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Comet Bay College

2 Allatoona Avenue, Secret Harbour WA 6173

PublicHigh schoolYears 7-12GATE selectiveGifted class
School website08 9553 8100

Comet Bay College is a government secondary school in Secret Harbour, WA for Years 7–12 with about 1,887 students. It runs a GATE (Gifted and Talented) selective program. Its ICSEA is 1,004, where the national average is 1000.

1,887students
1,004ICSEA · higher than 62% of WA high schools
4%language background other than English
6%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
122teaching staff (FTE)

ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

#38 of 104 WA public schools on the WACE results list, on % of Year 12 students achieving WACEBand B1See the full list

Attendance and enrolment

About this school, from public sources

Based on publicly available information, Comet Bay College is a co-educational public secondary school in Secret Harbour, WA, catering for years 7-12 with over 1,900 students. It offers Gifted and Talented, Extension and mainstream pathways in the junior years, plus ATAR, General and VET pathways in senior years. Notable offerings include an Australian Football Specialist Program, a STEM Academy, a Cadet Program and a dedicated Australian Military History Museum. In 2020 the college ranked among the state's top ten public secondary schools academically.

Often praised

  • STEM Academy
  • Australian Football Specialist Program
  • Top-10 public school ranking (2020)

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NAPLAN

School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Comet Bay College on My School · Why some data is missing

WACE 2024

91.2% of Year 12 students achieving WACE
217Eligible Year 12 students
198WACE achieved (students)
56Completed 4+ ATAR courses (students)
25.8Completed 4+ ATAR courses (%)
139Certificate II or above (students)
64.1Certificate II or above (%)
195Certificate II+ and 4+ ATAR courses (students)

Last 4 years

Year% of Year 12 students achieving WACE
202491.2
202397.0
202297.1
202196.1

Source: School Curriculum and Standards Authority (WA) Year 12 achievement data.

Selective entry

Comet Bay College runs a Gifted and Talented (GATE) selective program alongside its local intake. Entry is by the state placement test in the year before starting; applications open early in the year. Recent published minimum entry scores:

  • 209.5 2019
  • 209.5 2020
  • 209.5 2021
  • 209.5 2024
  • 209.5 2025

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Gifted and accelerated programs

  • Extension Program (academic)

    Many comprehensive public high schools run their own class or program for high-ability students, under names such as Gifted and Talented, Academic Extension, Academic Excellence (common in Queensland), Enrichment or SEAL. These are not a department program: each school sets its own entry (often a test or application in Year 6) and class size. Listed only where the school's own website describes a dedicated class; check details with the school.

    Entry
    High-achieving students working at A or B grade level

    Source: department page ↗. Check current entry dates with the school.

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Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
Coastal Lakes CollegeLakelandsPublic high school5.7 km9751,145
Mother Teresa Catholic CollegeBaldivisCatholic k–12 / combined6.8 km1,0341,748
Mandurah Baptist CollegeLakelandsIndependent k–12 / combined6.9 km1,0491,511
Warnbro Community High SchoolWarnbroPublic high school7.8 km933799
Living Waters Lutheran CollegeWarnbroIndependent k–12 / combined8.1 km1,023917
Ridge View Secondary CollegeBaldivisPublic high school8.2 km9891,057
Tranby CollegeBaldivisIndependent k–12 / combined9.1 km1,060959
Frederick Irwin Anglican SchoolMandurahIndependent k–12 / combined10.4 km1,0721,920

Schools with a similar ICSEA in WA

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Fremantle CollegeGATEGifted class: Gifted classBeaconsfieldPublic high school · 7-121,3521,004
Atwell CollegeGifted class: Gifted classAtwellPublic high school · 7-127751,003
Alkimos CollegeGATEGifted class: Gifted classAlkimosPublic high school · 7-121,3351,006
Lynwood Senior High SchoolParkwoodPublic high school · 7-121,3291,002
Bunbury Senior High SchoolGATEGifted class: Gifted classBunburyPublic high school · 7-121,1011,008
Morley Senior High SchoolGifted class: Gifted classNorandaPublic high school · 7-121,0091,008

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.