Independent · Combined · Rapid Creek

The Essington School

782

Students

406 boys · 376 girls

T-12

Year range

1128

ICSEA

avg = 1000

Students from non-English speaking background

ICSEA — socio-educational intake context 1128

ICSEA reflects the socio-educational background of students at this school — it is an intake measure, not a teaching quality or outcomes ranking. National average is 1000. Range is roughly 500–1300. This school's ICSEA places it above 91% of Australian schools.

Suburb Rapid Creek 0810

Local government area Darwin

Remoteness Outer Regional

Sector Independent

School type Combined

Indigenous students 0%

Statistical area (SA2) Rapid Creek

Official website www.essington.nt.edu.au/

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Other schools in Rapid Creek

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA

Nightcliff High School Government 7-9 409 986

St Paul's Catholic Primary School Catholic T-6 221 1077

Source: ACARA School Profile & School Location 2025 (Data Access Program). VIC and NSW government catchment zones from DET School Zones 2026 and NSW DoE School Intake Zones 2026. ICSEA is a socio-educational intake index — it measures student background, not teaching quality or outcomes. Methodology →