FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Christie Downs, South Australia 5164 · Onkaparinga LGA
About FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement
FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement is a catholic special school located in Christie Downs, South Australia (5164), within the Onkaparinga local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 137 students (85 girls and 52 boys). The school is affiliated with Catholic Education South Australia.
FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement has an ICSEA value of 952, indicating a socio-educational profile close to the national average of 1000. That places it in the 25th percentile of Australian schools. 7% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 47% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 18 teachers (16.8 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 8.2 to 1. Enrolments have fallen by 17% over the past five years.
FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement is a special school. Special schools support students with disability or specific needs and are deliberately excluded from the Success Index and rankings, which would not be a fair measure of what they do.
Student profile
Distribution of students across socio-educational advantage (SEA) quarters, plus community characteristics.
Enrolments by year level
How FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement's 137 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Christie Downs Primary School
Christie Downs · Government primary · U, R-6
205 students · ICSEA 925 · 682 m away
Christies Beach High School
Christie Downs · Government high school · U, 7-12
789 students · ICSEA 905 · 737 m away
Christies Beach Primary School
Christies Beach · Government primary · U, R-6
194 students · ICSEA 889 · 960 m away
Cardijn College
Noarlunga Downs · Catholic combined · R-12
2,247 students · ICSEA 1019 · 1.2 km away
St John The Apostle Parish School
Christies Beach · Catholic primary · R-6
334 students · ICSEA 1021 · 1.4 km away
Noarlunga Downs Primary School
Noarlunga Downs · Government primary · U, R-6
124 students · ICSEA 937 · 1.5 km away
O'Sullivan Beach Primary School
O'Sullivan Beach · Government primary · R-6
84 students · ICSEA 926 · 1.6 km away
Port Noarlunga Primary School
Port Noarlunga · Government primary · R-6
370 students · ICSEA 999 · 1.7 km away
Southern Montessori School
O'Sullivan Beach · Independent combined · R-9
230 students · ICSEA 1095 · 1.7 km away
Lonsdale Heights Primary School
Christie Downs · Government primary · U, R-6
71 students · ICSEA 949 · 1.8 km away
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Our Lady of La Vang School
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St Patrick's Special School
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51 students · ICSEA 1115
Frequently asked questions
Is FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement a public or private school?
FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement is a Catholic school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Education South Australia.
What year levels does FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement offer?
FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement offers 7 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a special school.
How many students attend FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement?
In 2025, FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement had 137 enrolled students (85 girls, 52 boys), a change of -17% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement?
FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 952. The national average is 1000, so this indicates a socio-educational profile close to the national average of 1000. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio at FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement?
FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement has about 8.2 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement?
In 2025, FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement had 6 students in Year 7 and 31 in Year 12.
Is FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement co-ed?
Yes. FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement?
There are 10 other schools within 15 km of FAME - Flexible Accredited Meaningful Engagement 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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