Hawker Area School
Arkaba Street, Hawker SA 5434
Hawker Area School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Hawker, SA from Reception to Year 12 with about 45 students. Its ICSEA is 930, 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 Hawker Area School as a small government R-12 school in South Australia's northern Flinders Ranges, serving around 45 students. It focuses on literacy, numeracy and science, and teaches Indonesian alongside the local Adnyamathanha language. The school is part of the Pichi Richi Trade Training Centre Consortium, giving senior students access to vocational certificates in cookery and construction, reflecting a practical, community-connected approach to secondary pathways in a remote setting.
Often praised
- Adnyamathanha language program
- vocational trade training pathways
- small remote school community
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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 Hawker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenues College | Windsor Gardens | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 493 | 929 |
| Gawler and District College B-12 | Evanston | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 1,247 | 932 |
| Allendale East Area School | Allendale East | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 134 | 926 |
| Mannum Community College | Mannum | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 398 | 936 |
| Moonta Area School | Moonta | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 253 | 924 |
| Roxby Downs Area School | Roxby Downs | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 491 | 922 |
About this data
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