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IndependentCombinedPre-Kindy – Year 10Growing enrolments

KIMBERLEY · Very Remote

Purnululu Aboriginal Independent Community School

Association of Independent Schools of WA

Address

Wurreranginy Community Great Northern Hi Via Warmun 6743

Kununurra · WA 6743

Halls Creek

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
purnululuschool.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

34

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

669

Well below average

Students

35

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

6.2:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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34

Decision Index

Developing

mid-range staffing

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

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School environment

54

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

6.2:1

Score 68

More staff per student than 68% of 28 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+19.2% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+12.9%

Score 74

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

26.4% teaching FTE

Score 1

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 1% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

10

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

ICSEA community advantage

669

Score 1

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

+9%

Score 82

Community ICSEA has risen — local socio-educational profile is shifting.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 873 (decile 1)

Score 5

Economic resources index higher than 5% 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

100.0%

100th pct (WA)

100.0% LBOTE — higher than 100% of WA combined schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

100.0%

0th pct (WA)

100.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

1.0%

9th 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%): 1 — 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)Rising +9%

669

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +19.2%

6.2:1

EnrolmentsUp +12.9%

35

800ICSEA 6691300
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Small (<200 students) — 35 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 6.2:1 — more staff per student than 68% of 28 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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100% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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ICSEA rising — from 595 (2010) to 669 (2025), +9.0% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 3.7:1 (2010) to 6.2:1 (2025), +19.2% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +13% over 5 years (+4 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 669 — compare NAPLAN progress against 28 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)

669

Rising +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

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

6.2:1

Higher ratio +19.2%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Enrolments

35

Up +12.9%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

Indigenous students

100.0%

Stable

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2010–2025

LBOTE students

100.0%

Up +13.6%

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

1.0%

Stable

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
100.0%
LBOTE
100.0%
Year range
Pre-Kindy – Year 10

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
91.0%
Lower mid
7.0%
Upper mid
2.0%
Top
1.0%

Local context

Kununurra area

Suburb guide →

6

schools

723

avg ICSEA

7.1:1

avg ratio

2 Independent2 Government2 Catholic

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

28

ICSEA 619–719

This school ratio

6.2:1

Better than 68% of peers

Peer average ratio

7.5:1

Avg 105 students

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Administration

Local government area
Halls Creek
Governing body
Association of Independent Schools of WA
Education region
KIMBERLEY
Remoteness
Very Remote
Teaching staff
6 (5.6 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
1th

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

ACARA SML ID 49099