CatholicPrimary

Mary Help of Christians Primary School Sawtell

Toormina, NSW, 2452

490 students enrolled

School details

Address: Toormina, NSW, 2452
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,052
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 43507

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

52%

1,052 · Higher than 52% of peers

Enrolment

Top 15%

490 · Larger than 85% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

36%

16.1 · More than 64% of peers

ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (13% vs 32.4%).
Enrolment has grown 53.6% from 2008 to 2025 (319 → 490). Peer median change was -0.3% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 46% male / 54% female.

Enrolment trend

319 (2008) → 490 (2025) · +53.6%

Peer median change: -0.3%

ICSEA

Higher than 52% of peers

This school: 1,052
Toormina schoolsavg · 3 schools: 96191 above average
Postcode 2452avg · 5 schools: 940112 above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 1,051about average

Enrolment

Larger than 85% of peers · 2025

This school: 490
Toormina schoolsavg · 3 schools: 317173 above average
Postcode 2452avg · 5 schools: 280210 above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 295195 above average

Students per FTE teacher

More than 64% of peers · 2025

This school: 16.1
Toormina schoolsavg · 3 schools: 8.87.3 above average
Postcode 2452avg · 5 schools: 10.55.6 above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 14.41.7 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 6%
Toormina schoolsavg · 3 schools: 15.3%9.3 pts below average
Postcode 2452avg · 5 schools: 23.2%17.2 pts below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 7.4%1.4 pts below average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 13%
Toormina schoolsavg · 3 schools: 8.3%4.7 pts above average
Postcode 2452avg · 5 schools: 8.2%4.8 pts above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 32.4%19.4 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 53% of peers · 2025

This school: 24%
Toormina schoolsavg · 3 schools: 12%12 pts above average
Postcode 2452avg · 5 schools: 11.8%12.2 pts above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 27.7%3.7 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 51% of peers · 2025

This school: 15%
Toormina schoolsavg · 3 schools: 39.7%24.7 pts below average
Postcode 2452avg · 5 schools: 45.4%30.4 pts below average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 17.2%2.2 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 40
Toormina schoolsavg · 3 schools: 328 above average
Postcode 2452avg · 5 schools: 2614 above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 2317 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 30
Toormina schoolsavg · 3 schools: 31about average
Postcode 2452avg · 5 schools: 265 above average
New South Wales catholic primaryavg · 416 schools: 1912 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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