CatholicPrimary

St John's School

Footscray, VIC, 3011

227 students enrolled

School details

Address: 34 Essex Street, FOOTSCRAY, VIC, 3011
Phone: 03 9687 3150
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,136
School code: 1146
ACARA ID: 45797

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

Top 9%

1,136 · Higher than 91% of peers

Enrolment

43%

227 · Smaller than 57% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

86%

10.1 · Fewer than 86% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among Victoria catholic primary schools.
ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
A higher share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (41% vs 28.4%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (10.1 vs 12.7).
Enrolment has grown 3.7% from 2008 to 2025 (219 → 227). Peer median change was +2.6% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

219 (2008) → 227 (2025) · +3.7%

Peer median change: +2.6%

ICSEA

Higher than 91% of peers

This school: 1,136
Footscray schoolsavg · 5 schools: 1,09046 above average
Postcode 3011avg · 5 schools: 1,09046 above average
Victoria catholic primaryavg · 389 schools: 1,05977 above average

Enrolment

Smaller than 57% of peers · 2025

This school: 227
Footscray schoolsavg · 5 schools: 567340 below average
Postcode 3011avg · 5 schools: 567340 below average
Victoria catholic primaryavg · 389 schools: 27851 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 86% of peers · 2025

This school: 10.1
Footscray schoolsavg · 5 schools: 12.12 below average
Postcode 3011avg · 5 schools: 12.12 below average
Victoria catholic primaryavg · 389 schools: 12.72.6 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 0%
Footscray schoolsavg · 5 schools: 1%none reported
Postcode 3011avg · 5 schools: 1%none reported
Victoria catholic primaryavg · 389 schools: 1.9%none reported

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 41%
Footscray schoolsavg · 5 schools: 49.8%8.8 pts below average
Postcode 3011avg · 5 schools: 49.8%8.8 pts below average
Victoria catholic primaryavg · 388 schools: 28.4%12.6 pts above average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 94% of peers · 2025

This school: 56%
Footscray schoolsavg · 5 schools: 39.4%16.6 pts above average
Postcode 3011avg · 5 schools: 39.4%16.6 pts above average
Victoria catholic primaryavg · 388 schools: 25.5%30.5 pts above average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 77% of peers · 2025

This school: 6%
Footscray schoolsavg · 5 schools: 12.8%6.8 pts below average
Postcode 3011avg · 5 schools: 12.8%6.8 pts below average
Victoria catholic primaryavg · 388 schools: 18.2%12.2 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 27
Footscray schoolsavg · 5 schools: 5427 below average
Postcode 3011avg · 5 schools: 5427 below average
Victoria catholic primaryavg · 389 schools: 252 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 23
Footscray schoolsavg · 5 schools: 4624 below average
Postcode 3011avg · 5 schools: 4624 below average
Victoria catholic primaryavg · 389 schools: 212 above average

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 metric shows this school once, then peer-group averages on the same scale.

NAPLAN & official outcomes

NAPLAN results, attendance, and finance for St John's School are published on the official My School website. SchoolGuide.au links there rather than republishing that data.

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