GovernmentPrimary

The Lake Primary School

Cabarita, VIC, 3505

267 students enrolled

School details

Address: 225 Seventeenth Street, Cabarita, VIC, 3505
Phone: 03 5023 3468
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 986
School code: 3581
ACARA ID: 44621

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

34%

986 · Higher than 34% of peers

Enrolment

Top 49%

267 · Larger than 51% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

5%

15.8 · More than 95% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (4% vs 27.3%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (15.8 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has grown 103.8% from 2008 to 2025 (131 → 267). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 53% male / 47% female.

Enrolment trend

131 (2008) → 267 (2025) · +103.8%

Peer median change: +5.1%

ICSEA

This school: 986 · higher than 34% of peers

Enrolment history

School profile data

Program and context details. Student and staffing benchmarks are in How this school compares above.

Remoteness (2026): Outer Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Mallee
Geolocation (2025): Outer Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Mildura
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Merbein
Sa3 Name (2026): Mildura
Sa4 Name (2026): North West

Nearby schools

Mildura South Primary School

Government3.2 km away

Trinity Lutheran College

Independent3.3 km away

Ranfurly Primary School

Government4.0 km away

Merbein P-10 College

Government4.5 km away

vs Postcode 3505(2 schools)

11 above average

This school: 986
Average: 975

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

38 below average

This school: 986
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 267 (2025) · larger than 51% of peers

vs Postcode 3505(2 schools)

132 below average

This school: 267
Average: 399

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

44 below average

This school: 267
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 15.8 (2025) · more than 95% of peers

vs Postcode 3505(2 schools)

1.3 above average

This school: 15.8
Average: 14.5

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

3.5 above average

This school: 15.8
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 9% (2025)

vs Postcode 3505(2 schools)

1 pts below average

This school: 9%
Average: 10%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

4.8 pts above average

This school: 9%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 4% (2025)

vs Postcode 3505(2 schools)

1 pts above average

This school: 4%
Average: 3%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

23.3 pts below average

This school: 4%
Average: 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 8% (2025) · higher than 33% of peers

vs Postcode 3505(2 schools)

2 pts above average

This school: 8%
Average: 6%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

13.2 pts below average

This school: 8%
Average: 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 34% (2025) · more than 60% of peers

vs Postcode 3505(2 schools)

5 pts below average

This school: 34%
Average: 39%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

4.1 pts above average

This school: 34%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 18 (2025)

vs Postcode 3505(2 schools)

18 below average

This school: 18
Average: 36

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

9 below average

This school: 18
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 17 (2025)

vs Postcode 3505(2 schools)

15 below average

This school: 17
Average: 32

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

6 below average

This school: 17
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.thelakeps.vic.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Mildura (Northern Victoria)

Vic Area

Mallee

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: 37
Enrolments · year 1: 31
Enrolments · year 2: 41
Enrolments · year 3: 31
Enrolments · year 4: 40
Enrolments · year 5: 50
Enrolments · year 6: 37