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Perth Primary School

Perth, TAS, 7300

297 students enrolled

School details

Address: Perth, TAS, 7300
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 972
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 40174

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

58th

972 · peer percentile

Enrolment

63th

297 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

97th

16.2 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

60th

34% · peer percentile

Indigenous enrolment share is 8% vs peer average 15%.
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (16.2 vs 12.5).
Enrolment has grown 23.2% from 2008 to 2025 (241 → 297). Peer schools averaged -6% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 55% male / 45% female.

Enrolment trend

241 (2008) → 297 (2025) · +23.2%

Peer average change: -6%

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): Northern Midlands
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Perth - Evandale
Sa3 Name (2026): North East
Sa4 Name (2026): Launceston and North East

ICSEA

This school: 972 · 58th percentile among peers

School

972

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

9 above average

Average

963

Enrolment

This school: 297 (2025) · 63th percentile among peers

School

297

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

55 above average

Average

242

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 16.2 (2025) · 97th percentile among peers

School

16.2

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

3.7 above average

Average

12.5

ICSEA percentile

This school: 34% (2025) · 60th percentile among peers

School

34%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

about average

Average

34.8%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 8% (2025) · 32th percentile among peers

School

8%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

7 pts below average

Average

15%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 1% (2025) · 25th percentile among peers

School

1%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

6.4 pts below average

Average

7.4%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 6% (2025) · 45th percentile among peers

School

6%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

7.9 pts below average

Average

13.9%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 44% (2025) · 50th percentile among peers

School

44%

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

about average

Average

43.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 22 (2025) · 53th percentile among peers

School

22

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

about average

Average

22

FTE teaching staff

This school: 18 (2025) · 52th percentile among peers

School

18

vs Tasmania government primary (124 schools)

about 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.

School Url (2025)

https://southperthps.wa.edu.au/

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Lyons (McIntyre)

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: 44
Enrolments · two years before year 1: 25
Enrolments · year 1: 44
Enrolments · year 2: 43
Enrolments · year 3: 34
Enrolments · year 4: 35
Enrolments · year 5: 40
Enrolments · year 6: 32