GovernmentCombined (K–12)

Portland Secondary College

Portland, VIC, 3305

505 students enrolled

School details

Address: 170 Must Street, Portland, VIC, 3305
Phone: 03 5523 1344
Website: Visit website
School type: Secondary
ICSEA: 946
School code: 8798
ACARA ID: 45534

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

19%

946 · Higher than 19% of peers

Enrolment

32%

505 · Smaller than 68% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

72%

9.9 · Fewer than 72% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among Victoria government combined schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (3% vs 30.8%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (9% vs average 3.8%).
Enrolment has declined 34.3% from 2008 to 2025 (769 → 505). Peer median change was +2.7% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 51% male / 49% female.

Enrolment trend

769 (2008) → 505 (2025) · -34.3%

Peer median change: +2.7%

ICSEA

Higher than 19% of peers

This school: 946
Portland schoolsavg · 7 schools: 96519 below average
Postcode 3305avg · 9 schools: 96721 below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 1,00256 below average

Enrolment

Smaller than 68% of peers · 2025

This school: 505
Portland schoolsavg · 7 schools: 174331 above average
Postcode 3305avg · 9 schools: 154351 above average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 878373 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 72% of peers · 2025

This school: 9.9
Portland schoolsavg · 7 schools: 111.1 below average
Postcode 3305avg · 9 schools: 10.70.8 below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 11.11.2 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 9%
Portland schoolsavg · 7 schools: 10.4%1.4 pts below average
Postcode 3305avg · 9 schools: 10.2%1.2 pts below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 3.8%5.2 pts above average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 3%
Portland schoolsavg · 7 schools: 5.1%2.1 pts below average
Postcode 3305avg · 9 schools: 5.7%2.7 pts below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 30.8%27.8 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 22% of peers · 2025

This school: 4%
Portland schoolsavg · 7 schools: 8.7%4.7 pts below average
Postcode 3305avg · 9 schools: 8.2%4.2 pts below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 15.9%11.9 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 80% of peers · 2025

This school: 52%
Portland schoolsavg · 7 schools: 44.3%7.7 pts above average
Postcode 3305avg · 9 schools: 42.6%9.4 pts above average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 36.5%15.5 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 58
Portland schoolsavg · 7 schools: 1939 above average
Postcode 3305avg · 9 schools: 1741 above average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 8325 below average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 51
Portland schoolsavg · 7 schools: 1635 above average
Postcode 3305avg · 9 schools: 1437 above average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 7423 below 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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