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Gordon Education Centre

Mount Gambier, SA, 5290

62 students enrolled

School details

Address: Mount Gambier, SA, 5290
Website: Visit website
School type: Special
ICSEA: 951
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 49660

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

44th

951 · peer percentile

Enrolment

50th

62 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

56th

5 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

44th

25% · peer percentile

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (5% vs 26.9%).
Enrolment has declined 11.4% from 2008 to 2025 (70 → 62). Peer schools averaged +11.2% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 68% male / 32% female.

Enrolment trend

70 (2008) → 62 (2025) · -11.4%

Peer average change: +11.2%

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): Mount Gambier
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Mount Gambier - West
Sa3 Name (2026): Limestone Coast
Sa4 Name (2026): South Australia - South East

Nearby schools

Mount Gambier High School

Government250 m away

Reidy Park Primary School

Government1.1 km away

Mount Gambier North Primary School

Government1.1 km away

Tenison Woods College

Catholic1.2 km away

ICSEA

This school: 951 · 44th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

6 below average

This school: 951
Average: 957

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

6 below average

This school: 951
Average: 957

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

5 below average

This school: 951
Average: 956

Enrolment

This school: 62 (2025) · 50th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

544 below average

This school: 62
Average: 606

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

544 below average

This school: 62
Average: 606

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

32 below average

This school: 62
Average: 94

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 5 (2025) · 56th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

7.9 below average

This school: 5
Average: 12.9

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

7.9 below average

This school: 5
Average: 12.9

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

0.4 above average

This school: 5
Average: 4.6

ICSEA percentile

This school: 25% (2025) · 44th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

5.3 pts below average

This school: 25%
Average: 30.3%

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

5.3 pts below average

This school: 25%
Average: 30.3%

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

6.5 pts below average

This school: 25%
Average: 31.5%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 15% (2025) · 63th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

4.2 pts above average

This school: 15%
Average: 10.8%

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

4.2 pts above average

This school: 15%
Average: 10.8%

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

4.3 pts below average

This school: 15%
Average: 19.3%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 5% (2025) · 19th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

7.2 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 12.2%

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

7.2 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 12.2%

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

21.9 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 26.9%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 7% (2025) · 31th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

1.2 pts below average

This school: 7%
Average: 8.2%

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

1.2 pts below average

This school: 7%
Average: 8.2%

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

5.1 pts below average

This school: 7%
Average: 12.1%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 46% (2025) · 56th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

1.1 pts below average

This school: 46%
Average: 47.1%

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

1.1 pts below average

This school: 46%
Average: 47.1%

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

1.3 pts above average

This school: 46%
Average: 44.7%

Teaching staff

This school: 13 (2025) · 38th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

40 below average

This school: 13
Average: 53

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

40 below average

This school: 13
Average: 53

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

9 below average

This school: 13
Average: 22

FTE teaching staff

This school: 12 (2025) · 56th percentile among peers

vs Mount Gambier schools(9 schools)

34 below average

This school: 12
Average: 47

vs Postcode 5290(9 schools)

34 below average

This school: 12
Average: 47

vs South Australia government unknown(15 schools)

7 below average

This school: 12
Average: 19

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)

http://www.gecsp.sa.edu.au

Special school (2026)

1

State Electoral Division (2026)

Mount Gambier

Year range (2025)

U

Enrolments by grade

Offers: primary ungraded, secondary ungraded

Enrolments · primary ungraded: 31
Enrolments · secondary ungraded: 31