Karratha Primary School
40 Turner Way, Karratha WA 6714
Karratha Primary School is a government primary school in Karratha, WA from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 263 students. Its ICSEA is 912, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, 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
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Karratha Primary School is an Independent Public School serving around 296 students from Kindergarten to Year 6 since 1971. It runs whole-school programs supporting learning, behaviour and social-emotional health, and has music, visual arts, science and computer rooms, sensory spaces, a dental clinic, and an onsite KindiLink playgroup.
Often praised
- Specialist music and arts rooms
- KindiLink playgroup onsite
- Social-emotional wellbeing programs
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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 Karratha Primary School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's Primary School | Karratha | Catholic primary | 1.1 km | 1,019 | 424 |
| Pegs Creek Primary School | Karratha | Public primary | 3.0 km | 899 | 227 |
| Millars Well Primary School | Karratha | Public primary | 4.5 km | 925 | 308 |
| Tambrey Primary School | Karratha | Public primary | 6.2 km | 930 | 694 |
| Baynton West Primary School | Baynton | Public primary | 6.7 km | 992 | 796 |
| Dampier Primary School | Dampier | Public primary | 17.5 km | 984 | 190 |
| Roebourne District High School | Roebourne | Public k–12 / combined | 29.7 km | 686 | 173 |
| Wickham Primary School | Wickham | Public primary | 29.8 km | 905 | 326 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leda Primary School | Leda | Public primary · K-6 | 357 | 912 |
| Midvale Primary School | Midvale | Public primary · K-6 | 334 | 912 |
| Tom Price Primary School | Tom Price | Public primary · K-6 | 257 | 912 |
| Allanson Primary School | Allanson | Public primary · K-6 | 87 | 911 |
| Cooloongup Primary School | Cooloongup | Public primary · K-6 | 282 | 913 |
| East Kenwick Primary School | Kenwick | Public primary · K-6 | 376 | 913 |
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.