IndependentCombined (K–12)

Garden College

Parafield Gardens, SA, 5107

351 students enrolled

School details

Address: Parafield Gardens, SA, 5107
Website: Visit website
School type: Combined
ICSEA: 1,029
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 51506

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

39%

1,029 · Higher than 39% of peers

Enrolment

28%

351 · Smaller than 72% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

15.2 · More than 92% of peers

ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
A higher share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (98% vs 24.5%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (15.2 vs 12).
Enrolment has grown 244.1% from 2015 to 2025 (102 → 351). Peer median change was +31.7% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 50% male / 50% female.

Enrolment trend

102 (2015) → 351 (2025) · +244.1%

Peer median change: +31.7%

ICSEA

Higher than 39% of peers

This school: 1,029
Parafield Gardens schoolsavg · 5 schools: 96465 above average
Postcode 5107avg · 5 schools: 96465 above average
South Australia independent combinedavg · 70 schools: 1,05223 below average

Enrolment

Smaller than 72% of peers · 2025

This school: 351
Parafield Gardens schoolsavg · 5 schools: 664313 below average
Postcode 5107avg · 5 schools: 664313 below average
South Australia independent combinedavg · 70 schools: 687336 below average

Students per FTE teacher

More than 92% of peers · 2025

This school: 15.2
Parafield Gardens schoolsavg · 5 schools: 14.60.6 above average
Postcode 5107avg · 5 schools: 14.60.6 above average
South Australia independent combinedavg · 70 schools: 123.2 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 0%
Parafield Gardens schoolsavg · 5 schools: 6.6%none reported
Postcode 5107avg · 5 schools: 6.6%none reported
South Australia independent combinedavg · 70 schools: 4.8%none reported

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 98%
Parafield Gardens schoolsavg · 5 schools: 60%38 pts above average
Postcode 5107avg · 5 schools: 60%38 pts above average
South Australia independent combinedavg · 70 schools: 24.5%73.5 pts above average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 34% of peers · 2025

This school: 16%
Parafield Gardens schoolsavg · 5 schools: 8.2%7.8 pts above average
Postcode 5107avg · 5 schools: 8.2%7.8 pts above average
South Australia independent combinedavg · 70 schools: 28.1%12.1 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 66% of peers · 2025

This school: 24%
Parafield Gardens schoolsavg · 5 schools: 47.8%23.8 pts below average
Postcode 5107avg · 5 schools: 47.8%23.8 pts below average
South Australia independent combinedavg · 70 schools: 20.2%3.8 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 30
Parafield Gardens schoolsavg · 5 schools: 5020 below average
Postcode 5107avg · 5 schools: 5020 below average
South Australia independent combinedavg · 70 schools: 6737 below average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 23
Parafield Gardens schoolsavg · 5 schools: 4623 below average
Postcode 5107avg · 5 schools: 4623 below average
South Australia independent combinedavg · 70 schools: 5734 below 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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