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GOLDFIELDS · Outer Regional

Goldfields Baptist College

Association of Independent Schools of WA

Address

4 Maguire Street Kalgoorlie 6430

Somerville · WA 6430

Kalgoorlie-Boulder

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Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website

gbc.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

Average · Methodology

ICSEA

1,017

About average

Students

239

Medium (200–599)

Student ratio

9.9:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

Average

strong staffing vs peers · mid-range 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

9.9:1

Score 81

More staff per student than 81% of 80 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-22.7% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

-11.2%

Score 58

Enrolments have declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

68.3% teaching FTE

Score 86

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 86% 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

1017

Score 54

Community socio-educational advantage at the 54th percentile among WA combined schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

+2.4%

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 1024 (decile 7)

Score 53

Economic resources index higher than 53% 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)

1097.4 / 100k

Score 13

Goldfields-Esperance District — lower offence rate than 13% 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

35.0%

61th pct (WA)

35.0% LBOTE — higher than 61% of WA combined schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

5.0%

46th pct (WA)

5.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

17.0%

59th pct (WA)

17.0% 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%): 50 — 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 +2.4%

1017

Student–teacher ratioImproved -22.7%

9.9:1

EnrolmentsDown -11.2%

239

800ICSEA 10171300

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Medium (200–599) — 239 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1 — more staff per student than 81% of 80 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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35% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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ICSEA rising — from 1007 (2010) to 1017 (2025), +2.4% over 15 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 15.0:1 (2010) to 9.9:1 (2025), -22.7% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have declined — -11% over 5 years (-30 students).

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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 1017 — compare NAPLAN progress against 80 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Outer Regional — GOLDFIELDS education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

1017

Rising +2.4%

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.