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NORTH METROPOLITAN · Inner Regional

Immaculate Heart College

Association of Independent Schools of WA

Address

34 Santa Gertrudis Drive Lower Chittering 6084

Lower Chittering · WA 6084

Chittering

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
ihc.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

69

Good · Methodology

ICSEA

995

About average

Students

358

Medium (200–599)

Student ratio

11.3:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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69

Decision Index

Good

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

70

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

11.3:1

Score 70

More staff per student than 70% of 74 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

-12.4% ratio change

Score 82

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+8.2%

Score 74

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

58.5% teaching FTE

Score 44

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 44% of WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

67

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

ICSEA community advantage

995

Score 44

Community socio-educational advantage at the 44th percentile among WA combined schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

0%

Score 70

Community ICSEA has been relatively stable.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 1091 (decile 10)

Score 91

Economic resources index higher than 91% 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)

350.7 / 100k

Score 87

Wheatbelt District — lower offence rate than 87% 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

11.0%

26th pct (WA)

11.0% LBOTE — higher than 26% 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

7.0%

32th pct (WA)

7.0% 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%): 53 — 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)Stable

995

Student–teacher ratioImproved -12.4%

11.3:1

EnrolmentsUp +8.2%

358

800ICSEA 9951300
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Medium (200–599) — 358 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1 — more staff per student than 70% of 74 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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Student-teacher ratio has improved — 7.7:1 (2012) to 11.3:1 (2025), -12.4% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +8% over 5 years (+27 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.

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ICSEA 995 — compare NAPLAN progress against 74 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Inner Regional — NORTH METROPOLITAN education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

995

Stable

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 · 2012–2025

ICSEA percentile

44

Stable

This school's ICSEA rank among all Australian schools (0–100). Higher = higher relative advantage.

5-year change vs 2020 · 2012–2025

Student–teacher ratio

11.3:1

Improved -12.4%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2012–2025

Enrolments

358

Up +8.2%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2012–2025

Indigenous students

5.0%

Up +66.7%

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

5-year change vs 2020 · 2012–2025

LBOTE students

11.0%

Up +266.7%

Share of students with a language background other than English. LBOTE = Language Background Other Than English (ACARA).

5-year change vs 2020 · 2012–2025

Top SEA quarter

7.0%

Down -30%

Share of students in the most socio-educationally advantaged quarter at this school (ACARA SEA quartiles).

5-year change vs 2020 · 2012–2025

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025. Trend badges show factual up/down vs ~5 years ago.

Student mix

Indigenous
5.0%
LBOTE
11.0%
Year range
Pre-Kindy – Year 12

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
33.0%
Lower mid
40.0%
Upper mid
20.0%
Top
7.0%

Local context

Lower Chittering area

Suburb guide →

1

schools

995

avg ICSEA

11.3:1

avg ratio

1 Independent

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

74

ICSEA 945–1045

This school ratio

11.3:1

Better than 70% of peers

Peer average ratio

12.5:1

Avg 489 students

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Administration

Local government area
Chittering
Governing body
Association of Independent Schools of WA
Education region
NORTH METROPOLITAN
Remoteness
Inner Regional
Teaching staff
36 (31.6 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
44th

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 50504