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Jigalong Remote Community School, Jigalong, WA

School statement

Jigalong is a remote Aboriginal community, 170 kilometres east of Newman on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert in the Pilbara. The people are Martu and self manage their community, striving to maintain their traditional culture and values. The only other government agencies residing in the community are WA Police and the Department of Child Protection who operate from a multi-functional facility. The community has access to television and the internet and receives mail twice weekly. It has a shop, swimming pool, clinic and workshop. Jigalong Remote Community School has an enrolment of about 140 kindergarten, pre-primary, primary and secondary students. The community and school, with the assistance of World Vision, are establishing a 0 to 3 year old facility at the school. The students' first language is Martu Wangka with some proficiency in Aboriginal English. The school aims to develop proficiency in Standard Australian English for its English as a Second Language/Dialect (ESL/D) students. Transciency is a factor of the school population with considerable movement of the local people between Jigalong, Nullagine, Newman, Punmu, Parngurr and Kunawarritji. 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

195

SIM

243

ALL

411

228

SIM

227

ALL

414

292

SIM

255

ALL

405

208

SIM

215

ALL

420

250

SIM

244

ALL

394

Year 5

278

SIM

315

ALL

494

266

SIM

283

ALL

485

305

SIM

347

ALL

487

246

SIM

283

ALL

500

405

SIM

351

ALL

487

Year 7

SIM

389

ALL

541

SIM

331

ALL

532

SIM

382

ALL

540

SIM

336

ALL

539

SIM

408

ALL

544

Year 9

400

SIM

428

ALL

580

261

SIM

326

ALL

569

362

SIM

412

ALL

576

416

SIM

387

ALL

574

SIM

463

ALL

589

	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

K - 12

Total enrolments

152

Girls

Boys

Full-time equivalent enrolments

143.6

Indigenous students

100%

Location

Very Remote

Student attendance rate ¹

40%

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: 546

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
Data below reporting threshold

Links

School website:

Jigalong Remote Community School

Sector or system website:

Department of Education

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