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Luurnpa Catholic School

Wirrimanu Balgo Hills, Via Halls Creek WA 6770

CatholicK–12 / combinedYears K-10

Luurnpa Catholic School is a Catholic combined primary and secondary school in Via Halls Creek, WA from Kindergarten to Year 10 with about 101 students. Its ICSEA is 676, where the national average is 1000.

Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link

101students
676ICSEA · higher than 13% of WA private schools
99%language background other than English
100%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
9teaching staff (FTE)

Sector, 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

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources: Luurnpa Catholic School is part of the Catholic Diocese of Broome, located in the Wirrimanu community at Balgo Hills in the Kimberley. It began in 1984 at the invitation of the local Aboriginal community and teaches Kindergarten to Year 8, with the Kutjungka Trade Training Centre for Years 9 and 10. Its mission is to work in partnership with families to provide a Catholic education.

Often praised

  • Community partnership
  • Trade training centre
  • Catholic education

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: high. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.

NAPLAN

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About this data

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