Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Mullewa, Western Australia 6630 · Greater Geraldton LGA
About Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is a catholic primary school located in Mullewa, Western Australia (6630), within the Greater Geraldton local government area. It caters for students from PP to 6 and in 2025 enrolled 35 students (21 girls and 14 boys). The school is affiliated with Catholic Education Western Australia.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School has an ICSEA value of 872, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 7th percentile of Australian schools. 6% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 55% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 7 teachers (5.3 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 6.6 to 1. Enrolments have fallen by 44% over the past five years.
On the Success Index, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School scores 24.0 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 872
- Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)6% of students
- Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)6.6 students per teacher
- Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)-44% enrolments since 2020 (area median -1%)
- ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)-73 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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel School's 35 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School have changed over the past decade.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Our Lady of Mount Carmel School a public or private school?
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is a Catholic school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Education Western Australia.
What year levels does Our Lady of Mount Carmel School offer?
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School offers PP to 6. It is classified by ACARA as a primary school.
How many students attend Our Lady of Mount Carmel School?
In 2025, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School had 35 enrolled students (21 girls, 14 boys), a change of -44% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School?
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 872. 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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel School?
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School has about 6.6 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How many students start Pre-primary at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School each year?
In 2025, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School had 9 students in Pre-primary and 6 in Year 6.
Is Our Lady of Mount Carmel School co-ed?
Yes. Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Our Lady of Mount Carmel School?
There are 1 other schools within 15 km of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 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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