St Francis Xavier Catholic School
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Daly River, Northern Territory 0822 · Victoria Daly LGA
About St Francis Xavier Catholic School
St Francis Xavier Catholic School is a catholic combined (K–12) school located in Daly River, Northern Territory (0822), within the Victoria Daly local government area. It caters for students from T to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 78 students (30 girls and 48 boys). The school is affiliated with Catholic Education Northern Territory.
St Francis Xavier Catholic School has an ICSEA value of 724, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 2nd percentile of Australian schools. 4% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 71% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 7 teachers (7.0 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.1 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 50% over the past five years.
On the Success Index, St Francis Xavier Catholic School scores 28.1 out of 100. Because it has fewer than 80 students it is not included in ranking tables, where small enrolments make year-to-year comparisons unreliable.
Success Index breakdown
Each component is a percentile against schools of the same type across Australia.
- Socio-educational advantage (ICSEA) (50%)ICSEA 724
- Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)4% of students
- Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)11.1 students per teacher
- Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)+50% enrolments since 2020 (area median -3%)
- ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)+110 ICSEA points since 2020
The Success Index summarises the academic environment of a school community using official ACARA data. It is not a measure of teaching quality or student results. Read the methodology.
Student profile
Distribution of students across socio-educational advantage (SEA) quarters, plus community characteristics.
Enrolments by year level
How St Francis Xavier Catholic School's 78 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at St Francis Xavier Catholic School have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near St Francis Xavier Catholic School
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Frequently asked questions
Is St Francis Xavier Catholic School a public or private school?
St Francis Xavier Catholic School is a Catholic school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Education Northern Territory.
What year levels does St Francis Xavier Catholic School offer?
St Francis Xavier Catholic School offers T to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a combined school.
How many students attend St Francis Xavier Catholic School?
In 2025, St Francis Xavier Catholic School had 78 enrolled students (30 girls, 48 boys), a change of 50% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of St Francis Xavier Catholic School?
St Francis Xavier Catholic School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 724. The national average is 1000, so this indicates a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio at St Francis Xavier Catholic School?
St Francis Xavier Catholic School has about 11.1 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at St Francis Xavier Catholic School?
In 2025, St Francis Xavier Catholic School had 5 students in Year 7 and 2 in Year 12.
Is St Francis Xavier Catholic School co-ed?
Yes. St Francis Xavier Catholic School is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near St Francis Xavier Catholic School?
There are 1 other schools within 15 km of St Francis Xavier Catholic School in our database. Scroll up to the "Nearby schools" section to compare them by Success Index, ICSEA and enrolments, or use the Compare tool.
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