GovernmentPrimary

Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street)

Ballarat, VIC, 3350

227 students enrolled

School details

Address: 401 Dana Street, Ballarat, VIC, 3350
Phone: 03 5332 1301
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,069
School code: 33
ACARA ID: 44038

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

74th

1,069 · peer percentile

Enrolment

44th

227 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

44th

12.7 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

74th

75% · peer percentile

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (15% vs 27.3%).
Enrolment has grown 12.4% from 2008 to 2025 (202 → 227). Peer schools averaged +30.3% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 54% male / 46% female.

Enrolment trend

202 (2008) → 227 (2025) · +12.4%

Peer average change: +30.3%

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): Ballarat
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Ballarat
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Ballarat
Sa3 Name (2026): Ballarat
Sa4 Name (2026): Ballarat

Nearby schools

St Patrick's School

Catholic601 m away

Macarthur Street Primary School

Government1.5 km away

Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)

Government1.6 km away

Mount Pleasant Primary School

Government1.6 km away

ICSEA

This school: 1,069 · 74th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(8 schools)

17 above average

This school: 1,069
Average: 1,052

vs Postcode 3350(28 schools)

32 above average

This school: 1,069
Average: 1,037

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

46 above average

This school: 1,069
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 227 (2025) · 44th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(8 schools)

460 below average

This school: 227
Average: 687

vs Postcode 3350(28 schools)

291 below average

This school: 227
Average: 518

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

84 below average

This school: 227
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 12.7 (2025) · 44th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(8 schools)

0.5 below average

This school: 12.7
Average: 13.2

vs Postcode 3350(28 schools)

0.5 below average

This school: 12.7
Average: 13.2

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

0.4 above average

This school: 12.7
Average: 12.3

ICSEA percentile

This school: 75% (2025) · 74th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(8 schools)

9.5 pts above average

This school: 75%
Average: 65.5%

vs Postcode 3350(28 schools)

14.1 pts above average

This school: 75%
Average: 60.9%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

20.1 pts above average

This school: 75%
Average: 54.9%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 4% (2025) · 71th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(8 schools)

about average

This school: 4%
Average: 4.4%

vs Postcode 3350(28 schools)

about average

This school: 4%
Average: 4.8%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

about average

This school: 4%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 15% (2025) · 52th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(8 schools)

2.6 pts above average

This school: 15%
Average: 12.4%

vs Postcode 3350(28 schools)

4.4 pts above average

This school: 15%
Average: 10.6%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

12.3 pts below average

This school: 15%
Average: 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 33% (2025) · 76th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(8 schools)

6.4 pts above average

This school: 33%
Average: 26.6%

vs Postcode 3350(28 schools)

11.7 pts above average

This school: 33%
Average: 21.3%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

11.8 pts above average

This school: 33%
Average: 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 15% (2025) · 29th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(8 schools)

5.6 pts below average

This school: 15%
Average: 20.6%

vs Postcode 3350(28 schools)

9.1 pts below average

This school: 15%
Average: 24.1%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

14.9 pts below average

This school: 15%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 22 (2025) · 48th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(9 schools)

37 below average

This school: 22
Average: 59

vs Postcode 3350(29 schools)

24 below average

This school: 22
Average: 46

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

5 below average

This school: 22
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 18 (2025) · 45th percentile among peers

vs Ballarat schools(9 schools)

32 below average

This school: 18
Average: 50

vs Postcode 3350(29 schools)

21 below average

This school: 18
Average: 39

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

5 below average

This school: 18
Average: 23

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.danaps.vic.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Wendouree (Western Victoria)

Vic Area

Central Highlands

Vic Region

SOUTH-WESTERN VICTORIA

Year range (2025)

Prep-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: 17
Enrolments · year 1: 25
Enrolments · year 2: 32
Enrolments · year 3: 42
Enrolments · year 4: 33
Enrolments · year 5: 46
Enrolments · year 6: 32