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CatholicSpecialYear 07 – Year 12Growing enrolments

KIMBERLEY · Remote

St Martin de Porres School

Catholic Education Western Australia

Address

8 De Pledge Way Cable Beach 6725

Broome · WA 6725

Broome

Phone

No phone listed — check the school website or Google Maps

Website
smdp.wa.edu.au

Official school website

Decision Index

48

Developing · Methodology

ICSEA

871

Below average

Students

13

Small (<200 students)

Student ratio

3.2:1

students per teacher

Community

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Decision Index

Verified ACARA data only — school environment, community context, and peer profile.

48

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

79

Staffing, stability, and resourcing from ACARA School Profile.

Student–teacher ratio

3.2:1

Score 100

More staff per student than 100% of 12 like-schools (ICSEA ±50).

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

Staffing trend (5yr)

+700% ratio change

Score 48

Student–teacher ratio has increased over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Enrolment stability (5yr)

+1200%

Score 62

Enrolments have grown over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Teaching staff share

85.1% teaching FTE

Score 99

Higher share of FTE staff in teaching roles than 99% 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

871

Score 7

Community socio-educational advantage at the 7th percentile among WA all schools. Context only — not a measure of teaching quality.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

ICSEA trend (5yr)

-8.9%

Score 48

Community ICSEA has declined over five years.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

Housing & economic resources

IER 916 (decile 1)

Score 8

Economic resources index higher than 8% 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

24.0%

52th pct (WA)

24.0% LBOTE — higher than 52% of WA all schools. Descriptive cohort data, not a quality rating.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Indigenous students

62.0%

6th pct (WA)

62.0% Indigenous enrolment — cohort composition relative to WA schools.

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Top SEA quarter

6.0%

25th pct (WA)

6.0% 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%): 19 — 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 -8.9%

871

Student–teacher ratioHigher ratio +700%

3.2:1

EnrolmentsUp +1200%

13

800ICSEA 8711300
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Small (<200 students) — 13 students enrolled in 2025.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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Student-teacher ratio of 3.2:1 — more staff per student than 100% of 12 like-schools (similar ICSEA background).

ACARA 2025, peer group analysis

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24% of students speak a language background other than English at home.

ACARA School Profile 2025

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ICSEA declining — from 956 (2021) to 871 (2025), -8.9% over 4 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Student-teacher ratio has increased — 0.4:1 (2020) to 3.2:1 (2025), +700.0% over 5 years.

ACARA School Profile 2008–2025

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Enrolments have grown — +1200% over 5 years (+12 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 871 — compare NAPLAN progress against 12 like-schools on My School for fair academic context.

ACARA ICSEA methodology

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Located in Remote — KIMBERLEY education region.

ACARA School Location 2025

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All metric trends (ICSEA, LBOTE, enrolments…)

ICSEA (SES index)

871

Declining -8.9%

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.

21
22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2021 · 2021–2025

ICSEA percentile

7

Declining -72%

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

3.2:1

Higher ratio +700%

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

20
21
22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2020 · 2020–2025

Enrolments

13

Up +1200%

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

20
21
22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2020 · 2020–2025

Indigenous students

62.0%

Down -38%

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

24.0%

Stable

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

20
21
22
23
24
25

5-year change vs 2020 · 2020–2025

Top SEA quarter

6.0%

Down -40%

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
62.0%
LBOTE
24.0%
Year range
Year 07 – Year 12

SEA quartiles

Share of students per quarter

Bottom
34.0%
Lower mid
44.0%
Upper mid
16.0%
Top
6.0%

Local context

Broome area

Suburb guide →

9

schools

853

avg ICSEA

10.3:1

avg ratio

5 Government4 Catholic

Like-school comparison

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

Like-schools in WA

12

ICSEA 821–921

This school ratio

3.2:1

Better than 100% of peers

Peer average ratio

6.6:1

Avg 119 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
Broome
Governing body
Catholic Education Western Australia
Education region
KIMBERLEY
Remoteness
Remote
Teaching staff
4 (4 FTE)
ICSEA percentile (WA)
7th

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

ACARA SML ID 52854