Year 06Declining enrolments

PILBARA · Remote

St Paul's Primary School

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

37 Wellard Way Karratha 6714

Karratha · WA 6714

Karratha

Phone

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Website
stpaulsk.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

61

Average · Methodology

ICSEA

1,019

About average

Students

339

Medium (200–599)

Student ratio

15.3:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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61

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

70

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

15.3:1

Score 69

More staff per student than 69% of 319 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+4.8% ratio change

Score 70

Student–teacher ratio has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-4.2%

Score 80

Enrolments have been relatively stable — consistent demand signal.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

60.0% teaching FTE

Score 57

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 57% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

49

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

ICSEA community advantage

1019

Score 56

Community socio-educational advantage at the 56th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-2.5%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 1034 (decile 7)

Score 60

Economic resources index higher than 60% 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)

958.9 / 100k

Score 20

Pilbara District — lower offence rate than 20% 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

17.0%

36th pct (WA)

17.0% LBOTE — higher than 36% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

6.0%

40th pct (WA)

6.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

17.0%

58th pct (WA)

17.0% 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%): 58 — 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 -2.5%

1019

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +4.8%

15.3:1

EnrolmentsDown -4.2%

339

800ICSEA 10191300
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Medium (200–599) — 339 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1 — more staff per student than 69% of 319 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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ICSEA declining — from 1022 (2010) to 1019 (2025), -2.5% over 15 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 1019 — compare NAPLAN progress against 319 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Remote — PILBARA education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

1019

Declining -2.5%

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

56

Declining -17.6%

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

15.3:1

Higher ratio +4.8%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

339

Down -4.2%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

6.0%

Up +20%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

17.0%

Down -5.6%

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

17.0%

Down -39.3%

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
6.0%
LBOTE
17.0%
Year range
Pre-Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
15.0%
Lower mid
34.0%
Upper mid
34.0%
Top
17.0%

Local context

Karratha area

Suburb guide →

7

schools

945

avg ICSEA

14.2:1

avg ratio

5 Government2 Catholic

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

319

ICSEA 969–1069

This school ratio

15.3:1

Better than 69% of peers

Peer average ratio

15.6:1

Avg 344 students

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Administration

Local government area
Karratha
Governing body
Catholic Education Western Australia
Education region
PILBARA
Remoteness
Remote
Teaching staff
25 (22.2 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
56th

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

ACARA SML ID 48968