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Dodges Ferry Primary School

Dodges Ferry, TAS, 7173

533 students enrolled

School details

Address: Dodges Ferry, TAS, 7173
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 981
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 40239

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

63th

981 · peer percentile

Enrolment

97th

533 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

85th

15 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

63th

38% · peer percentile

More students per FTE teacher than peer average (15 vs 12.5).
Enrolment has grown 34.9% from 2008 to 2025 (395 → 533). Peer schools averaged -6.1% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 48% male / 52% female.

Enrolment trend

395 (2008) → 533 (2025) · +34.9%

Peer average change: -6.1%

ICSEA

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): Lyons
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department for Education, Children and Young People Tasmania
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/
Lga Name (2026): Sorell
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Dodges Ferry - Lewisham
Sa3 Name (2026): Sorell - Dodges Ferry
Sa4 Name (2026)

This school: 981 · 63th percentile among peers

School

981

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

18 above average

Average

963

Enrolment

This school: 533 (2025) · 97th percentile among peers

School

533

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

293 above average

Average

240

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 15 (2025) · 85th percentile among peers

School

15

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

2.5 above average

Average

12.5

ICSEA percentile

This school: 38% (2025) · 63th percentile among peers

School

38%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

3.3 pts above average

Average

34.7%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 11% (2025) · 41th percentile among peers

School

11%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

3.9 pts below average

Average

14.9%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 4% (2025) · 61th percentile among peers

School

4%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

3.4 pts below average

Average

7.4%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 12% (2025) · 63th percentile among peers

School

12%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

1.9 pts below average

Average

13.9%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 38% (2025) · 41th percentile among peers

School

38%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

5.9 pts below average

Average

43.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 43 (2025) · 98th percentile among peers

School

43

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

21 above average

Average

22

FTE teaching staff

This school: 36 (2025) · 94th percentile among peers

School

36

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

17 above average

Average

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

Hobart

School Url (2025)

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

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Lyons (Prosser)

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: 68
Enrolments · two years before year 1: 69
Enrolments · year 1: 80
Enrolments · year 2: 77
Enrolments · year 3: 70
Enrolments · year 4: 63
Enrolments · year 5: 63
Enrolments · year 6: 43