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Fairfield Primary School

Fairfield, VIC, 3078

556 students enrolled

School details

Address: Langridge Street, Fairfield, VIC, 3078
Phone: 03 9489 2966
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,170
School code: 2711
ACARA ID: 44500

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

Top

1,170 · Highest among peers

Enrolment

Top 16%

556 · Larger than 84% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

25%

14.4 · More than 75% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among Victoria government primary schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (9% vs 27.3%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (14.4 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has grown 48.3% from 2008 to 2025 (375 → 556). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 49% male / 51% female.

Enrolment trend

375 (2008) → 556 (2025) · +48.3%

Peer median change: +5.1%

ICSEA

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Cooper
Geolocation (2025): Major Cities
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Darebin
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Alphington - Fairfield
Sa3 Name (2026): Darebin - South
Sa4 Name (2026): Melbourne - Inner

Nearby schools

St Anthony's School

Catholic230 m away

Alphington Primary School

Government1.2 km away

Westgarth Primary School

Government1.3 km away

Alphington Grammar School

Independent1.4 km away

This school: 1,170 · highest among peers

vs Postcode 3078(3 schools)

15 above average

This school: 1,170
Average: 1,155

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

147 above average

This school: 1,170
Average: 1,023

Enrolment

This school: 556 (2025) · larger than 84% of peers

vs Postcode 3078(3 schools)

177 above average

This school: 556
Average: 379

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

245 above average

This school: 556
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 14.4 (2025) · more than 75% of peers

vs Postcode 3078(3 schools)

2.5 above average

This school: 14.4
Average: 11.9

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

2.1 above average

This school: 14.4
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 0% (2025)

vs Postcode 3078(3 schools)

none reported

This school: 0%
Average: 0.3%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

none reported

This school: 0%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 9% (2025)

vs Postcode 3078(3 schools)

15 pts below average

This school: 9%
Average: 24%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

18.3 pts below average

This school: 9%
Average: 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 68% (2025) · highest among peers

vs Postcode 3078(3 schools)

5.7 pts above average

This school: 68%
Average: 62.3%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

46.8 pts above average

This school: 68%
Average: 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 1% (2025) · fewer than 98% of peers

vs Postcode 3078(3 schools)

1 pts below average

This school: 1%
Average: 2%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

28.9 pts below average

This school: 1%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 44 (2025)

vs Postcode 3078(3 schools)

7 above average

This school: 44
Average: 37

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

17 above average

This school: 44
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 39 (2025)

vs Postcode 3078(3 schools)

6 above average

This school: 39
Average: 32

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

16 above average

This school: 39
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.fairfieldps.vic.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Northcote (Northern Metropolitan)

Vic Area

North Eastern Melbourne

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: 67
Enrolments · year 1: 91
Enrolments · year 2: 86
Enrolments · year 3: 79
Enrolments · year 4: 95
Enrolments · year 5: 71
Enrolments · year 6: 67