Sacred Heart Primary School
40 Mary Street, Highgate WA 6003
Sacred Heart Primary School is a Catholic primary school in Highgate, WA from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 230 students. Its ICSEA is 1,124, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
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: Sacred Heart is a co-educational Catholic school in Highgate for about 250 children from Pre Kindy to Year 6, founded in 1897 by the Our Lady of the Mission Sisters. Its convent and school buildings are heritage-listed. It serves a multicultural inner-city community, with specialist teachers in Music, Art, Science, Italian and Physical Education.
Often praised
- Heritage-listed school buildings
- Multicultural inner-city community
- Specialist teaching including Italian
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate Primary School | Highgate | Public primary | 0.4 km | 1,110 | 965 |
| Perth College | Mount Lawley | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.0 km | 1,138 | 918 |
| St Paul's Primary School | Mount Lawley | Catholic primary | 1.4 km | 1,141 | 239 |
| North Perth Primary School | North Perth | Public primary | 1.4 km | 1,135 | 475 |
| Mount Lawley Primary School | Mount Lawley | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,155 | 497 |
| School of Isolated and Distance Education | Leederville | Public k–12 / combined | 2.5 km | 1,063 | 229 |
| Kyilla Primary School | North Perth | Public primary | 2.6 km | 1,132 | 365 |
| Aranmore Catholic College | Leederville | Catholic k–12 / combined | 2.6 km | 991 | 966 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in WA
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Columba's School | Bayswater | Catholic primary · K-6 | 501 | 1,125 |
| St Denis School | Joondanna | Catholic primary · K-6 | 253 | 1,123 |
| Holy Rosary School | Doubleview | Catholic primary · K-6 | 475 | 1,128 |
| Mel Maria Catholic Primary School | Attadale | Catholic primary · K-6 | 596 | 1,131 |
| Our Lady of Fatima School | Palmyra | Catholic primary · K-6 | 196 | 1,116 |
| Queen of Apostles School | Riverton | Catholic primary · K-6 | 235 | 1,115 |
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.