Mamaruni School
Minjilang (Croker Is) NT 0822
Mamaruni School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Minjilang (Croker Is), NT from Transition to Year 12 with about 33 students. Its ICSEA is 626, 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
Public information suggests Mamaruni School is a small government school on Croker Island in Minjilang, a remote West Arnhem community about 235km from Darwin. The school teaches years T-12 and is noted for reviving the local Iwaidja language through its curriculum. Students have also taken part in community art projects, including murals created for the school's art centre and library. Rebuilt after cyclone damage in 2005, the school remains a focal point of the small community it serves.
Often praised
- Iwaidja language revitalisation program
- student-led community art/mural projects
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 Mamaruni 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 NT
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarralin School | Yarralin | Public k–12 / combined · T-12 | 73 | 626 |
| Haasts Bluff School | Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji) | Public k–12 / combined · T-9 | 15 | 625 |
| Jilkminggan School | Jilkminggan (Duck Creek) | Public k–12 / combined · T-12 | 57 | 625 |
| Bulla Camp School | Bulla | Public k–12 / combined · T-9 | 17 | 628 |
| Yirrkala School | Yirrkala | Public k–12 / combined · T-12 | 132 | 624 |
| Angurugu School | Angurugu | Public k–12 / combined · T-12 | 63 | 629 |
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.