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Bordertown Primary School

Bordertown, SA, 5268

311 students enrolled

School details

Address: Bordertown, SA, 5268
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 966
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 49420

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

36th

966 · peer percentile

Enrolment

67th

311 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

85th

17 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

37th

32% · peer percentile

Indigenous enrolment share is 4% vs peer average 9.7%.
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (17 vs 13.3).
Enrolment has declined 38.7% from 2008 to 2025 (507 → 311). Peer schools averaged +0.2% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 48% male / 52% female.

Enrolment trend

507 (2008) → 311 (2025) · -38.7%

Peer average 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): Outer Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Barker
Geolocation (2025): Outer Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department for Education South Australia
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.education.sa.gov.au/
Lga Name (2026): Tatiara
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Tatiara
Sa3 Name (2026): Limestone Coast
Sa4 Name (2026): South Australia - South East

Nearby schools

Bordertown High School

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ICSEA

This school: 966 · 36th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

25 below average

This school: 966
Average: 991

Enrolment

This school: 311 (2025) · 67th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

67 above average

This school: 311
Average: 244

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 17 (2025) · 85th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

3.7 above average

This school: 17
Average: 13.3

ICSEA percentile

This school: 32% (2025) · 37th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(343 schools)

12.9 pts below average

This school: 32%
Average: 44.9%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 4% (2025) · 39th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

5.7 pts below average

This school: 4%
Average: 9.7%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 22% (2025) · 67th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

1.7 pts above average

This school: 22%
Average: 20.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 5% (2025) · 29th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(343 schools)

10.4 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 15.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 42% (2025) · 63th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(343 schools)

5.8 pts above average

This school: 42%
Average: 36.2%

Teaching staff

This school: 23 (2025) · 66th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

3 above average

This school: 23
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 18 (2025) · 58th percentile among peers

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

1 above average

This school: 18
Average: 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. Each comparison shows this school and the group average as two bars on one shared scale.

School Url (2025)

https://bordertownps.sa.edu.au/

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

MacKillop

Year range (2025)

R-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: 63
Enrolments · year 1: 37
Enrolments · year 2: 43
Enrolments · year 3: 51
Enrolments · year 4: 31
Enrolments · year 5: 44
Enrolments · year 6: 42