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Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Enfield, South Australia 5085 · Port Adelaide Enfield LGA

31.6/ 100
Success Index
Lower 50%

#65 of 84 high schools in SA
#1143 of 1,472 nationally

How is this calculated?
Students
478
+13% over 5 years
ICSEA
960
29th percentile nationally
Students per teacher
12.7
37.7 FTE teachers
Year range
7-12
Multi-campus school

About Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College is a catholic girls' high school located in Enfield, South Australia (5085), within the Port Adelaide Enfield local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 478 students. The school is affiliated with Catholic Education South Australia.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College has an ICSEA value of 960, indicating a socio-educational profile close to the national average of 1000. That places it in the 29th percentile of Australian schools. 9% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 48% from the bottom quarter.

The school employs 44 teachers (37.7 full-time equivalent) and 26 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.7 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 13% over the past five years.

On the Success Index, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College scores 31.6 out of 100, placing it in the lower 50% of secondary schools nationally and 65th of 84 secondary schools in SA (3rd of 4 in the Port Adelaide Enfield area).

Success Index breakdown

Each component is a percentile against schools of the same type across Australia.

  • Socio-educational advantage (ICSEA) (50%)ICSEA 960
  • Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)9% of students
  • Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)12.7 students per teacher
  • Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)+13% enrolments since 2020 (area median +18%)
  • ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)-17 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.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
Bottom quarterLower middleUpper middleTop quarter
Girls
478
Boys
0
Language background other than English
70%
Indigenous students
1%

Enrolments by year level

How Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College's 478 students are spread across year levels in 2025.

Year 7 cohort
73
Year 12 cohort
95

Enrolment trend

How enrolments at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College have changed over the past decade.

3564786002015: 571 students2016: 522 students2017: 451 students2018: 405 students2019: 395 students2020: 422 students2021: 422 students2022: 455 students2023: 482 students2024: 475 students2025: 478 students201520172019202120232025
Total enrolments by year. Source: ACARA school profile data.

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Schools near Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

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Frequently asked questions

Is Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College a public or private school?

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College is a Catholic school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Education South Australia.

What year levels does Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College offer?

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College offers 7 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a secondary school.

How many students attend Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College?

In 2025, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College had 478 enrolled students (478 girls, 0 boys), a change of 13% over five years.

What is the ICSEA of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College?

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 960. 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.

How does Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College rank in SA?

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College ranks 65th of 84 secondary schools in South Australia on the Success Index (31.6/100), and 1143rd of 1,472 nationally.

What is the student-to-teacher ratio at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College?

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College has about 12.7 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.

How big is the Year 7 cohort at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College?

In 2025, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College had 73 students in Year 7 and 95 in Year 12.

Is Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College co-ed?

No. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College is a girls' school.

What other schools are near Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College?

There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College in our database. Scroll up to the "Nearby schools" section to compare them by Success Index, ICSEA and enrolments, or use the Compare tool.

Where can I get tutoring near Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College?

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