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Wilcannia Central School, Wilcannia, NSW

School statement
Wilcannia Central School is an isolated school in the Broken Hill district with 90% Aboriginal enrolment. The school motto is: 'River of Knowledge and Learning, Ngurta Ngurtaana Paakna-na.' The school offers individual learning programs to students from K to 12, Distance Education, Access Programs, Vocational Education and TAFE delivered courses. 
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
274
SIM
244
ALL
411
240
SIM
228
ALL
414
281
SIM
256
ALL
405
211
SIM
216
ALL
420
260
SIM
245
ALL
394
Year 5
333
SIM
316
ALL
494
311
SIM
285
ALL
485
336
SIM
347
ALL
487
262
SIM
285
ALL
500
370
SIM
352
ALL
487
Year 7
407
SIM
389
ALL
541
372
SIM
332
ALL
532
380
SIM
383
ALL
540
348
SIM
337
ALL
539
422
SIM
408
ALL
544
Year 9
-
SIM
429
ALL
580
-
SIM
327
ALL
569
-
SIM
413
ALL
576
-
SIM
388
ALL
574
-
SIM
463
ALL
589
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 Student population below reporting threshold
Year level not tested

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Colour shows if the selected school's average is above or below statistically similar schools' average
Colour shows if the selected school's average is above or below the Australian schools' average
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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 Government
School type Combined
Year range P - 11
Total enrolments
 101
Girls
48
Boys
53
Full-time equivalent enrolments
100.7
Indigenous students 97%
Location Very Remote
Student attendance rate 1 65%
Teaching staff 12
Full-time equivalent teaching staff
15.5
Non-teaching staff 8
Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff
8.4
Student background
Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)
School ICSEA value: 548
Bottom quarter Middle quarters Top quarter
95% 0% 5% 0%
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