Ltyentye Apurte Catholic School
35 Church Street, Santa Teresa (Ltyenty Apurte) NT 0872
Ltyentye Apurte Catholic School is a Catholic combined primary and secondary school in Santa Teresa (Ltyenty Apurte), NT from Transition to Year 9 with about 111 students. Its ICSEA is 622, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Ltyentye Apurte Catholic School serves Santa Teresa, an Eastern Arrernte community about 83 km south-east of Alice Springs, founded as a mission in 1953. It teaches Transition to Year 12, with around 117 students and small student-to-teacher ratios. Arrernte is widely spoken, and the school uses an English as a Second Language approach.
Often praised
- Small class sizes
- ESL approach
- Strong Arrernte community links
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
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Schools with a similar ICSEA in NT
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Thamarrurr Catholic College | Port Keats | Catholic k–12 / combined · T-12 | 467 | 622 |
About this data
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