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Bolinda Primary School

Bolinda, VIC, 3432

48 students enrolled

School details

Address: 1 Mullalys Road, Bolinda, VIC, 3432
Phone: 03 5428 5317
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,004
School code: 1070
ACARA ID: 44190

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

45%

1,004 · Higher than 45% of peers

Enrolment

14%

48 · Smaller than 86% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

83%

9.8 · Fewer than 83% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (5% vs 27.3%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (9.8 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has grown 84.6% from 2008 to 2025 (26 → 48). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 48% male / 52% female.

Enrolment trend

26 (2008) → 48 (2025) · +84.6%

Peer median change: +5.1%

ICSEA

This school: 1,004 · higher than 45% of peers

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): McEwen
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Macedon Ranges
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Romsey
Sa3 Name (2026): Macedon Ranges
Sa4 Name (2026): Melbourne - North West

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

20 below average

This school: 1,004
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 48 (2025) · smaller than 86% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

263 below average

This school: 48
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 9.8 (2025) · fewer than 83% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

2.5 below average

This school: 9.8
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 6% (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

1.8 pts above average

This school: 6%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 5% (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

22.3 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 15% (2025) · higher than 54% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

6.2 pts below average

This school: 15%
Average: 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 31% (2025) · more than 54% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

1.1 pts above average

This school: 31%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 5 (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

22 below average

This school: 5
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 5 (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

18 below average

This school: 5
Average: 23

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA describes socio-educational advantage of the school community, not school quality. Indigenous and LBOTE shares are context only (shown in the detail comparisons below, not as ranking tiles). Each comparison shows this school and the group average as two bars on one shared scale.

School Url (2025)

http://www.bolindaps.vic.edu.au/

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Macedon (Northern Victoria)

Vic Area

Loddon Campaspe

Vic Region

NORTH-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: 6
Enrolments · year 1: 9
Enrolments · year 2: 2
Enrolments · year 3: 8
Enrolments · year 4: 2
Enrolments · year 5: 10
Enrolments · year 6: 11