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Milyakburra School, Milyakburra (Bickerton Is), NT

School statement

Milyakburra School is located in the very remote community of Milyakburra on Bickerton Island, approximately 640km southeast of Darwin and 40km off the Arnhem Land coast in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The population of the community is approximately 220 and the main language spoken is Anindilyakwa. The traditional owners of Bickerton Island are the Warnindilyakwa people, but are referred to by their language name Anindilyakwa. Milyakburra is approximately one hour by boat from the township of Alyangula, on nearby Groote Eylandt. However Milyakburra is generally accessed by air; chartered air services only are available and the community has an all weather airstrip. Milyakburra School is part of the Arnhem Group School and provides education to students from early years to middle years. The school serves an important role in the community and school activities attract participation from parents and members of the wider community.

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

239

ALL

411

158

SIM

222

ALL

414

228

SIM

251

ALL

405

105

SIM

211

ALL

420

108

SIM

241

ALL

394

Year 5

SIM

310

ALL

494

SIM

278

ALL

485

SIM

343

ALL

487

SIM

278

ALL

500

SIM

348

ALL

487

Year 7

SIM

385

ALL

541

SIM

325

ALL

532

SIM

378

ALL

540

SIM

331

ALL

539

SIM

405

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

T - 9

Total enrolments

Girls

Boys

Full-time equivalent enrolments

Indigenous students

96%

Location

Very Remote

Student attendance rate ¹

77%

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: 536

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
Data not available

Links

Sector or system website:

Department of Education and Training (DET)

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