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Nicholson Primary School

Nicholson, VIC, 3882

70 students enrolled

School details

Address: Princes Highway, Nicholson, VIC, 3882
Phone: 03 5156 8220
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 948
School code: 1716
ACARA ID: 44348

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

14%

948 · Higher than 14% of peers

Enrolment

18%

70 · Smaller than 82% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

81%

10.3 · Fewer than 81% 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 (8% vs 27.3%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (10.3 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has grown 100% from 2008 to 2025 (35 → 70). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 54% male / 46% female.

Enrolment trend

35 (2008) → 70 (2025) · +100%

Peer median change: +5.1%

ICSEA

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

This school: 948 · higher than 14% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

76 below average

This school: 948
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 70 (2025) · smaller than 82% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

241 below average

This school: 70
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 10.3 (2025) · fewer than 81% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

2 below average

This school: 10.3
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 9% (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

4.8 pts above average

This school: 9%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 8% (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

19.3 pts below average

This school: 8%
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: 55% (2025) · more than 89% of peers

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

25.1 pts above average

This school: 55%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 10 (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

17 below average

This school: 10
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 7 (2025)

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

16 below average

This school: 7
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.nicholson-ps.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: 9
Enrolments · year 1: 15
Enrolments · year 2: 10
Enrolments · year 3: 14
Enrolments · year 4: 2
Enrolments · year 5: 15
Enrolments · year 6: 5