O'Connor Cooperative School — Community Composition — O'Connor, ACT

ICSEA Socio-Educational Advantage

ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) measures the socio-educational profile of this school's community not the school itself.The national average is 1,000.It is calculated from parent's occupation, parent's education, geographic remoteness, and Indigenous enrolment proportion.The national average is 1,000.It is calculated from parent's occupation, parent's education, geographic remoteness, and Indigenous enrolment proportion.

ICSEA Score1141

800 (most disadvantaged)Well above average1200 (most advantaged) (most favored)

SEIFA IRSD Decile

10/10

least disadvantaged areas nationally

SEIFA IRSD Score

1154

Area-level index (ABS 2021)

ICSEA: ACARA (2025). SEIFA: ABS Census 2021.

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With 64 % of students from the top socio-educational quarter, O'Connor Cooperative School draws from a markedly more advantaged community than the national average. 1141

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Top quarter Top quarter

39 pp above avg64%

25% en cada trimestre

Upper middle

1 pp below avg24%

25% en cada trimestre

Below middleBelow middleBelow middle

17 pp below avg8%

25% en cada trimestre

Bottom quarter

21 pp below avg4%

25% en cada trimestre

2025

Community Composition Matters Why

ICSEA is not a quality ranking

ICSEA measures the community a school serves not how well the school teaches. Two schools with identical ICSEA scores can have dramatically different teaching quality, culture, and outcomes. ICSEA is context, not verdict.

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The composition shift over time

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SEIFA complements ICSEA

Seifa IRSD measures the geographic area around the school (from Census data). It provides a complementary view especially useful for understanding schools in gentrifying or rapidly changing neighborhoods where ICSEA may lag behind the on-the-ground reality