CatholicCombined (K–12)

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College

Alice Springs, NT, 0870

823 students enrolled

School details

Address: Alice Springs, NT, 0870
Website: Visit website
School type: Combined
ICSEA: 1,028
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 40347

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

Top

1,028 · Highest among peers

Enrolment

Largest

823 · Among the largest peers

Students per FTE teacher

10%

13 · More than 90% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among Northern Territory catholic combined schools.
ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
Indigenous enrolment share is lower than peers (11% vs average 64.7%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (13 vs 10.9).
Enrolment has declined 15.9% from 2008 to 2025 (979 → 823). Peer median change was +11.9% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

979 (2008) → 823 (2025) · -15.9%

Peer median change: +11.9%

ICSEA

Highest among peers

This school: 1,028
Alice Springs schoolsavg · 12 schools: 891138 above average
Postcode 0870avg · 11 schools: 898130 above average
Northern Territory catholic combinedavg · 9 schools: 816212 above average

Enrolment

Among the largest peers · 2025

This school: 823
Alice Springs schoolsavg · 12 schools: 231592 above average
Postcode 0870avg · 11 schools: 236587 above average
Northern Territory catholic combinedavg · 9 schools: 312511 above average

Students per FTE teacher

More than 90% of peers · 2025

This school: 13
Alice Springs schoolsavg · 12 schools: 11.61.4 above average
Postcode 0870avg · 11 schools: 11.81.2 above average
Northern Territory catholic combinedavg · 9 schools: 10.92.1 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 11%
Alice Springs schoolsavg · 12 schools: 49.3%38.3 pts below average
Postcode 0870avg · 11 schools: 45.4%34.4 pts below average
Northern Territory catholic combinedavg · 9 schools: 64.7%53.7 pts below average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 51%
Alice Springs schoolsavg · 12 schools: 47%4 pts above average
Postcode 0870avg · 11 schools: 44.9%6.1 pts above average
Northern Territory catholic combinedavg · 9 schools: 58.2%7.2 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 89% of peers · 2025

This school: 24%
Alice Springs schoolsavg · 11 schools: 14.8%9.2 pts above average
Postcode 0870avg · 10 schools: 13.3%10.7 pts above average
Northern Territory catholic combinedavg · 8 schools: 9.1%14.9 pts above average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 78% of peers · 2025

This school: 17%
Alice Springs schoolsavg · 11 schools: 41.5%24.5 pts below average
Postcode 0870avg · 10 schools: 41.3%24.3 pts below average
Northern Territory catholic combinedavg · 8 schools: 54.6%37.6 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 70
Alice Springs schoolsavg · 12 schools: 2347 above average
Postcode 0870avg · 11 schools: 2347 above average
Northern Territory catholic combinedavg · 9 schools: 3040 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 63
Alice Springs schoolsavg · 12 schools: 2142 above average
Postcode 0870avg · 11 schools: 2143 above average
Northern Territory catholic combinedavg · 9 schools: 2835 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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