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St Paul's High School, Booragul, NSW

School statement
St Paul's provides a secure and comfortable environment that ensures students feel very much at home and can develop their varied capacities and skills in a calm and accepting context. St Paul's exhibits an environment in which students across all ranges of abilities can develop strongly. Our School Certificate and Higher School Certificate results confirm a focus on academic excellence. We are proudly a Catholic school. Our mission is to strive to acknowledge the self worth and dignity of all of our community members - students, staff, parents, clergy and the wider community. The cultural fabric is alive, rich and diverse. Our students continue to excel in a wide array of educational fields achieving outstanding results in the Science & Engineering Challenge, Diocesan Debating & Public Speaking, HSC Art-Express & DesignTECH, UWS Brain Bee Challenge and Science Expose'. Tech students have participated in Formula 1 in Schools & CO2 Dragsters. The Yr 12 Retreat remains an integral experience for HSC students. A variety of cultural events, including trips to Japan and New Caledonia, Art shows, Music nights and Drama productions are also offered. Recent initiatives have seen the installation of Solar panels and Rain water Tanks. Completing the picture are the endless options for sporting involvement. Visit the school website.
NAPLAN Results
The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses all students in Australian schools in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Visit the NAPLAN website.
The chart below displays average NAPLAN scores for each domain in 2008 and 2009. The selected school's scores are displayed in blue. Also displayed are average scores for statistically similar schools and all Australian schools. The coloured bars indicate whether the selected school's scores are above (green) or below (red) the other scores.
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2009
2008
Reading Writing Spelling Grammar & Punctuation Numeracy
Year 3
Year 5
Year 7
542
SIM
548
ALL
541
526
SIM
541
ALL
532
534
SIM
544
ALL
540
549
SIM
548
ALL
539
544
SIM
550
ALL
544
Year 9
587
SIM
588
ALL
580
567
SIM
577
ALL
569
573
SIM
582
ALL
576
573
SIM
583
ALL
574
585
SIM
596
ALL
589
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1 For Victorian government schools this data is calculated using Prep to Year 12 data for the full 2008 year and is not directly comparable to others.

School facts
School sector Non-government
School type Secondary
Year range 7 - 12
Total enrolments
 871
Girls
433
Boys
438
Full-time equivalent enrolments
871
Indigenous students 2%
Location Metropolitan
Student attendance rate 1 93%
Teaching staff 71
Full-time equivalent teaching staff
64.4
Non-teaching staff 20
Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff
16.4
Senior secondary outcomes
Year 12 results
Senior secondary certificate awarded 102
Completed senior secondary school 102
Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Awarded a VET qualification 26
Undertook SBAT 1
Student background
Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)
School ICSEA value: 1038
Bottom quarter Middle quarters Top quarter
16% 21% 38% 24%
Links
School website:
St Paul's High School
Sector or system website:
Catholic Education Commission NSW (CEC)
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