Melville Senior High School
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Melville, Western Australia 6156 · Melville LGA
About Melville Senior High School
Melville Senior High School is a public high school located in Melville, Western Australia (6156), within the Melville local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 1,398 students (662 girls and 736 boys).
Melville Senior High School has an ICSEA value of 1071, indicating above-average socio-educational advantage. That places it in the 76th percentile of Australian schools. 32% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 14% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 112 teachers (97.3 full-time equivalent) and 59 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.4 to 1. Enrolments have remained steady over the past five years.
On the Success Index, Melville Senior High School scores 63.5 out of 100, placing it in the top 50% of secondary schools nationally and 28th of 140 secondary schools in WA (5th of 6 in the Melville area).
Year 12 ATAR results (2025)
The School Curriculum and Standards Authority lists, for every ATAR course, the schools whose students had combined scores in the top 15% of that course. Melville Senior High School appears for 1 course.
Courses
Health Studies
WA does not publish median ATARs by school; this list is the official per-school measure of top-end achievement. See WA schools with the most top-performing ATAR students.
Success Index breakdown
Each component is a percentile against schools of the same type across Australia.
- Socio-educational advantage (ICSEA) (50%)ICSEA 1071
- Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)32% of students
- Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)14.4 students per teacher
- Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)0% enrolments since 2020 (area median +7%)
- ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)+7 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 Melville Senior High School's 1,398 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Melville Senior High School have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Melville Senior High School
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Caralee Community School
Willagee · Government primary · K-6
333 students · ICSEA 1010 · 529 m away
Fremantle Language Development Centre
Willagee · Government special · K-3
227 students · ICSEA 991 · 529 m away
Melville Primary School
Melville · Government primary · K-6
670 students · ICSEA 1119 · 756 m away
Palmyra Primary School
Palmyra · Government primary · K-6
536 students · ICSEA 1113 · 1.8 km away
Our Lady of Fatima School
Palmyra · Catholic primary · PP-6
156 students · ICSEA 1116 · 1.9 km away
Mel Maria Catholic Primary School
Attadale · Catholic primary · PP-6
513 students · ICSEA 1131 · 2.1 km away
Bicton Primary School
Bicton · Government primary · K-6
562 students · ICSEA 1113 · 2.3 km away
Attadale Primary School
Attadale · Government primary · K-6
440 students · ICSEA 1137 · 2.4 km away
Booragoon Primary School
Booragoon · Government primary · K-6
435 students · ICSEA 1121 · 2.4 km away
Kardinya Primary School
Kardinya · Government primary · K-6
433 students · ICSEA 1087 · 2.4 km away
Similar schools
Government secondary schools in WA with a comparable ICSEA.
Harrisdale Senior High School
Harrisdale · Government high school · 7-12
2,303 students · ICSEA 1072
Canning College
Bentley · Government high school · U, 10-12
247 students · ICSEA 1073
Woodvale Secondary College
Woodvale · Government high school · 7-12
1,251 students · ICSEA 1066
Leeming Senior High School
Leeming · Government high school · 7-12
1,164 students · ICSEA 1077
Piara Waters Senior High School
Piara Waters · Government high school · 7-9
558 students · ICSEA 1065
Duncraig Senior High School
Duncraig · Government high school · 7-12
1,851 students · ICSEA 1079
Frequently asked questions
Is Melville Senior High School a public or private school?
Melville Senior High School is a public (government) school run by the Western Australia education department.
What year levels does Melville Senior High School offer?
Melville Senior High School offers 7 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a secondary school.
How many students attend Melville Senior High School?
In 2025, Melville Senior High School had 1,398 enrolled students (662 girls, 736 boys), a change of 0% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Melville Senior High School?
Melville Senior High School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 1071. The national average is 1000, so this indicates above-average socio-educational advantage. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.
How does Melville Senior High School rank in WA?
Melville Senior High School ranks 28th of 140 secondary schools in Western Australia on the Success Index (63.5/100), and 429th of 1,472 nationally.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio at Melville Senior High School?
Melville Senior High School has about 14.4 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Melville Senior High School?
In 2025, Melville Senior High School had 254 students in Year 7 and 203 in Year 12.
Is Melville Senior High School co-ed?
Yes. Melville Senior High School is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Melville Senior High School?
There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Melville Senior High 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.
Where can I get tutoring near Melville Senior High School?
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