St Kevin's Catholic Primary School
Dee Why NSW 2099
St Kevin's Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary school in Dee Why, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 178 students. Its ICSEA is 1,085, where the national average is 1000.
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, 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: St Kevin's is a small Catholic primary school (Kindergarten to Year 6) in the Dee Why shopping district, managed by Catholic Schools Broken Bay. Founded in 1925 by the Sisters of Mercy, it has around 178 students and a culturally diverse community, with about 70 percent of students from a language background other than English, reflecting the wider Dee Why area.
Often praised
- Culturally diverse community
- Long local history
- Small class sizes
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Why Public School | Dee Why | Public primary | 0.8 km | 1,028 | 478 |
| St Luke's Grammar School | Dee Why | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.8 km | 1,178 | 1,481 |
| Curl Curl North Public School | North Curl Curl | Public primary | 1.1 km | 1,116 | 699 |
| Karuna Montessori School | Narraweena | Independent primary | 1.5 km | — | 4 |
| Pittwater House Schools | Collaroy | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.5 km | 1,158 | 1,002 |
| St John the Apostle Catholic Primary School | Narraweena | Catholic primary | 1.5 km | 1,091 | 247 |
| Narraweena Public School | Narraweena | Public primary | 1.6 km | 1,059 | 511 |
| St Augustine's College Sydney | Brookvale | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.8 km | 1,141 | 1,580 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corpus Christi Primary School | Waratah | Catholic primary · K-6 | 169 | 1,085 |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Strathfield South | Catholic primary · K-6 | 101 | 1,084 |
| St Bernadette's Primary School | Dundas Valley | Catholic primary · K-6 | 188 | 1,083 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School | Gwynneville | Catholic primary · K-6 | 175 | 1,083 |
| St Joan of Arc Catholic Primary School | Haberfield | Catholic primary · K-6 | 110 | 1,083 |
| St John Vianney's Primary School | Doonside | Catholic primary · K-6 | 348 | 1,083 |
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.