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Warlawurru Catholic School

Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Halls Creek, Western Australia 6770 · Halls Creek LGA

18.1/ 100
Success Index
Lower 50%

Scored but not ranked: fewer than 80 students.

How is this calculated?
Students
33
-34% over 5 years
ICSEA
662
1st percentile nationally
Students per teacher
5.5
6.0 FTE teachers
Year range
PP-6

About Warlawurru Catholic School

Warlawurru Catholic School is a catholic primary school located in Halls Creek, Western Australia (6770), within the Halls Creek local government area. It caters for students from PP to 6 and in 2025 enrolled 33 students (14 girls and 19 boys). The school is affiliated with Catholic Education Western Australia.

Warlawurru Catholic School has an ICSEA value of 662, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 1st percentile of Australian schools. 1% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 88% from the bottom quarter.

The school employs 6 teachers (6.0 full-time equivalent) and 8 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 5.5 to 1. Enrolments have fallen by 34% over the past five years.

On the Success Index, Warlawurru Catholic School scores 18.1 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 662
  • Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)1% of students
  • Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)5.5 students per teacher
  • Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)-34% enrolments since 2020
  • ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)-71 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.

Warlawurru Catholic School
Bottom quarterLower middleUpper middleTop quarter
Girls
14
Boys
19
Language background other than English
65%
Indigenous students
91%

Enrolments by year level

How Warlawurru Catholic School's 33 students are spread across year levels in 2025.

Pre-primary intake
8

Enrolment trend

How enrolments at Warlawurru Catholic School have changed over the past decade.

2959892015: 65 students2016: 63 students2017: 62 students2018: 85 students2019: 48 students2020: 50 students2021: 34 students2022: 36 students2023: 48 students2024: 32 students2025: 33 students201520172019202120232025
Total enrolments by year. Source: ACARA school profile data.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Warlawurru Catholic School a public or private school?

Warlawurru Catholic School is a Catholic school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Education Western Australia.

What year levels does Warlawurru Catholic School offer?

Warlawurru Catholic School offers PP to 6. It is classified by ACARA as a primary school.

How many students attend Warlawurru Catholic School?

In 2025, Warlawurru Catholic School had 33 enrolled students (14 girls, 19 boys), a change of -34% over five years.

What is the ICSEA of Warlawurru Catholic School?

Warlawurru Catholic School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 662. 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 Warlawurru Catholic School?

Warlawurru Catholic School has about 5.5 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.

How many students start Pre-primary at Warlawurru Catholic School each year?

In 2025, Warlawurru Catholic School had 8 students in Pre-primary and 3 in Year 6.

Is Warlawurru Catholic School co-ed?

Yes. Warlawurru Catholic School is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.

What other schools are near Warlawurru Catholic School?

There are 1 other schools within 15 km of Warlawurru Catholic 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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