GovernmentPrimary

Pularumpi School

Pirlangimpi, NT, 0822

32 students enrolled

School details

Address: Pirlangimpi, NT, 0822
Website: Visit website
School type: Combined
ICSEA: 663
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 50117

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

16%

663 · Higher than 16% of peers

Enrolment

21%

32 · Smaller than 79% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

73%

8.6 · Fewer than 73% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among Northern Territory government primary schools.
A higher share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (92% vs 52.1%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (100% vs average 47%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (8.6 vs 11.4).
Enrolment has declined 54.3% from 2008 to 2025 (70 → 32). Peer median change was -1.7% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

70 (2008) → 32 (2025) · -54.3%

Peer median change: -1.7%

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): Lingiari
Geolocation (2025): Very Remote
Governing Body (2025): Northern Territory Department of Education and Training
Governing Body Url (2025): https://education.nt.gov.au/
Lga Name (2026): Tiwi Islands
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Tiwi Islands
Sa3 Name (2026): Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem
Sa4 Name (2026): Northern Territory - Outback

ICSEA

This school: 663 · higher than 16% of peers

vs Postcode 0822(34 schools)

26 below average

This school: 663
Average: 689

vs Northern Territory government primary(61 schools)

194 below average

This school: 663
Average: 857

Enrolment

This school: 32 (2025) · smaller than 79% of peers

vs Postcode 0822(34 schools)

86 below average

This school: 32
Average: 118

vs Northern Territory government primary(61 schools)

193 below average

This school: 32
Average: 225

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 8.6 (2025) · fewer than 73% of peers

vs Postcode 0822(34 schools)

0.9 above average

This school: 8.6
Average: 7.7

vs Northern Territory government primary(61 schools)

2.8 below average

This school: 8.6
Average: 11.4

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 100% (2025)

vs Postcode 0822(34 schools)

15.4 pts above average

This school: 100%
Average: 84.6%

vs Northern Territory government primary(61 schools)

53 pts above average

This school: 100%
Average: 47%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 92% (2025)

vs Postcode 0822(34 schools)

9.1 pts above average

This school: 92%
Average: 82.9%

vs Northern Territory government primary(61 schools)

39.9 pts above average

This school: 92%
Average: 52.1%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 0% (2025) · higher than 25% of peers

vs Postcode 0822(33 schools)

1.4 pts below average

This school: 0%
Average: 1.4%

vs Northern Territory government primary(60 schools)

9.9 pts below average

This school: 0%
Average: 9.9%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 84% (2025) · more than 82% of peers

vs Postcode 0822(33 schools)

2.2 pts above average

This school: 84%
Average: 81.8%

vs Northern Territory government primary(60 schools)

31.8 pts above average

This school: 84%
Average: 52.2%

Teaching staff

This school: 4 (2025)

vs Postcode 0822(34 schools)

10 below average

This school: 4
Average: 14

vs Northern Territory government primary(61 schools)

15 below average

This school: 4
Average: 19

FTE teaching staff

This school: 4 (2025)

vs Postcode 0822(34 schools)

10 below average

This school: 4
Average: 14

vs Northern Territory government primary(61 schools)

14 below average

This school: 4
Average: 17

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)

https://web.ntschools.net/w/tegs/Pages/Pularumpi.aspx

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Arafura

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: 5
Enrolments · year 1: 2
Enrolments · year 2: 3
Enrolments · year 3: 8
Enrolments · year 4: 2
Enrolments · year 5: 5
Enrolments · year 6: 7