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MIDWEST · Outer Regional

St Francis Xavier Primary School

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

5 Maitland Street Geraldton 6530

Geraldton · WA 6530

Greater Geraldton

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
sfx.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

33

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

1,008

About average

Students

394

Medium (200–599)

Student ratio

19.3:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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33

Decision Index

Developing

mid-range community context

55% school environment · 45% community context · ACARA + ABS + WA Police verified data

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School environment

30

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

19.3:1

Score 3

More staff per student than 3% of 328 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+5.5% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+4%

Score 80

Enrolments have been relatively stable — consistent demand signal.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

46.6% teaching FTE

Score 8

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 8% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

37

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

ICSEA community advantage

1008

Score 51

Community socio-educational advantage at the 51th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-1.9%

Score 70

Community ICSEA has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 971 (decile 3)

Score 21

Economic resources index higher than 21% 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

18.0%

38th pct (WA)

18.0% LBOTE — higher than 38% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

9.0%

31th pct (WA)

9.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

12.0%

45th pct (WA)

12.0% 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%): 54 — 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 -1.9%

1008

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +5.5%

19.3:1

EnrolmentsUp +4%

394

800ICSEA 10081300
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Medium (200–599) — 394 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1 — more staff per student than 3% of 328 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 19.0:1 (2010) to 19.3:1 (2025), +5.5% 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 1008 — compare NAPLAN progress against 328 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Outer Regional — MIDWEST education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

1008

Declining -1.9%

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

51

Declining -13.6%

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

19.3:1

Higher ratio +5.5%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

394

Up +4%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

9.0%

Stable

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

18.0%

Up +12.5%

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

12.0%

Down -36.8%

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
9.0%
LBOTE
18.0%
Year range
Pre-Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
24.0%
Lower mid
38.0%
Upper mid
26.0%
Top
12.0%

Local context

Geraldton area

Suburb guide →

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schools

932

avg ICSEA

14.2:1

avg ratio

7 Government5 Catholic1 Independent

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

328

ICSEA 958–1058

This school ratio

19.3:1

Better than 3% of peers

Peer average ratio

15.2:1

Avg 331 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
Greater Geraldton
Governing body
Catholic Education Western Australia
Education region
MIDWEST
Remoteness
Outer Regional
Teaching staff
22 (20.4 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
51th

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

ACARA SML ID 48970