CatholicPrimary

Stella Maris Catholic Primary School

Shellharbour, NSW, 2529

405 students enrolled

School details

Address: Shellharbour, NSW, 2529
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,050
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 43353

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

51%

1,050 · Higher than 51% of peers

Enrolment

Top 23%

405 · Larger than 77% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

45%

15.5 · More than 55% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (1% vs 32.4%).
Enrolment has grown 27.8% from 2008 to 2025 (317 → 405). Peer median change was -0.3% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 47% male / 53% female.

Enrolment trend

317 (2008) → 405 (2025) · +27.8%

Peer median change: -0.3%

ICSEA

Higher than 51% of peers

This school: 1,050
Postcode 2529avg · 9 schools: 1,01337 above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 1,0511 below average

Enrolment

Larger than 77% of peers · 2025

This school: 405
Postcode 2529avg · 9 schools: 578173 below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 295110 above average

Students per FTE teacher

More than 55% of peers · 2025

This school: 15.5
Postcode 2529avg · 9 schools: 15.6about average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 14.41.1 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 8%
Postcode 2529avg · 9 schools: 9.1%1.1 pts below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 7.4%about average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 1%
Postcode 2529avg · 9 schools: 11.7%10.7 pts below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 32.4%31.4 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 47% of peers · 2025

This school: 21%
Postcode 2529avg · 9 schools: 16.6%4.4 pts above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 27.7%6.7 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 52% of peers · 2025

This school: 14%
Postcode 2529avg · 9 schools: 28.7%14.7 pts below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 17.2%3.2 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 32
Postcode 2529avg · 9 schools: 4513 below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 239 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 26
Postcode 2529avg · 9 schools: 4014 below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 197 above 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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