Leigh Creek Area School
Black Oak Drive, Leigh Creek SA 5731
Leigh Creek Area School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Leigh Creek, SA from Reception to Year 12 with about 42 students. Its ICSEA is 791, 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 Leigh Creek Area School as a small government school in South Australia's remote northern Flinders Ranges, teaching Foundation to Year 12 on Adnyamathanha land. The school runs an Adnyamathanha Aboriginal language revival program, offering multiple lessons per week across all year levels, and was recognised with an Innovative Language Program Grant from the SA Department for Education. Most students are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, and the school serves as a close-knit community hub for the small Leigh Creek township.
Often praised
- Adnyamathanha language revival program
- state-recognised innovative language grant
- small, close-knit community school
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 Leigh Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coober Pedy Area School | Coober Pedy | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 175 | 785 |
| Marree Aboriginal School | Marree | Public k–12 / combined · R-12 | 19 | 781 |
About this data
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