CatholicPrimary

Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School

East Lismore, NSW, 2480

189 students enrolled

School details

Address: East Lismore, NSW, 2480
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,001
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 43522

Location

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How this school compares

Benchmarks against nearby schools and similar peers (New South Wales catholic primary) using ICSEA, enrolments, staffing, and student background data.

ICSEA

20%

1,001 · Higher than 20% of peers

Enrolment

38%

189 · Smaller than 62% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

78%

11.8 · Fewer than 78% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among New South Wales catholic primary schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (1% vs 32.4%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (11.8 vs 14.4).
Enrolment has declined 8.7% from 2008 to 2025 (207 → 189). Peer median change was -0.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 59% male / 41% female.

Enrolment trend

207 (2008) → 189 (2025) · -8.7%

Peer median change: -0.1%

ICSEA

Higher than 20% of peers

This school: 1,001
East Lismore schoolsavg · 2 schools: 1,0032 below average
Postcode 2480avg · 38 schools: 98714 above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 1,05251 below average

Enrolment

Smaller than 62% of peers · 2025

This school: 189
East Lismore schoolsavg · 2 schools: 459270 below average
Postcode 2480avg · 38 schools: 1827 above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 295106 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 78% of peers · 2025

This school: 11.8
East Lismore schoolsavg · 2 schools: 11.20.6 above average
Postcode 2480avg · 38 schools: 11.20.6 above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 14.42.6 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 11%
East Lismore schoolsavg · 2 schools: 19.5%8.5 pts below average
Postcode 2480avg · 38 schools: 14.7%3.7 pts below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 7.3%3.7 pts above average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 1%
East Lismore schoolsavg · 2 schools: 5.5%4.5 pts below average
Postcode 2480avg · 38 schools: 10.7%9.7 pts below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 32.4%31.4 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 14% of peers · 2025

This school: 10%
East Lismore schoolsavg · 2 schools: 17.5%7.5 pts below average
Postcode 2480avg · 38 schools: 14.6%4.6 pts below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 27.7%17.7 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 79% of peers · 2025

This school: 26%
East Lismore schoolsavg · 2 schools: 24.5%1.5 pts above average
Postcode 2480avg · 38 schools: 34.1%8.1 pts below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 17.2%8.8 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 17
East Lismore schoolsavg · 2 schools: 4124 below average
Postcode 2480avg · 38 schools: 181 below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 236 below average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 16
East Lismore schoolsavg · 2 schools: 3721 below average
Postcode 2480avg · 38 schools: 16about average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 193 below average

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA describes socio-educational advantage of the school community, not school quality. Indigenous and LBOTE shares are context only (shown in the detail comparisons below, not as ranking tiles). Each metric shows this school once, then peer-group averages on the same scale.

NAPLAN & official outcomes

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