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Port Elliot Primary School

Port Elliot, SA, 5212

351 students enrolled

School details

Address: Port Elliot, SA, 5212
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 990
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 49279

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

52th

990 · peer percentile

Enrolment

73th

351 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

64th

15 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

51th

42% · peer percentile

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (2% vs 20.4%).
Enrolment has grown 26.3% from 2008 to 2025 (278 → 351). Peer schools averaged +0.1% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 49% male / 51% female.

Enrolment trend

278 (2008) → 351 (2025) · +26.3%

Peer average change: +0.1%

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Inner Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Mayo
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department for Education South Australia
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.education.sa.gov.au/
Lga Name (2026): Alexandrina
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Goolwa - Port Elliot
Sa3 Name (2026): Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island
Sa4 Name (2026): South Australia - South East

Nearby schools

Encounter Lutheran College

Independent3.7 km away

ICSEA

This school: 990 · 52th percentile among peers

School

990

vs South Australia government primary (347 schools)

1 below average

Average

991

Enrolment

This school: 351 (2025) · 73th percentile among peers

School

351

vs South Australia government primary (347 schools)

108 above average

Average

244

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 15 (2025) · 64th percentile among peers

School

15

vs South Australia government primary (347 schools)

1.7 above average

Average

13.3

ICSEA percentile

This school: 42% (2025) · 51th percentile among peers

School

42%

vs South Australia government primary (343 schools)

2.9 pts below average

Average

44.9%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 6% (2025) · 54th percentile among peers

School

6%

vs South Australia government primary (347 schools)

3.7 pts below average

Average

9.7%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 2% (2025) · 19th percentile among peers

School

2%

vs South Australia government primary (347 schools)

18.4 pts below average

Average

20.4%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 10% (2025) · 54th percentile among peers

School

10%

vs South Australia government primary (343 schools)

5.4 pts below average

Average

15.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 40% (2025) · 58th percentile among peers

School

40%

vs South Australia government primary (343 schools)

3.8 pts above average

Average

36.2%

Teaching staff

This school: 26 (2025) · 74th percentile among peers

School

26

vs South Australia government primary (347 schools)

6 above average

Average

20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 23 (2025) · 75th percentile among peers

School

23

vs South Australia government primary (347 schools)

7 above average

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 metric uses one shared scale; the teal marker shows this school's position on every average bar.

School Url (2025)

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

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Finniss

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: 53
Enrolments · year 1: 46
Enrolments · year 2: 44
Enrolments · year 3: 53
Enrolments · year 4: 42
Enrolments · year 5: 44
Enrolments · year 6: 69