CatholicCombined (K–12)

Xavier Catholic College Ballina

Skennars Head, NSW, 2478

884 students enrolled

School details

Address: Skennars Head, NSW, 2478
Website: Visit website
School type: Secondary
ICSEA: 1,081
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 43539

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

76%

1,081 · Higher than 76% of peers

Enrolment

47%

884 · Smaller than 53% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

74%

11.5 · Fewer than 74% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among New South Wales catholic combined schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (6% vs 34.2%).
Enrolment has grown 12.9% from 2008 to 2025 (783 → 884). Peer median change was +14.2% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 51% male / 49% female.

Enrolment trend

783 (2008) → 884 (2025) · +12.9%

Peer median change: +14.2%

ICSEA

Higher than 76% of peers

This school: 1,081
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 1,00576 above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 1,04338 above average

Enrolment

Smaller than 53% of peers · 2025

This school: 884
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 342542 above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 8813 above average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 74% of peers · 2025

This school: 11.5
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 11.80.3 below average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 12.40.9 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 4%
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 14.5%10.5 pts below average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 5.3%1.3 pts below average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 6%
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 12.9%6.9 pts below average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 34.2%28.2 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 83% of peers · 2025

This school: 33%
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 20.7%12.3 pts above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 21.9%11.1 pts above average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 79% of peers · 2025

This school: 8%
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 29.1%21.1 pts below average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 18.8%10.8 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 85
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 3550 above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 787 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 77
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 3047 above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 707 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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