Cleve Area School
Second Street, Cleve SA 5640
Cleve Area School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Cleve, SA from Reception to Year 12 with about 324 students. Its ICSEA is 988, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Cleve Area School as a government R-12 school serving the rural township of Cleve on the eastern Eyre Peninsula, about 550km from Adelaide. The school is known locally for friendly, caring staff and a focus on personal excellence, and offers facilities including science laboratories, computer/internet access, sporting grounds (oval, tennis courts, basketball courts, swimming pool, gymnasium), a school bus service, and a working farm property supporting its agriculture program.
Often praised
- friendly, caring staff
- agriculture program with school farm
- strong sporting facilities
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Cleve Area School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
Schools with a similar ICSEA in SA
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynella East College | Reynella East | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 1,938 | 988 |
| Tumby Bay Area School | Tumby Bay | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 237 | 988 |
| Mount Compass Area School | Mount Compass | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 469 | 987 |
| Kangaroo Inn Area School | Kangaroo Inn | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 106 | 990 |
| Orroroo Area School | Orroroo | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 144 | 991 |
| Kimba Area School | Kimba | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 187 | 992 |
About this data
Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.