Cowell Area School
42 Story Street, Cowell SA 5602
Cowell Area School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Cowell, SA from Reception to Year 12 with about 169 students. Its ICSEA is 969, 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
Drawn from public online sources: Cowell Area School is a government R-12 school in the coastal town of Cowell, South Australia, with around 169 students. It owns an oyster lease and runs an Aquaculture Skills Centre, and recently completed a $4 million redevelopment with new science, art and home economics spaces. A community library and early childhood centre are on the school grounds.
Often praised
- Aquaculture Skills Centre
- Recent campus redevelopment
- Early childhood centre onsite
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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 Cowell Area School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booleroo Centre District School | Booleroo Centre | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 168 | 970 |
| Keith Area School | Keith | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 295 | 968 |
| Yankalilla Area School | Yankalilla | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 389 | 970 |
| Minlaton District School | Minlaton | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 268 | 965 |
| Burra Community School | Burra | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 194 | 964 |
| Miltaburra Area School | Wirrulla | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 61 | 962 |
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.