IndependentCombined (K–12)

Nautilus Senior College

Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444

113 students enrolled

School details

Address: Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444
Website: Visit website
School type: Special
ICSEA: 833
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 52436

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

Bottom 2%

833 · Lower than 98% of peers

Enrolment

18%

113 · Smaller than 82% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

60%

10.7 · Fewer than 60% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among New South Wales independent combined schools.
ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (1% vs 30.9%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (39% vs average 6.1%).
Enrolment has grown 162.8% from 2017 to 2025 (43 → 113). Peer median change was +31.4% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

43 (2017) → 113 (2025) · +162.8%

Peer median change: +31.4%

ICSEA

Lower than 98% of peers

This school: 833
Port Macquarie schoolsavg · 18 schools: 1,013180 below average
Postcode 2444avg · 18 schools: 1,013180 below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 1,064231 below average

Enrolment

Smaller than 82% of peers · 2025

This school: 113
Port Macquarie schoolsavg · 18 schools: 508395 below average
Postcode 2444avg · 18 schools: 508395 below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 729616 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 60% of peers · 2025

This school: 10.7
Port Macquarie schoolsavg · 18 schools: 12.31.6 below average
Postcode 2444avg · 18 schools: 12.31.6 below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 11.20.5 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 39%
Port Macquarie schoolsavg · 18 schools: 12.9%26.1 pts above average
Postcode 2444avg · 18 schools: 12.9%26.1 pts above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 6.1%32.9 pts above average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 1%
Port Macquarie schoolsavg · 18 schools: 11.3%10.3 pts below average
Postcode 2444avg · 18 schools: 11.3%10.3 pts below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 30.9%29.9 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Lower than 95% of peers · 2025

This school: 1%
Port Macquarie schoolsavg · 18 schools: 20.2%19.2 pts below average
Postcode 2444avg · 18 schools: 20.2%19.2 pts below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 326 schools: 33.8%32.8 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 98% of peers · 2025

This school: 73%
Port Macquarie schoolsavg · 18 schools: 24.7%48.3 pts above average
Postcode 2444avg · 18 schools: 24.7%48.3 pts above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 326 schools: 17.5%55.5 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 12
Port Macquarie schoolsavg · 18 schools: 4533 below average
Postcode 2444avg · 18 schools: 4533 below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 7058 below average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 11
Port Macquarie schoolsavg · 18 schools: 4131 below average
Postcode 2444avg · 18 schools: 4131 below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 6352 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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