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Nixon Street Primary School

Devonport, TAS, 7310

320 students enrolled

School details

Address: Devonport, TAS, 7310
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 40192
ICSEA: 921
School type: Primary
Website: Visit website

Enrolment history

How this school compares

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

ICSEA

33th

921 · peer percentile

Enrolment

70th

320 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

66th

14 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

32th

15% · peer percentile

ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
Enrolment has declined 48.8% from 2008 to 2025 (625 → 320). Peer schools averaged -5.4% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 50% male / 50% female.

Enrolment trend

625 (2008) → 320 (2025) · -48.8%

Peer average change: -5.4%

ICSEA

Location

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School profile data

Remoteness (2026): Outer Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Braddon
FTE non-teaching staff (2025): 15.8
FTE teaching staff (2025): 22.9
Geolocation (2025): Outer Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department for Education, Children and Young People Tasmania
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/
ICSEA percentile (2025): 15
Indigenous enrolments (%) (2025): 16
LBOTE — No (%) (2025): 97

Nearby schools

Don College

Government727 m away

St Brendan-Shaw College

Catholic733 m away

Devonport High School

Government1.0 km away

Devonport Christian School

Independent1.6 km away

This school: 921 · 33th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

26 below average

School 921 Avg 947

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

27 below average

School 921 Avg 948

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

43 below average

School 921 Avg 964

Enrolment

This school: 320 (2025) · 70th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

86 below average

School 320 Avg 406

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

14 below average

School 320 Avg 334

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

78 above average

School 320 Avg 242

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 14 (2025) · 66th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

1.7 above average

School 14 Avg 12.3

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

2 above average

School 14 Avg 12

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

1.5 above average

School 14 Avg 12.5

ICSEA percentile

This school: 15% (2025) · 32th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

11.3 pts below average

School 15% Avg 26.3%

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

12.7 pts below average

School 15% Avg 27.7%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

19.9 pts below average

School 15% Avg 34.9%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 16% (2025) · 55th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

about average

School 16% Avg 16.6%

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

1.3 pts below average

School 16% Avg 17.3%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

1.1 pts above average

School 16% Avg 14.9%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 3% (2025) · 54th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

2.9 pts below average

School 3% Avg 5.9%

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

1.1 pts below average

School 3% Avg 4.1%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

4.4 pts below average

School 3% Avg 7.4%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 3% (2025) · 29th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

5.5 pts below average

School 3% Avg 8.5%

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

5.6 pts below average

School 3% Avg 8.6%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

10.9 pts below average

School 3% Avg 13.9%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 59% (2025) · 72th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

11 pts above average

School 59% Avg 48%

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

13.2 pts above average

School 59% Avg 45.8%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

15.3 pts above average

School 59% Avg 43.7%

Teaching staff

This school: 29 (2025) · 76th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

12 below average

School 29 Avg 41

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

4 below average

School 29 Avg 33

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

7 above average

School 29 Avg 22

FTE teaching staff

This school: 23 (2025) · 74th percentile among peers

vs Devonport schools (8 schools)

12 below average

School 23 Avg 35

vs Postcode 7310 (14 schools)

5 below average

School 23 Avg 28

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

5 above average

School 23 Avg 18

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.

LBOTE — Not stated (%) (2025)

0

LBOTE — Yes (%) (2025)

3

Lga Name (2026)

Devonport

Non-teaching staff (2025)

25

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Devonport

Sa3 Name (2026)

Devonport

Sa4 Name (2026)

West and North West

School Url (2025)

https://nixonstreetprimary.education.tas.edu.au/

SEA bottom quarter (%) (2025)

59

SEA lower-middle quarter (%) (2025)

27

SEA top quarter (%) (2025)

3

SEA upper-middle quarter (%) (2025)

10

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Braddon (Mersey)

Teaching staff (2025)

29

Year range (2025)

K-6

Enrolments by grade

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

Enrolments · one year before year 1: 35
Enrolments · two years before year 1: 23
Enrolments · year 1: 38
Enrolments · year 2: 42
Enrolments · year 3: 35
Enrolments · year 4: 43
Enrolments · year 5: 51
Enrolments · year 6: 53