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Gunbower Primary School

Gunbower, VIC, 3566

34 students enrolled

School details

Address: 2 School Road, Gunbower, VIC, 3566
Phone: 03 5487 1323
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 921
School code: 2231
ACARA ID: 44443

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

Bottom 6%

921 · Lower than 94% of peers

Enrolment

11%

34 · Smaller than 89% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

88%

8.5 · Fewer than 88% 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 (9% vs 27.3%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (18% vs average 4.2%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (8.5 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has declined 24.4% from 2008 to 2025 (45 → 34). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

45 (2008) → 34 (2025) · -24.4%

Peer median change: +5.1%

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): Nicholls
Geolocation (2025): Outer Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Campaspe
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Lockington - Gunbower
Sa3 Name (2026): Campaspe
Sa4 Name (2026): Shepparton

ICSEA

This school: 921 · lower than 94% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

103 below average

This school: 921
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 34 (2025) · smaller than 89% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

277 below average

This school: 34
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 8.5 (2025) · fewer than 88% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

3.8 below average

This school: 8.5
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 18% (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

13.8 pts above average

This school: 18%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 9% (2025)

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: 6% (2025) · higher than 25% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

15.2 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 61% (2025) · more than 94% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

31.1 pts above average

This school: 61%
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: 4 (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

19 below average

This school: 4
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.gunbowerps.vic.edu.au/

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Murray Plains (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: 2
Enrolments · year 1: 3
Enrolments · year 2: 5
Enrolments · year 3: 7
Enrolments · year 4: 6
Enrolments · year 5: 4
Enrolments · year 6: 7