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Kiana School, Kiana, NT

School statement

Kiana School is located on a small lease excised from the Kiana Station, 670km southeast of Katherine and 100km south of Borroloola. The population of the surrounding community is approximately 50 and the major language group is Garawa. The school can be accessed via road, 4WD only. The access roads contain a section of unsealed road and during the wet season there are two creeks that can cut access to the school. Kiana School is part of the Gulf Group School and provides education to students from preschool to middle years. The school has a core group of regular attendees and another group of students that move between Borroloola, Doomadgee, Tennant Creek and Katherine. The school provides a program whereby the students come to school, shower and change into their uniforms. The students are involved in the washing of their own clothes, uniforms and getting their own breakfast at school. 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.

Reading

Writing

Spelling

Grammar & Punctuation

Numeracy

Year 3

SIM

244

ALL

411

SIM

229

ALL

414

SIM

256

ALL

405

SIM

217

ALL

420

SIM

245

ALL

394

Year 5

SIM

316

ALL

494

SIM

285

ALL

485

SIM

348

ALL

487

SIM

285

ALL

500

SIM

352

ALL

487

Year 7

SIM

390

ALL

541

SIM

332

ALL

532

SIM

383

ALL

540

SIM

337

ALL

539

SIM

409

ALL

544

Year 9

	Selected school's average
SIM	Statistically similar schools' average
ALL	Australian schools' average
	Selected school's average is substantially above these schools' average
	Selected school's average is above these schools' average
	Selected school's average is close to these schools' average
	Selected school's average is below these schools' average
	Selected school's average is substantially below these schools' average
-	Student population below reporting threshold
	Year level not tested

How to interpret this chart

Selected school's average

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

Statistically similar schools' average

Australian schools' average

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 - 9

Total enrolments

Girls

Boys

Full-time equivalent enrolments

Indigenous students

100%

Location

Very Remote

Student attendance rate ¹

68%

Teaching staff

Full-time equivalent teaching staff

Non-teaching staff

Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff

Student background

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)

School ICSEA value: 549

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
Data below reporting threshold

Links

School website:

Kiana School

Sector or system website:

Department of Education and Training (DET)

Privacy

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)