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IndependentSecondaryYear 07 – Year 10Growing enrolments

MIDWEST · Very Remote

Karalundi College

Association of Independent Schools of WA

Address

Lot 1, Karalundi Drive Meekatharra 6642

Via Meekatharra · WA 6642

Meekatharra

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
karalundi.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

38

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

528

Well below average

Students

41

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

6.8:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

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38

Decision Index

Developing

strong staffing vs peers

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

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School environment

64

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

6.8:1

Score 99

Lower student–teacher ratio than 99% of WA secondary schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Staffing trend (5yr)

+9.7% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+32.3%

Score 62

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

21.8% teaching FTE

Score 1

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

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Community context

7

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

ICSEA community advantage

528

Score 0

Community socio-educational advantage at the 0th percentile among WA secondary schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-22%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 831 (decile 1)

Score 4

Economic resources index higher than 4% 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)

1417.7 / 100k

Score 7

Mid West-Gascoyne District — lower offence rate than 7% 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 secondary 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

0.0%

0th pct (WA)

0.0% 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%): 0 — 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 -22%

528

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +9.7%

6.8:1

EnrolmentsUp +32.3%

41

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Small (<200 students) — 41 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 6.8:1 — better than 89% of all WA schools.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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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 declining — from 677 (2021) to 528 (2025), -22.0% over 4 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 6.2:1 (2020) to 6.8:1 (2025), +9.7% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +32% over 5 years (+10 students).

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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ICSEA 528 — compare NAPLAN progress against 0 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Very Remote — MIDWEST education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

528

Declining -22%

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.

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25

5-year change vs 2021 · 2021–2025

ICSEA percentile

0

Declining -100%

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

21
22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2021 · 2021–2025

Student–teacher ratio

6.8:1

Higher ratio +9.7%

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

20
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22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2020 · 2020–2025

Enrolments

41

Up +32.3%

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

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21
22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2020 · 2020–2025

Indigenous students

100.0%

Stable

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

20
21
22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2020 · 2020–2025

LBOTE students

100.0%

Stable

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

21
22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2021 · 2021–2025

Top SEA quarter

0.0%

Stable

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

21
22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2021 · 2021–2025

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
Year 07 – Year 10

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
98.0%
Lower mid
0.0%
Upper mid
1.0%
Top
0.0%

Local context

Via Meekatharra area

Suburb guide →

1

schools

528

avg ICSEA

6.8:1

avg ratio

1 Independent

Administration

Local government area
Meekatharra
Governing body
Association of Independent Schools of WA
Education region
MIDWEST
Remoteness
Very Remote
Teaching staff
6 (6 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
0th

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

ACARA SML ID 52834