CatholicPrimary

St Therese's Community Parish School

Wilcannia, NSW, 2836

25 students enrolled

School details

Address: Wilcannia, NSW, 2836
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 740
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 40378

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

Bottom 0%

740 · Lower than 100% of peers

Enrolment

Smallest

25 · Among the smallest peers

Students per FTE teacher

Top

5 · Fewest among peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among New South Wales catholic primary schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (4% vs 32.4%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (88% vs average 7.2%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (5 vs 14.4).
Enrolment has declined 34.2% from 2008 to 2025 (38 → 25). Peer median change was -0.2% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

38 (2008) → 25 (2025) · -34.2%

Peer median change: -0.2%

Enrolment history

School profile data

Program and context details. Student and staffing benchmarks are in How this school compares above.

Remoteness (2026): Very Remote
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Parkes
Geolocation (2025): Very Remote
Governing Body (2025): Catholic Schools NSW
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.csnsw.catholic.edu.au/
Lga Name (2026): Central Darling
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Far West
Sa3 Name (2026): Broken Hill and Far West
Sa4 Name (2026): Far West and Orana

Nearby schools

Wilcannia Central School

Government337 m away

ICSEA

This school: 740 · lower than 100% of peers

vs Postcode 2836(2 schools)

33 below average

This school: 740
Average: 773

vs New South Wales catholic primary(416 schools)

312 below average

This school: 740
Average: 1,052

Enrolment

This school: 25 (2025) · among the smallest peers

vs Postcode 2836(2 schools)

16 below average

This school: 25
Average: 41

vs New South Wales catholic primary(416 schools)

271 below average

This school: 25
Average: 296

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 5 (2025) · fewest among peers

vs Postcode 2836(2 schools)

2.4 below average

This school: 5
Average: 7.4

vs New South Wales catholic primary(416 schools)

9.4 below average

This school: 5
Average: 14.4

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 88% (2025)

vs Postcode 2836(2 schools)

29 pts above average

This school: 88%
Average: 59%

vs New South Wales catholic primary(416 schools)

80.8 pts above average

This school: 88%
Average: 7.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 4% (2025)

vs Postcode 2836(2 schools)

30.5 pts below average

This school: 4%
Average: 34.5%

vs New South Wales catholic primary(416 schools)

28.4 pts below average

This school: 4%
Average: 32.4%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 1% (2025) · lower than 99% of peers

vs Postcode 2836(2 schools)

2.5 pts below average

This school: 1%
Average: 3.5%

vs New South Wales catholic primary(416 schools)

26.8 pts below average

This school: 1%
Average: 27.8%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 70% (2025) · more than 100% of peers

vs Postcode 2836(2 schools)

1.5 pts below average

This school: 70%
Average: 71.5%

vs New South Wales catholic primary(416 schools)

52.9 pts above average

This school: 70%
Average: 17.1%

Teaching staff

This school: 5 (2025)

vs Postcode 2836(2 schools)

5 below average

This school: 5
Average: 10

vs New South Wales catholic primary(416 schools)

18 below average

This school: 5
Average: 23

FTE teaching staff

This school: 5 (2025)

vs Postcode 2836(2 schools)

4 below average

This school: 5
Average: 9

vs New South Wales catholic primary(416 schools)

14 below average

This school: 5
Average: 19

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 comparison shows this school and the group average as two bars on one shared scale.

School Url (2025)

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

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Barwon

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: 4
Enrolments · year 1: 4
Enrolments · year 2: 6
Enrolments · year 3: 2
Enrolments · year 4: 4
Enrolments · year 5: 4
Enrolments · year 6: 1