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Ballarat Specialist School

Lake Gardens, VIC, 3355

453 students enrolled

School details

Address: 25 Gillies Street North, Lake Gardens, VIC, 3355
Phone: 03 5334 1302
Website: Visit website
School type: Special
ICSEA: 950
School code: 4762
ACARA ID: 44831

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

30%

950 · Higher than 30% of peers

Enrolment

Top 3%

453 · Larger than 97% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

6.3 · More than 96% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (8% vs 33.7%).
Enrolment has grown 72.2% from 2008 to 2025 (263 → 453). Peer median change was +35% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 69% male / 31% female.

Enrolment trend

263 (2008) → 453 (2025) · +72.2%

Peer median change: +35%

ICSEA

Higher than 30% of peers

This school: 950
Postcode 3355avg · 6 schools: 9599 below average
Victoria government specialavg · 73 schools: 98131 below average

Enrolment

Larger than 97% of peers · 2025

This school: 453
Postcode 3355avg · 6 schools: 554101 below average
Victoria government specialavg · 73 schools: 179274 above average

Students per FTE teacher

More than 96% of peers · 2025

This school: 6.3
Postcode 3355avg · 6 schools: 10.13.8 below average
Victoria government specialavg · 73 schools: 4.91.4 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 10%
Postcode 3355avg · 6 schools: 9.8%about average
Victoria government specialavg · 73 schools: 6.8%3.2 pts above average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 8%
Postcode 3355avg · 6 schools: 10.5%2.5 pts below average
Victoria government specialavg · 73 schools: 33.7%25.7 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 30% of peers · 2025

This school: 7%
Postcode 3355avg · 6 schools: 11.8%4.8 pts below average
Victoria government specialavg · 72 schools: 14%7 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 67% of peers · 2025

This school: 53%
Postcode 3355avg · 6 schools: 51%2 pts above average
Victoria government specialavg · 72 schools: 42.6%10.4 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 80
Postcode 3355avg · 6 schools: 6713 above average
Victoria government specialavg · 73 schools: 4139 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 72
Postcode 3355avg · 6 schools: 5319 above average
Victoria government specialavg · 73 schools: 3636 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

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