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Preston Primary School

Preston, VIC, 3072

646 students enrolled

School details

Address: 240 Tyler Street, Preston, VIC, 3072
School code: 1494
ACARA ID: 44299
ICSEA: 1,113
School type: Primary
Phone: 03 9470 1167
Website: Visit website

Enrolment history

How this school compares

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

ICSEA

84th

1,113 · peer percentile

Enrolment

91th

646 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

84th

14.9 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

84th

87% · peer percentile

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among Victoria government primary schools.
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (14.9 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has declined 7.4% from 2008 to 2025 (698 → 646). Peer schools averaged +30.3% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 49% male / 51% female.

Enrolment trend

698 (2008) → 646 (2025) · -7.4%

Peer average change: +30.3%

Location

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School profile data

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Cooper
FTE non-teaching staff (2025): 15.9
FTE teaching staff (2025): 43.5
Geolocation (2025): Major Cities
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
ICSEA percentile (2025): 87
Indigenous enrolments (%) (2025): 1
LBOTE — No (%) (2025): 76

Nearby schools

Holy Name School

Catholic729 m away

Yarra Me School

Government1.3 km away

Preston High School

Government1.3 km away

St Gabriel's School

Catholic1.5 km away

ICSEA

This school: 1,113 · 84th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (9 schools)

16 above average

School 1,113 Avg 1,097

vs Postcode 3072 (11 schools)

29 above average

School 1,113 Avg 1,084

vs Victoria government primary (1,145 schools)

90 above average

School 1,113 Avg 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 646 (2025) · 91th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (9 schools)

115 above average

School 646 Avg 531

vs Postcode 3072 (11 schools)

167 above average

School 646 Avg 479

vs Victoria government primary (1,145 schools)

335 above average

School 646 Avg 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 14.9 (2025) · 84th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (9 schools)

2.7 above average

School 14.9 Avg 12.2

vs Postcode 3072 (11 schools)

2.6 above average

School 14.9 Avg 12.3

vs Victoria government primary (1,141 schools)

2.6 above average

School 14.9 Avg 12.3

ICSEA percentile

This school: 87% (2025) · 84th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (9 schools)

6.8 pts above average

School 87% Avg 80.2%

vs Postcode 3072 (11 schools)

11.4 pts above average

School 87% Avg 75.6%

vs Victoria government primary (1,139 schools)

32.1 pts above average

School 87% Avg 54.9%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 1% (2025) · 41th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (9 schools)

about average

School 1% Avg 1.3%

vs Postcode 3072 (11 schools)

1.1 pts below average

School 1% Avg 2.1%

vs Victoria government primary (1,144 schools)

3.2 pts below average

School 1% Avg 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 24% (2025) · 62th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (9 schools)

19.3 pts below average

School 24% Avg 43.3%

vs Postcode 3072 (11 schools)

19.1 pts below average

School 24% Avg 43.1%

vs Victoria government primary (1,144 schools)

3.3 pts below average

School 24% Avg 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 45% (2025) · 84th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (9 schools)

3.2 pts above average

School 45% Avg 41.8%

vs Postcode 3072 (11 schools)

7 pts above average

School 45% Avg 38%

vs Victoria government primary (1,139 schools)

23.8 pts above average

School 45% Avg 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 7% (2025) · 18th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (9 schools)

5.8 pts below average

School 7% Avg 12.8%

vs Postcode 3072 (11 schools)

8.3 pts below average

School 7% Avg 15.3%

vs Victoria government primary (1,139 schools)

22.9 pts below average

School 7% Avg 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 54 (2025) · 93th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (10 schools)

8 above average

School 54 Avg 46

vs Postcode 3072 (12 schools)

12 above average

School 54 Avg 42

vs Victoria government primary (1,141 schools)

27 above average

School 54 Avg 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 44 (2025) · 90th percentile among peers

vs Preston schools (10 schools)

3 above average

School 44 Avg 41

vs Postcode 3072 (12 schools)

7 above average

School 44 Avg 37

vs Victoria government primary (1,141 schools)

21 above average

School 44 Avg 23

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA and SEA describe socio-educational advantage, not school quality. LBOTE / Indigenous shares and FOEI are context, not rankings.

LBOTE — Not stated (%) (2025)

0

LBOTE — Yes (%) (2025)

24

Lga Name (2026)

Darebin

Non-teaching staff (2025)

40

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Reservoir - South East

Sa3 Name (2026)

Darebin - North

Sa4 Name (2026)

Melbourne - North East

School Url (2025)

http://www.preston-ps.vic.edu.au

SEA bottom quarter (%) (2025)

7

SEA lower-middle quarter (%) (2025)

19

SEA top quarter (%) (2025)

45

SEA upper-middle quarter (%) (2025)

30

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Preston (Northern Metropolitan)

Teaching staff (2025)

54

Vic Area

North Eastern Melbourne

Vic Region

NORTH-WESTERN 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: 89
Enrolments · year 1: 96
Enrolments · year 2: 98
Enrolments · year 3: 85
Enrolments · year 4: 95
Enrolments · year 5: 87
Enrolments · year 6: 96