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Yiyili Aboriginal Community School, Fitzroy Crossing, WA

School statement

Yiyili Aboriginal Community School is an independent school in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Yiyili Community is situated 5 km off the Great Northern highway, 170 km north-east of Fitzroy Crossing and 120 km south of Halls Creek. The school caters for students K to 10 from Yiyili and the surrounding outstations: Ganinya, Goolgaradah, Kurinyjarn, Pullout Springs, Rocky Springs and Moongardie. The population of the community and outstations is around 300. In 2009 there are almost 70 students enrolled.The school is governed by a school board, consisting of Yiyili and outstation community members which both determines and oversees the operation of the school. The school is well resourced, clean and tidy and is a source of great pride in the community. Yiyili School encourages an educational relationship among students, staff and parents where communication is open, friendly and invites involvement. Both community members and teaching staff promote an atmosphere of reasonableness and understanding where our young people know they are cherished, in an environment that both supports the wealth of their traditions, and acknowledges equality for all through improved educational outcomes. 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

294

SIM

243

ALL

411

304

SIM

227

ALL

414

271

SIM

255

ALL

405

266

SIM

215

ALL

420

271

SIM

244

ALL

394

Year 5

329

SIM

314

ALL

494

319

SIM

283

ALL

485

352

SIM

346

ALL

487

329

SIM

283

ALL

500

319

SIM

351

ALL

487

Year 7

SIM

389

ALL

541

SIM

330

ALL

532

SIM

382

ALL

540

SIM

335

ALL

539

SIM

408

ALL

544

Year 9

SIM

428

ALL

580

SIM

325

ALL

569

SIM

412

ALL

576

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

Non-government

School type

Combined

Year range

K - 10

Total enrolments

Girls

Boys

Full-time equivalent enrolments

Indigenous students

100%

Location

Very Remote

Student attendance rate ¹

46%

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: 545

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
Data below reporting threshold

Links

School website:

Yiyili Aboriginal Community School

Sector or system website:

Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia Inc (AISWA)

Privacy

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)