Worawa Aboriginal College
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Healesville, Victoria 3777 · Yarra Ranges LGA
About Worawa Aboriginal College
Worawa Aboriginal College is an independent girls' special school located in Healesville, Victoria (3777), within the Yarra Ranges local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 46 students. The school is affiliated with Independent Schools Victoria.
Worawa Aboriginal College has an ICSEA value of 649, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 0th percentile of Australian schools. 2% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 89% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 8 teachers (7.2 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 6.4 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 28% over the past five years.
Worawa Aboriginal College 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 Worawa Aboriginal College's 46 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Worawa Aboriginal College have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Worawa Aboriginal College
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Badger Creek Primary School
Healesville · Government primary · Prep-6
233 students · ICSEA 1006 · 2.1 km away
St Brigid's School
Healesville · Catholic primary · Prep-6
274 students · ICSEA 1029 · 2.9 km away
Healesville Primary School
Healesville · Government primary · Prep-6
222 students · ICSEA 974 · 3.1 km away
Healesville High School
Healesville · Government high school · 7-12
310 students · ICSEA 964 · 5.0 km away
Chum Creek Primary School
Chum Creek · Government primary · Prep-6
67 students · ICSEA 1048 · 8.9 km away
Woori Yallock Primary School
Woori Yallock · Government primary · Prep-6
429 students · ICSEA 986 · 11 km away
Seville Primary School
Seville · Government primary · Prep-6
163 students · ICSEA 996 · 11 km away
Don Valley Primary School
Don Valley · Government primary · Prep-6
39 students · ICSEA 1015 · 11 km away
Yering Primary School
Yering · Government primary · Prep-6
20 students · ICSEA 1039 · 11 km away
Launching Place Primary School
Launching Place · Government primary · Prep-6
137 students · ICSEA 969 · 12 km away
Similar schools
Independent special schools in VIC with a comparable ICSEA.
Melbourne Indigenous Transition School
Richmond · Independent special · 7-8
42 students · ICSEA 761
River Nile School
North Melbourne · Independent special · 11-12
121 students · ICSEA 820
Berry Street School
Narre Warren · Independent special · 7-12
219 students · ICSEA 894
Julia Gillard Community College
Werribee · Independent special · 11-12
54 students · ICSEA 941
Hester Hornbrook Academy
Melbourne · Independent special · 10-12
701 students · ICSEA 943
Indie School Wodonga
Wodonga · Independent special · 9-12
1,617 students · ICSEA 946
Frequently asked questions
Is Worawa Aboriginal College a public or private school?
Worawa Aboriginal College is a Independent school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Independent Schools Victoria.
What year levels does Worawa Aboriginal College offer?
Worawa Aboriginal College offers 7 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a special school.
How many students attend Worawa Aboriginal College?
In 2025, Worawa Aboriginal College had 46 enrolled students (46 girls, 0 boys), a change of 28% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Worawa Aboriginal College?
Worawa Aboriginal College has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 649. 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 Worawa Aboriginal College?
Worawa Aboriginal College has about 6.4 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Worawa Aboriginal College?
In 2025, Worawa Aboriginal College had 9 students in Year 7 and 3 in Year 12.
Is Worawa Aboriginal College co-ed?
No. Worawa Aboriginal College is a girls' school.
What other schools are near Worawa Aboriginal College?
There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Worawa Aboriginal 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 Worawa Aboriginal College?
The closest Success Tutoring centre is Success Tutoring Springvale, about 43 km from the school. Success Tutoring offers a free academic assessment to identify your child's strengths and learning gaps before any sessions begin.