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Maffra Primary School

Maffra, VIC, 3860

230 students enrolled

School details

Address: 22-28 Church Street, Maffra, VIC, 3860
Phone: 03 5147 1236
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 979
School code: 861
ACARA ID: 44153

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

30%

979 · Higher than 30% of peers

Enrolment

45%

230 · Smaller than 55% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

21%

14.6 · More than 79% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (10% vs 27.3%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (14.6 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has declined 22.3% from 2008 to 2025 (296 → 230). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 53% male / 47% female.

Enrolment trend

296 (2008) → 230 (2025) · -22.3%

Peer median change: +5.1%

ICSEA

This school: 979 · higher than 30% of peers

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): Gippsland
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Wellington
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Maffra
Sa3 Name (2026): Wellington
Sa4 Name (2026): Latrobe - Gippsland

Nearby schools

St Mary's School

Catholic389 m away

Maffra Secondary College

Government506 m away

vs Maffra schools(2 schools)

5 below average

This school: 979
Average: 984

vs Postcode 3860(4 schools)

4 above average

This school: 979
Average: 976

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

45 below average

This school: 979
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 230 (2025) · smaller than 55% of peers

vs Maffra schools(2 schools)

133 below average

This school: 230
Average: 363

vs Postcode 3860(4 schools)

19 below average

This school: 230
Average: 249

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

81 below average

This school: 230
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 14.6 (2025) · more than 79% of peers

vs Maffra schools(2 schools)

2.2 above average

This school: 14.6
Average: 12.4

vs Postcode 3860(4 schools)

2.4 above average

This school: 14.6
Average: 12.2

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

2.3 above average

This school: 14.6
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 6% (2025)

vs Maffra schools(2 schools)

3.5 pts above average

This school: 6%
Average: 2.5%

vs Postcode 3860(4 schools)

1.7 pts above average

This school: 6%
Average: 4.3%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

1.8 pts above average

This school: 6%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 10% (2025)

vs Maffra schools(2 schools)

3.5 pts above average

This school: 10%
Average: 6.5%

vs Postcode 3860(4 schools)

5.5 pts above average

This school: 10%
Average: 4.5%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

17.3 pts below average

This school: 10%
Average: 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

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

vs Maffra schools(2 schools)

1 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 7%

vs Postcode 3860(4 schools)

1 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 7%

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: 42% (2025) · more than 73% of peers

vs Maffra schools(2 schools)

1.5 pts above average

This school: 42%
Average: 40.5%

vs Postcode 3860(4 schools)

1.5 pts below average

This school: 42%
Average: 43.5%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

12.1 pts above average

This school: 42%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 19 (2025)

vs Maffra schools(2 schools)

15 below average

This school: 19
Average: 34

vs Postcode 3860(4 schools)

5 below average

This school: 19
Average: 24

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

8 below average

This school: 19
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 16 (2025)

vs Maffra schools(2 schools)

14 below average

This school: 16
Average: 30

vs Postcode 3860(4 schools)

5 below average

This school: 16
Average: 20

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

7 below average

This school: 16
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.maffraps.vic.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria)

Vic Area

Outer 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: 35
Enrolments · year 1: 34
Enrolments · year 2: 30
Enrolments · year 3: 35
Enrolments · year 4: 39
Enrolments · year 5: 34
Enrolments · year 6: 23