GovernmentCombined (K–12)

Northern College of the Arts and Technology

Preston, VIC, 3072

367 students enrolled

School details

Address: 62 Murray Road, Preston, VIC, 3072
Phone: 03 9478 1333
Website: Visit website
School type: Secondary
ICSEA: 1,060
School code: 7300
ACARA ID: 45341

Location

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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

80%

1,060 · Higher than 80% of peers

Enrolment

25%

367 · Smaller than 75% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

86%

8.2 · Fewer than 86% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among Victoria government combined schools.
ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (18% vs 30.8%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (8.2 vs 11.1).
Enrolment has grown 14.3% from 2008 to 2025 (321 → 367). Peer median change was +2.5% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

321 (2008) → 367 (2025) · +14.3%

Peer median change: +2.5%

ICSEA

Higher than 80% of peers

This school: 1,060
Preston schoolsavg · 9 schools: 1,10242 below average
Postcode 3072avg · 11 schools: 1,08929 below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 1,00159 above average

Enrolment

Smaller than 75% of peers · 2025

This school: 367
Preston schoolsavg · 9 schools: 562195 below average
Postcode 3072avg · 11 schools: 504137 below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 879512 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 86% of peers · 2025

This school: 8.2
Preston schoolsavg · 9 schools: 134.8 below average
Postcode 3072avg · 11 schools: 134.8 below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 11.12.9 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 1%
Preston schoolsavg · 9 schools: 1.3%about average
Postcode 3072avg · 11 schools: 2.1%1.1 pts below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 3.8%2.8 pts below average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 18%
Preston schoolsavg · 9 schools: 44%26 pts below average
Postcode 3072avg · 11 schools: 43.6%25.6 pts below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 30.8%12.8 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 81% of peers · 2025

This school: 26%
Preston schoolsavg · 9 schools: 43.9%17.9 pts below average
Postcode 3072avg · 11 schools: 39.7%13.7 pts below average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 15.8%10.2 pts above average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 79% of peers · 2025

This school: 17%
Preston schoolsavg · 9 schools: 11.7%5.3 pts above average
Postcode 3072avg · 11 schools: 14.4%2.6 pts above average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 36.6%19.6 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 53
Preston schoolsavg · 9 schools: 494 above average
Postcode 3072avg · 11 schools: 449 above average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 8330 below average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 45
Preston schoolsavg · 9 schools: 441 above average
Postcode 3072avg · 11 schools: 396 above average
Victoria government combinedavg · 337 schools: 7429 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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