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Malak Primary School

Malak, NT, 0812

148 students enrolled

School details

Address: Malak, NT, 0812
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 50034
ICSEA: 770
School type: Primary
Website: Visit website

Enrolment history

How this school compares

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

ICSEA

34th

770 · peer percentile

Enrolment

37th

148 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

45th

12.5 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

33th

2% · peer percentile

ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
Indigenous enrolment share is 67% vs peer average 47.5%.
Enrolment has declined 38.8% from 2008 to 2025 (242 → 148). Peer schools averaged +1.3% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 53% male / 47% female.

Enrolment trend

242 (2008) → 148 (2025) · -38.8%

Peer average change: +1.3%

Location

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School profile data

Remoteness (2026): Outer Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Solomon
FTE non-teaching staff (2025): 10.9
FTE teaching staff (2025): 11.8
Geolocation (2025): Outer Regional
Governing Body (2025): Northern Territory Department of Education and Training
Governing Body Url (2025): https://education.nt.gov.au/
ICSEA percentile (2025): 2
Indigenous enrolments (%) (2025): 67
LBOTE — No (%) (2025): 49

Nearby schools

Top End School of Flexible Learning

Government399 m away

Sanderson High School

Government693 m away

O'Loughlin Catholic College

Catholic803 m away

Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Catholic937 m away

ICSEA

This school: 770 · 34th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

56 below average

School 770 Avg 826

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

146 below average

School 770 Avg 916

vs Northern Territory government primary (61 schools)

85 below average

School 770 Avg 855

Enrolment

This school: 148 (2025) · 37th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

78 below average

School 148 Avg 226

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

135 below average

School 148 Avg 283

vs Northern Territory government primary (61 schools)

75 below average

School 148 Avg 223

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 12.5 (2025) · 45th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

4.9 above average

School 12.5 Avg 7.6

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

0.3 above average

School 12.5 Avg 12.2

vs Northern Territory government primary (61 schools)

1.2 above average

School 12.5 Avg 11.3

ICSEA percentile

This school: 2% (2025) · 33th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

2.5 pts below average

School 2% Avg 4.5%

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

24.5 pts below average

School 2% Avg 26.5%

vs Northern Territory government primary (60 schools)

20.2 pts below average

School 2% Avg 22.2%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 67% (2025) · 71th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

2 pts above average

School 67% Avg 65%

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

27.3 pts above average

School 67% Avg 39.7%

vs Northern Territory government primary (61 schools)

19.5 pts above average

School 67% Avg 47.5%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 51% (2025) · 55th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

4.5 pts above average

School 51% Avg 46.5%

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

6.5 pts above average

School 51% Avg 44.5%

vs Northern Territory government primary (61 schools)

1.8 pts below average

School 51% Avg 52.8%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 1% (2025) · 30th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

5 pts below average

School 1% Avg 6%

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

11.2 pts below average

School 1% Avg 12.2%

vs Northern Territory government primary (60 schools)

8.9 pts below average

School 1% Avg 9.9%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 75% (2025) · 70th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

16.5 pts above average

School 75% Avg 58.5%

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

35 pts above average

School 75% Avg 40%

vs Northern Territory government primary (60 schools)

22.7 pts above average

School 75% Avg 52.3%

Teaching staff

This school: 12 (2025) · 32th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

19 below average

School 12 Avg 31

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

16 below average

School 12 Avg 28

vs Northern Territory government primary (61 schools)

7 below average

School 12 Avg 19

FTE teaching staff

This school: 12 (2025) · 32th percentile among peers

vs Malak schools (2 schools)

18 below average

School 12 Avg 29

vs Postcode 0812 (11 schools)

12 below average

School 12 Avg 24

vs Northern Territory government primary (61 schools)

5 below average

School 12 Avg 17

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA and SEA describe socio-educational advantage, not school quality. LBOTE / Indigenous shares and FOEI are context, not rankings.

LBOTE — Not stated (%) (2025)

0

LBOTE — Yes (%) (2025)

51

Lga Name (2026)

Darwin

Non-teaching staff (2025)

13

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Malak - Marrara

Sa3 Name (2026)

Darwin Suburbs

Sa4 Name (2026)

Darwin

School Url (2025)

http://www.malakprimary.nt.edu.au

SEA bottom quarter (%) (2025)

75

SEA lower-middle quarter (%) (2025)

16

SEA top quarter (%) (2025)

1

SEA upper-middle quarter (%) (2025)

8

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Karama

Teaching staff (2025)

12

Year range (2025)

T-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: 14
Enrolments · year 1: 24
Enrolments · year 2: 16
Enrolments · year 3: 25
Enrolments · year 4: 14
Enrolments · year 5: 24
Enrolments · year 6: 31