Dowerin District High School
35 Memorial Avenue, Dowerin WA 6461
Dowerin District High School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Dowerin, WA from Kindergarten to Year 10 with about 125 students. Its ICSEA is 963, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Dowerin District High School as a small government K-10 school in the WA wheatbelt town of Dowerin, serving around 140 students and operating on its current site since 1958. Its motto, "Together We Strive," reflects a community-oriented approach, with a school board and P&C drawing on parents, staff and locals for strategic input. The curriculum spans core learning areas plus wellbeing support, technologies, cadets and career pathways programs, backed by bus services for surrounding families.
Often praised
- strong community and parent involvement
- cadets and career pathways programs
- long-established, well-resourced site
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
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
Schools with a similar ICSEA in WA
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gnowangerup District High School | Gnowangerup | Public k–12 / combined · K-10 | 167 | 963 |
| Jerramungup District High School | Jerramungup | Public k–12 / combined · K-10 | 116 | 962 |
| Cunderdin District High School | Cunderdin | Public k–12 / combined · K-10 | 159 | 960 |
| York District High School | York | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 374 | 960 |
| Donnybrook District High School | Donnybrook | Public k–12 / combined · K-10 | 464 | 959 |
| Bullsbrook College | Bullsbrook | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 969 | 957 |
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.