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Pearcedale Primary School

Pearcedale, VIC, 3912

679 students enrolled

School details

Address: 740 Baxter-Tooradin Road, Pearcedale, VIC, 3912
Phone: 03 5978 6250
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,015
School code: 2961
ACARA ID: 44537

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

51%

1,015 · Higher than 51% of peers

Enrolment

Top 7%

679 · Larger than 93% 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 (5% vs 27.3%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (14.6 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has grown 13.5% from 2008 to 2025 (598 → 679). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 50% male / 50% female.

Enrolment trend

598 (2008) → 679 (2025) · +13.5%

Peer median change: +5.1%

ICSEA

This school: 1,015 · higher than 51% of peers

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Campus type (2025): School Head Campus
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Holt
Geolocation (2025): Major Cities
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Casey
Rolled Reporting (2025): Rolled Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Pearcedale - Tooradin
Sa3 Name (2026): Casey - South
Sa4 Name (2026): Melbourne - South East

Nearby schools

Baxter Primary School

Government4.4 km away

vs Postcode 3912(4 schools)

12 above average

This school: 1,015
Average: 1,004

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

9 below average

This school: 1,015
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 679 (2025) · larger than 93% of peers

vs Postcode 3912(4 schools)

327 above average

This school: 679
Average: 352

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

368 above average

This school: 679
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

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

vs Postcode 3912(4 schools)

2.3 above average

This school: 14.6
Average: 12.3

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

2.3 above average

This school: 14.6
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 2% (2025)

vs Postcode 3912(4 schools)

1 pts below average

This school: 2%
Average: 3%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

2.2 pts below average

This school: 2%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 5% (2025)

vs Postcode 3912(4 schools)

1.2 pts above average

This school: 5%
Average: 3.8%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

22.3 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 11% (2025) · higher than 44% of peers

vs Postcode 3912(4 schools)

1.5 pts above average

This school: 11%
Average: 9.5%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

10.2 pts below average

This school: 11%
Average: 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 29% (2025) · fewer than 50% of peers

vs Postcode 3912(4 schools)

4.5 pts below average

This school: 29%
Average: 33.5%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

about average

This school: 29%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 54 (2025)

vs Postcode 3912(4 schools)

20 above average

This school: 54
Average: 34

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

27 above average

This school: 54
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 47 (2025)

vs Postcode 3912(4 schools)

17 above average

This school: 47
Average: 29

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

24 above average

This school: 47
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://pearcedaleschool.com.au/

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Bass (Eastern Victoria)

Vic Area

Bayside Peninsula

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: 87
Enrolments · year 1: 65
Enrolments · year 2: 101
Enrolments · year 3: 93
Enrolments · year 4: 98
Enrolments · year 5: 110
Enrolments · year 6: 125