Kimba Area School
69 West Terrace, Kimba SA 5641
Kimba Area School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Kimba, SA from Reception to Year 12 with about 187 students. Its ICSEA is 992, 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 Kimba Area School as a government R-12 school in the small Eyre Peninsula town of Kimba, South Australia, serving around 190 students across primary and secondary years. As a combined area school it offers a single-site education from reception through year 12, with a low student-to-teacher ratio typical of small rural schools. The school promotes a set of core values — doing your best, respect, resilience, relationships and responsibility — introduced in 2017, and maintains a compulsory school uniform.
Often praised
- low student-to-teacher ratio
- R-12 all-through schooling
- clear values framework
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
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Kimba Area School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakbank School | Oakbank | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 337 | 993 |
| Orroroo Area School | Orroroo | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 144 | 991 |
| Cummins Area School | Cummins | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 382 | 994 |
| Kangaroo Inn Area School | Kangaroo Inn | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 106 | 990 |
| Cleve Area School | Cleve | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 324 | 988 |
| Reynella East College | Reynella East | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 1,938 | 988 |
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.