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Epsom Primary School

Epsom, VIC, 3551

425 students enrolled

School details

Address: Howard Street, Epsom, VIC, 3551
Phone: 03 5448 4318
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 967
School code: 2367
ACARA ID: 44460

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

22%

967 · Higher than 22% of peers

Enrolment

Top 29%

425 · Larger than 71% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

42%

13.6 · More than 58% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among Victoria government primary schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (12% vs 27.3%).
Enrolment has grown 269.6% from 2008 to 2025 (115 → 425). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 47% male / 53% female.

Enrolment trend

115 (2008) → 425 (2025) · +269.6%

Peer median change: +5.1%

ICSEA

This school: 967 · higher than 22% 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): Bendigo
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Greater Bendigo
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): White Hills - Ascot
Sa3 Name (2026): Bendigo
Sa4 Name (2026): Bendigo

Nearby schools

Holy Rosary School

Catholic2.2 km away

White Hills Primary School

Government2.7 km away

Weeroona College Bendigo

Government4.0 km away

Kalianna School

Government4.7 km away

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

52 below average

This school: 967
Average: 1,019

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

57 below average

This school: 967
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 425 (2025) · larger than 71% of peers

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

71 above average

This school: 425
Average: 354

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

114 above average

This school: 425
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 13.6 (2025) · more than 58% of peers

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

2.3 above average

This school: 13.6
Average: 11.3

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

1.3 above average

This school: 13.6
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 6% (2025)

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

2.4 pts above average

This school: 6%
Average: 3.6%

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: 12% (2025)

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

5.9 pts above average

This school: 12%
Average: 6.1%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

15.3 pts below average

This school: 12%
Average: 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 7% (2025) · higher than 29% of peers

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

8.4 pts below average

This school: 7%
Average: 15.4%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

14.2 pts below average

This school: 7%
Average: 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 48% (2025) · more than 80% of peers

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

18.6 pts above average

This school: 48%
Average: 29.4%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

18.1 pts above average

This school: 48%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 36 (2025)

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

3 above average

This school: 36
Average: 33

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

9 above average

This school: 36
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 31 (2025)

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

4 above average

This school: 31
Average: 28

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

8 above average

This school: 31
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.epsomps.vic.edu.au/

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Bendigo East (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: 49
Enrolments · year 1: 67
Enrolments · year 2: 50
Enrolments · year 3: 65
Enrolments · year 4: 60
Enrolments · year 5: 61
Enrolments · year 6: 73