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CatholicPrimaryPre-Kindy – Year 06Declining enrolments

KIMBERLEY · Very Remote

Warlawurru Catholic School

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

Lot 52, Great Northern Hwy Halls Creek 6770

Halls Creek · WA 6770

Halls Creek

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
warlawurru.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

37

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

662

Well below average

Students

33

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

5.5:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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37

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

63

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

5.5:1

Score 83

More staff per student than 83% of 6 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-56% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-34%

Score 38

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

47.2% teaching FTE

Score 9

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 9% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

5

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

ICSEA community advantage

662

Score 1

Community socio-educational advantage at the 1th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-9.7%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 584 (decile 1)

Score 0

Economic resources index higher than 0% 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

65.0%

91th pct (WA)

65.0% LBOTE — higher than 91% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

91.0%

1th pct (WA)

91.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

1.0%

3th pct (WA)

1.0% 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%): 3 — 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 -9.7%

662

Student–teacher ratioImproved -56%

5.5:1

EnrolmentsDown -34%

33

800ICSEA 6621300
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Small (<200 students) — 33 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 5.5:1 — more staff per student than 83% of 6 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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65% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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ICSEA declining — from 612 (2010) to 662 (2025), -9.7% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 7.2:1 (2010) to 5.5:1 (2025), -56.0% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -34% over 5 years (-17 students).

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 662 — compare NAPLAN progress against 6 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Very Remote — KIMBERLEY education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

662

Declining -9.7%

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.

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

ICSEA percentile

1

Stable

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

5.5:1

Improved -56%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

33

Down -34%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

91.0%

Down -3.2%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

65.0%

Down -29.3%

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

1.0%

Down -50%

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
91.0%
LBOTE
65.0%
Year range
Pre-Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
88.0%
Lower mid
8.0%
Upper mid
3.0%
Top
1.0%

Local context

Halls Creek area

Suburb guide →

7

schools

640

avg ICSEA

7:1

avg ratio

5 Catholic1 Government1 Independent

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

6

ICSEA 612–712

This school ratio

5.5:1

Better than 83% of peers

Peer average ratio

10.2:1

Avg 112 students

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Administration

Local government area
Halls Creek
Governing body
Catholic Education Western Australia
Education region
KIMBERLEY
Remoteness
Very Remote
Teaching staff
6 (6 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
1th

Nearby & similar

Nearby schools

Within 15 km — straight-line distance

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

ACARA SML ID 48989