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Golden Grove Primary School

Golden Grove, SA, 5125

495 students enrolled

School details

Address: Golden Grove, SA, 5125
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,021
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 49676

Location

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How this school compares

Benchmarks against nearby schools and similar peers (South Australia government primary) using ICSEA, enrolments, staffing, and student background data.

ICSEA

67th

1,021 · peer percentile

Enrolment

91th

495 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

85th

17 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

67th

56% · peer percentile

ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (17 vs 13.3).
Enrolment has declined 19.1% from 2008 to 2025 (612 → 495). Peer schools averaged +0.2% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 53% male / 47% female.

Enrolment trend

612 (2008) → 495 (2025) · -19.1%

Peer average change: +0.2%

Enrolment history

School profile data

Program and context details. Student and staffing benchmarks are in How this school compares above.

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Makin
Geolocation (2025): Major Cities
Governing Body (2025): Department for Education South Australia
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.education.sa.gov.au/
Lga Name (2026): Tea Tree Gully
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Golden Grove
Sa3 Name (2026): Tea Tree Gully
Sa4 Name (2026): Adelaide - North

Nearby schools

Golden Grove High School

Government1.3 km away

Gleeson College

Catholic1.5 km away

Surrey Downs Primary School

Government1.5 km away

Pedare Christian College

Independent1.7 km away

ICSEA

This school: 1,021 · 67th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

32 below average

This school: 1,021
Average: 1,053

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

24 below average

This school: 1,021
Average: 1,045

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

30 above average

This school: 1,021
Average: 991

Enrolment

This school: 495 (2025) · 91th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

696 below average

This school: 495
Average: 1,191

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

390 below average

This school: 495
Average: 885

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

252 above average

This school: 495
Average: 243

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 17 (2025) · 85th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

4.2 above average

This school: 17
Average: 12.8

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

3.3 above average

This school: 17
Average: 13.7

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

3.7 above average

This school: 17
Average: 13.3

ICSEA percentile

This school: 56% (2025) · 67th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

11.7 pts below average

This school: 56%
Average: 67.7%

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

9 pts below average

This school: 56%
Average: 65%

vs South Australia government primary(343 schools)

11.2 pts above average

This school: 56%
Average: 44.8%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 5% (2025) · 46th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

3 pts above average

This school: 5%
Average: 2%

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

2.6 pts above average

This school: 5%
Average: 2.4%

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

4.7 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 9.7%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 13% (2025) · 56th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

1.7 pts below average

This school: 13%
Average: 14.7%

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

2.2 pts above average

This school: 13%
Average: 10.8%

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

7.3 pts below average

This school: 13%
Average: 20.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 14% (2025) · 63th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

8.3 pts below average

This school: 14%
Average: 22.3%

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

5.6 pts below average

This school: 14%
Average: 19.6%

vs South Australia government primary(343 schools)

1.4 pts below average

This school: 14%
Average: 15.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 26% (2025) · 37th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

8.3 pts above average

This school: 26%
Average: 17.7%

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

7.2 pts above average

This school: 26%
Average: 18.8%

vs South Australia government primary(343 schools)

10.3 pts below average

This school: 26%
Average: 36.3%

Teaching staff

This school: 31 (2025) · 82th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

70 below average

This school: 31
Average: 101

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

43 below average

This school: 31
Average: 74

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

11 above average

This school: 31
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 29 (2025) · 88th percentile among peers

vs Golden Grove schools(3 schools)

64 below average

This school: 29
Average: 93

vs Postcode 5125(5 schools)

38 below average

This school: 29
Average: 67

vs South Australia government primary(347 schools)

12 above average

This school: 29
Average: 17

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA and SEA describe socio-educational advantage, not school quality. LBOTE / Indigenous shares and FOEI are context, not rankings. Each comparison shows this school and the group average as two bars on one shared scale.

School Url (2025)

http://www.goldengps.sa.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

King

Year range (2025)

R-6

Enrolments by grade

Offers: one year before year 1, year 1, year 2, year 3, year 4, year 5, year 6

Enrolments · one year before year 1: 86
Enrolments · year 1: 64
Enrolments · year 2: 80
Enrolments · year 3: 59
Enrolments · year 4: 68
Enrolments · year 5: 66
Enrolments · year 6: 72