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Sydenham Primary School

Sydenham, VIC, 3037

993 students enrolled

School details

Address: Sydenham, VIC, 3037
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,012
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 44618

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

49%

1,012 · Higher than 49% of peers

Enrolment

Largest

993 · Among the largest peers

Students per FTE teacher

27%

14.3 · More than 73% of peers

ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
A higher share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (55% vs 27.3%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (14.3 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has declined 44.4% from 2008 to 2025 (1,787 → 993). 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

1,787 (2008) → 993 (2025) · -44.4%

Peer median change: +5.1%

ICSEA

Higher than 49% of peers

This school: 1,012
Sydenham schoolsavg · 2 schools: 1,04836 below average
Postcode 3037avg · 8 schools: 1,02513 below average
Victoria government primaryavg · 1,145 schools: 1,02412 below average

Enrolment

Among the largest peers · 2025

This school: 993
Sydenham schoolsavg · 2 schools: 725268 above average
Postcode 3037avg · 8 schools: 785209 above average
Victoria government primaryavg · 1,145 schools: 310683 above average

Students per FTE teacher

More than 73% of peers · 2025

This school: 14.3
Sydenham schoolsavg · 2 schools: 12.91.4 above average
Postcode 3037avg · 8 schools: 13.40.9 above average
Victoria government primaryavg · 1,141 schools: 12.32 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 2%
Sydenham schoolsavg · 2 schools: 0%2 pts above average
Postcode 3037avg · 8 schools: 0.6%1.4 pts above average
Victoria government primaryavg · 1,144 schools: 4.2%2.2 pts below average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 55%
Sydenham schoolsavg · 2 schools: 39.5%15.5 pts above average
Postcode 3037avg · 8 schools: 51.5%3.5 pts above average
Victoria government primaryavg · 1,144 schools: 27.3%27.7 pts above average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 47% of peers · 2025

This school: 12%
Sydenham schoolsavg · 2 schools: 21.5%9.5 pts below average
Postcode 3037avg · 8 schools: 15.8%3.8 pts below average
Victoria government primaryavg · 1,139 schools: 21.2%9.2 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 56% of peers · 2025

This school: 32%
Sydenham schoolsavg · 2 schools: 21.5%10.5 pts above average
Postcode 3037avg · 8 schools: 27.8%4.2 pts above average
Victoria government primaryavg · 1,139 schools: 29.9%2.1 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 83
Sydenham schoolsavg · 2 schools: 6321 above average
Postcode 3037avg · 8 schools: 6815 above average
Victoria government primaryavg · 1,141 schools: 2756 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 69
Sydenham schoolsavg · 2 schools: 5713 above average
Postcode 3037avg · 8 schools: 609 above average
Victoria government primaryavg · 1,141 schools: 2347 above 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

NAPLAN results, attendance, and finance for Sydenham Primary School are published on the official My School website. SchoolGuide.au links there rather than republishing that data.

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