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Kalumburu Remote Community School, Kalumburu, WA

School statement

Kalumburu RCS is located on a very remote part of the northern Kimberley coast. For much of the year the community is cut off by flood waters leaving light aircraft as the only form of transport. Once run as a mission by the Catholic Church, the community is now self directed and administered. The community population remains around 500 with an all Indigenous school enrolment of about 150. The school is focusing on improving literacy and numeracy, and in ensuring student safety, both through well structured school processes and by running programs aimed at improving the students' own self awareness. Significant staff professional development has been undertaken in these areas, supported by the purchase of written materials and highly engaging information technology aimed at building stimulating, safe and happy classroom environments. An effort has also been made to build a community approach to improved attendance, combining a range of whole-school and classroom based incentives, together with direct contact between the school and parents/ carers, supported by an effective School Council. 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

268

SIM

243

ALL

411

289

SIM

228

ALL

414

286

SIM

255

ALL

405

305

SIM

216

ALL

420

283

SIM

245

ALL

394

Year 5

327

SIM

315

ALL

494

348

SIM

284

ALL

485

353

SIM

347

ALL

487

318

SIM

284

ALL

500

342

SIM

352

ALL

487

Year 7

430

SIM

389

ALL

541

415

SIM

331

ALL

532

424

SIM

383

ALL

540

395

SIM

337

ALL

539

433

SIM

408

ALL

544

Year 9

432

SIM

429

ALL

580

402

SIM

327

ALL

569

374

SIM

413

ALL

576

424

SIM

388

ALL

574

455

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

141

Girls

Boys

Full-time equivalent enrolments

132.6

Indigenous students

98%

Location

Very Remote

Student attendance rate ¹

73%

Teaching staff

Full-time equivalent teaching staff

12.4

Non-teaching staff

Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff

5.1

Student background

Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA)

School ICSEA value: 548

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
Data below reporting threshold

Links

School website:

Kalumburu Remote Community School

Sector or system website:

Department of Education

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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)