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IndependentCombinedPre-Kindy – Year 12Declining enrolments

NORTH METROPOLITAN · Major Cities

Perth College

Association of Independent Schools of WA

Address

31 Lawley Crescent Mount Lawley 6050

Mount Lawley · WA 6050

Stirling

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Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website

perthcollege.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

Strong · Methodology

ICSEA

1,138

Above average

Students

889

Large (600–1,199)

Student ratio

9:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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

Decision Index

Strong

strong staffing vs peers · high-advantage 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

9:1

Score 86

More staff per student than 86% of 35 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-9.1% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-10.2%

Score 58

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

54.7% teaching FTE

Score 26

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 26% 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

1138

Score 93

Community socio-educational advantage at the 93th percentile among WA combined 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 1039 (decile 8)

Score 63

Economic resources index higher than 63% 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)

383.5 / 100k

Score 80

Mirrabooka District — lower offence rate than 80% 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

25.0%

51th pct (WA)

25.0% LBOTE — higher than 51% of WA combined schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

4.0%

51th pct (WA)

4.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

58.0%

93th pct (WA)

58.0% 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%): 80 — 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 -0.8%

1138

Student–teacher ratioImproved -9.1%

9:1

EnrolmentsDown -10.2%

889

800ICSEA 11381300

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Large (600–1,199) — 889 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 9.0:1 — more staff per student than 86% of 35 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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25% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 10.8:1 (2010) to 9.0:1 (2025), -9.1% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -10% over 5 years (-101 students).

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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ACARA ICSEA methodology

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ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

1138

Declining -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.