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Kennington Primary School

Kennington, VIC, 3550

581 students enrolled

School details

Address: 60 Crook Street, Kennington, VIC, 3550
School code: 3686
ACARA ID: 44639
ICSEA: 979
School type: Primary
Phone: 03 5443 2011
Website: Visit website

Enrolment history

How this school compares

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

ICSEA

30th

979 · peer percentile

Enrolment

87th

581 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

27th

11.3 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

29th

37% · peer percentile

ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (16% vs 27.3%).
Enrolment has declined 5.7% from 2008 to 2025 (616 → 581). Peer schools averaged +30.3% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 50% male / 50% female.

Enrolment trend

616 (2008) → 581 (2025) · -5.7%

Peer average change: +30.3%

Location

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School profile data

Remoteness (2026): Inner Regional
Campus type (2025): School Head Campus
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Bendigo
FTE non-teaching staff (2025): 30.1
FTE teaching staff (2025): 51.5
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
ICSEA percentile (2025): 37
Indigenous enrolments (%) (2025): 9
LBOTE — No (%) (2025): 66

Nearby schools

St Therese's School

Catholic853 m away

Bendigo South East 7-10 Secondary College

Government1.2 km away

Victory Christian College

Independent1.6 km away

DOXA School Bendigo

Catholic2.4 km away

ICSEA

This school: 979 · 30th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

44 below average

School 979 Avg 1,023

vs Victoria government primary (1,145 schools)

45 below average

School 979 Avg 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 581 (2025) · 87th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

62 above average

School 581 Avg 519

vs Victoria government primary (1,145 schools)

270 above average

School 581 Avg 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 11.3 (2025) · 27th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

0.4 below average

School 11.3 Avg 11.7

vs Victoria government primary (1,141 schools)

1 below average

School 11.3 Avg 12.3

ICSEA percentile

This school: 37% (2025) · 29th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

19.9 pts below average

School 37% Avg 56.9%

vs Victoria government primary (1,139 schools)

17.9 pts below average

School 37% Avg 54.9%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 9% (2025) · 88th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

2.9 pts above average

School 9% Avg 6.1%

vs Victoria government primary (1,144 schools)

4.8 pts above average

School 9% Avg 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 16% (2025) · 54th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

1 pts above average

School 16% Avg 15%

vs Victoria government primary (1,144 schools)

11.3 pts below average

School 16% Avg 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 15% (2025) · 54th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

5.8 pts below average

School 15% Avg 20.8%

vs Victoria government primary (1,139 schools)

6.2 pts below average

School 15% Avg 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 42% (2025) · 73th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

12.9 pts above average

School 42% Avg 29.1%

vs Victoria government primary (1,139 schools)

12.1 pts above average

School 42% Avg 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 61 (2025) · 95th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

11 above average

School 61 Avg 50

vs Victoria government primary (1,141 schools)

34 above average

School 61 Avg 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 52 (2025) · 94th percentile among peers

vs Postcode 3550 (16 schools)

9 above average

School 52 Avg 42

vs Victoria government primary (1,141 schools)

29 above average

School 52 Avg 23

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA and SEA describe socio-educational advantage, not school quality. LBOTE / Indigenous shares and FOEI are context, not rankings.

LBOTE — Not stated (%) (2025)

17

LBOTE — Yes (%) (2025)

16

Lga Name (2026)

Greater Bendigo

Non-teaching staff (2025)

44

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Rolled Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

East Bendigo - Kennington

Sa3 Name (2026)

Bendigo

Sa4 Name (2026)

Bendigo

School Url (2025)

http://www.kenningtonps.vic.edu.au

SEA bottom quarter (%) (2025)

42

SEA lower-middle quarter (%) (2025)

24

SEA top quarter (%) (2025)

15

SEA upper-middle quarter (%) (2025)

19

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Bendigo East (Northern Victoria)

Teaching staff (2025)

61

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: 67
Enrolments · year 1: 76
Enrolments · year 2: 96
Enrolments · year 3: 68
Enrolments · year 4: 97
Enrolments · year 5: 91
Enrolments · year 6: 86