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SOUTH WEST · Inner Regional

Margaret River Independent School

Association of Independent Schools of WA

Address

10890 Bussell Highway Forest Grove 6286

Forest Grove · WA 6286

Augusta Margaret River

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
mris.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

63

Average · Methodology

ICSEA

1,057

Above average

Students

156

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

14.1:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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63

Decision Index

Average

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

60

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

14.1:1

Score 82

More staff per student than 82% of 265 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+11% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+19.1%

Score 68

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

48.3% teaching FTE

Score 11

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 11% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

66

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

ICSEA community advantage

1057

Score 71

Community socio-educational advantage at the 71th percentile among WA primary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-0.2%

Score 70

Community ICSEA has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 1020 (decile 7)

Score 50

Economic resources index higher than 50% 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)

407.1 / 100k

Score 73

South West District — lower offence rate than 73% 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

10.0%

17th pct (WA)

10.0% LBOTE — higher than 17% of WA primary schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

2.0%

67th pct (WA)

2.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

23.0%

69th pct (WA)

23.0% 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%): 75 — 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 -0.2%

1057

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +11%

14.1:1

EnrolmentsUp +19.1%

156

800ICSEA 10571300
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Small (<200 students) — 156 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1 — more staff per student than 82% of 265 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 14.0:1 (2010) to 14.1:1 (2025), +11.0% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +19% over 5 years (+25 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 1057 — compare NAPLAN progress against 265 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Inner Regional — SOUTH WEST education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

1057

Declining -0.2%

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

71

Declining -2.7%

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

14.1:1

Higher ratio +11%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

156

Up +19.1%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

2.0%

Stable

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

10.0%

Up +11.1%

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

23.0%

Down -14.8%

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
2.0%
LBOTE
10.0%
Year range
Pre-Kindy – Year 06

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
12.0%
Lower mid
31.0%
Upper mid
34.0%
Top
23.0%

Local context

Forest Grove area

Suburb guide →

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schools

1,057

avg ICSEA

14.1:1

avg ratio

1 Independent

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

265

ICSEA 1007–1107

This school ratio

14.1:1

Better than 82% of peers

Peer average ratio

16:1

Avg 361 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
Augusta Margaret River
Governing body
Association of Independent Schools of WA
Education region
SOUTH WEST
Remoteness
Inner Regional
Teaching staff
18 (11.1 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
71th

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

ACARA SML ID 49056