CatholicPrimary

St Joseph's Primary School

Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444

397 students enrolled

School details

Address: Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,017
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 43529

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

29th

1,017 · peer percentile

Enrolment

74th

397 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

31th

13.3 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

29th

55% · peer percentile

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (16% vs 32.4%).
Enrolment has declined 2.2% from 2008 to 2025 (406 → 397). Peer schools averaged +25% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 53% male / 47% female.

Enrolment trend

406 (2008) → 397 (2025) · -2.2%

Peer average change: +25%

Enrolment history

School profile data

Remoteness (2026): Inner Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Cowper
FTE non-teaching staff (2025): 10.3
FTE teaching staff (2025): 29.8
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Catholic Schools NSW
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.csnsw.catholic.edu.au/
ICSEA percentile (2025): 55
Indigenous enrolments (%) (2025): 12
LBOTE — No (%) (2025): 84
LBOTE — Not stated (%) (2025)

Nearby schools

Nautilus Senior College

Independent547 m away

Hastings Secondary College, Westport Campus

Government666 m away

Westport Public School

Government903 m away

Port Macquarie Steiner School

Independent1.3 km away

ICSEA

This school: 1,017 · 29th percentile among peers

School

1,017

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

15 above average

Average

1,002

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

15 above average

Average

1,002

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

34 below average

Average

1,051

Enrolment

This school: 397 (2025) · 74th percentile among peers

School

397

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

96 below average

Average

493

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

96 below average

Average

493

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

102 above average

Average

295

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 13.3 (2025) · 31th percentile among peers

School

13.3

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

1.2 above average

Average

12.1

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

1.2 above average

Average

12.1

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

1.1 below average

Average

14.4

ICSEA percentile

This school: 55% (2025) · 29th percentile among peers

School

55%

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

5.3 pts above average

Average

49.7%

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

5.3 pts above average

Average

49.7%

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

11 pts below average

Average

66%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 12% (2025) · 83th percentile among peers

School

12%

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

2.4 pts below average

Average

14.4%

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

2.4 pts below average

Average

14.4%

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

4.7 pts above average

Average

7.3%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 16% (2025) · 46th percentile among peers

School

16%

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

5.5 pts above average

Average

10.5%

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

5.5 pts above average

Average

10.5%

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

16.4 pts below average

Average

32.4%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 17% (2025) · 35th percentile among peers

School

17%

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

2.3 pts below average

Average

19.3%

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

2.3 pts below average

Average

19.3%

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

10.7 pts below average

Average

27.7%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 23% (2025) · 72th percentile among peers

School

23%

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

4.5 pts below average

Average

27.5%

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

4.5 pts below average

Average

27.5%

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

5.8 pts above average

Average

17.2%

Teaching staff

This school: 33 (2025) · 83th percentile among peers

School

33

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

11 below average

Average

44

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

11 below average

Average

44

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

10 above average

Average

23

FTE teaching staff

This school: 30 (2025) · 85th percentile among peers

School

30

vs Port Macquarie schools (18 schools)

10 below average

Average

40

vs Postcode 2444 (18 schools)

10 below average

Average

40

vs New South Wales catholic primary (416 schools)

11 above average

Average

19

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA and SEA describe socio-educational advantage, not school quality. LBOTE / Indigenous shares and FOEI are context, not rankings. Each metric uses one shared scale; the teal marker shows this school's position on every average bar.

0

LBOTE — Yes (%) (2025)

16

Lga Name (2026)

Port Macquarie-Hastings

Non-teaching staff (2025)

16

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Port Macquarie - West

Sa3 Name (2026)

Port Macquarie

Sa4 Name (2026)

Mid North Coast

School Url (2025)

http://www.pmacjlism.catholic.edu.au

SEA bottom quarter (%) (2025)

23

SEA lower-middle quarter (%) (2025)

33

SEA top quarter (%) (2025)

17

SEA upper-middle quarter (%) (2025)

27

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Port Macquarie

Teaching staff (2025)

33

Year range (2025)

K-6

Enrolments by grade

Offers: one year before year 1, year 1, year 2, year 3, year 4, year 5, year 6

Enrolments · one year before year 1: 52
Enrolments · year 1: 59
Enrolments · year 2: 57
Enrolments · year 3: 53
Enrolments · year 4: 60
Enrolments · year 5: 59
Enrolments · year 6: 57