7
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Parkeston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Parkeston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Seven schools within a short trip make Parkeston more well-served for students than about 79% of similar areas. While these schools are larger than usual, they tend to have lower advantage scores than most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 0%, ahead of Year 11 (0%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Postgraduate degree at 0%, ahead of Graduate diploma / certificate (0%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The average school size here is 436 students, which is higher than most areas. Most of the local schools are government-run (71.4%) and focus on primary education.
436
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Parkeston
7 schools — 3,051 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2
| East Kalgoorlie Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 158 | 648 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Catholic | Primary | 7.8 km | 382 | 1,030 |
| Kalgoorlie Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 496 | 980 |
| Eastern Goldfields College, Kalgoorlie | Government | Secondary | 8.2 km | 485 | 954 |
| North Kalgoorlie Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 8.3 km | 481 | 960 |
| John Paul College, Kalgoorlie | Catholic | Secondary | 8.9 km | 699 | 1,010 |
| South Kalgoorlie Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 9.1 km | 350 | 909 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Parkeston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51206/parkeston/topic/education