CatholicPrimary

St Laurence O'Toole School

Leongatha, VIC, 3953

180 students enrolled

School details

Address: 33-35 Ogilvy Street, LEONGATHA, VIC, 3953
Phone: 03 5662 2192
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,041
School code: 991
ACARA ID: 45774

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

38th

1,041 · peer percentile

Enrolment

33th

180 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

83th

14.9 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

39th

65% · peer percentile

ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (14.9 vs 12.7).
Enrolment has grown 4.7% from 2008 to 2025 (172 → 180). Peer schools averaged +41.2% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 52% male / 48% female.

Enrolment trend

172 (2008) → 180 (2025) · +4.7%

Peer average change: +41.2%

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Inner Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Monash
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Victorian Catholic Education Authority
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vcea.catholic.edu.au/
Lga Name (2026): South Gippsland
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Leongatha
Sa3 Name (2026): Gippsland - South West
Sa4 Name (2026): Latrobe - Gippsland

Nearby schools

South Gippsland Specialist School

Government274 m away

Leongatha Primary School

Government409 m away

Leongatha Secondary College

Government606 m away

Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College

Catholic1.6 km away

ICSEA

This school: 1,041 · 38th percentile among peers

School

1,041

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

45 above average

Average

996

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

45 above average

Average

996

vs Victoria catholic primary (389 schools)

18 below average

Average

1,059

Enrolment

This school: 180 (2025) · 33th percentile among peers

School

180

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

270 below average

Average

450

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

270 below average

Average

450

vs Victoria catholic primary (389 schools)

98 below average

Average

278

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 14.9 (2025) · 83th percentile among peers

School

14.9

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

4.1 above average

Average

10.8

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

4.1 above average

Average

10.8

vs Victoria catholic primary (389 schools)

2.2 above average

Average

12.7

ICSEA percentile

This school: 65% (2025) · 39th percentile among peers

School

65%

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

19.7 pts above average

Average

45.3%

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

19.7 pts above average

Average

45.3%

vs Victoria catholic primary (388 schools)

3.8 pts below average

Average

68.8%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 3% (2025) · 84th percentile among peers

School

3%

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

1.3 pts below average

Average

4.3%

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

1.3 pts below average

Average

4.3%

vs Victoria catholic primary (389 schools)

1.1 pts above average

Average

1.9%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 19% (2025) · 52th percentile among peers

School

19%

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

14.7 pts above average

Average

4.3%

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

14.7 pts above average

Average

4.3%

vs Victoria catholic primary (388 schools)

9.5 pts below average

Average

28.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 20% (2025) · 48th percentile among peers

School

20%

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

10 pts above average

Average

10%

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

10 pts above average

Average

10%

vs Victoria catholic primary (388 schools)

5.6 pts below average

Average

25.6%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 21% (2025) · 69th percentile among peers

School

21%

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

16 pts below average

Average

37%

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

16 pts below average

Average

37%

vs Victoria catholic primary (388 schools)

2.9 pts above average

Average

18.1%

Teaching staff

This school: 16 (2025) · 24th percentile among peers

School

16

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

31 below average

Average

47

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

31 below average

Average

47

vs Victoria catholic primary (389 schools)

9 below average

Average

25

FTE teaching staff

This school: 12 (2025) · 24th percentile among peers

School

12

vs Leongatha schools (4 schools)

27 below average

Average

39

vs Postcode 3953 (4 schools)

27 below average

Average

39

vs Victoria catholic primary (389 schools)

9 below average

Average

21

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. Each metric uses one shared scale; the teal marker shows this school's position on every average bar.

School Url (2025)

http://www.stlleongatha.catholic.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria)

Vic Area

Inner Gippsland

Vic Region

SOUTH-EASTERN 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: 20
Enrolments · year 1: 25
Enrolments · year 2: 26
Enrolments · year 3: 24
Enrolments · year 4: 26
Enrolments · year 5: 23
Enrolments · year 6: 36