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Tarnagulla Primary School

Tarnagulla, VIC, 3551

21 students enrolled

School details

Address: 51 Stanley Street, Tarnagulla, VIC, 3551
Phone: 03 5438 7355
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 967
School code: 1023
ACARA ID: 44180

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

22%

967 · Higher than 22% of peers

Enrolment

6%

21 · Smaller than 94% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

95%

5.3 · Fewer than 95% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among Victoria government primary schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (14% vs 27.3%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (10% vs average 4.2%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (5.3 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has declined 51.2% from 2008 to 2025 (43 → 21). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

43 (2008) → 21 (2025) · -51.2%

Peer median change: +5.1%

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Inner Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Mallee
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Loddon
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Loddon
Sa3 Name (2026): Loddon - Elmore
Sa4 Name (2026): Bendigo

ICSEA

This school: 967 · higher than 22% of peers

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

52 below average

This school: 967
Average: 1,019

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

57 below average

This school: 967
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 21 (2025) · smaller than 94% of peers

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

373 below average

This school: 21
Average: 394

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

290 below average

This school: 21
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 5.3 (2025) · fewer than 95% of peers

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

6.9 below average

This school: 5.3
Average: 12.2

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

7 below average

This school: 5.3
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 10% (2025)

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

6.8 pts above average

This school: 10%
Average: 3.2%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

5.8 pts above average

This school: 10%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 14% (2025)

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

8.1 pts above average

This school: 14%
Average: 5.9%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

13.3 pts below average

This school: 14%
Average: 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 6% (2025) · higher than 25% of peers

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

9.5 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 15.5%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

15.2 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 41% (2025) · more than 71% of peers

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

10.9 pts above average

This school: 41%
Average: 30.1%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

11.1 pts above average

This school: 41%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 5 (2025)

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

31 below average

This school: 5
Average: 36

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

22 below average

This school: 5
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 4 (2025)

vs Postcode 3551(10 schools)

26 below average

This school: 4
Average: 30

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

19 below average

This school: 4
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://www.tarnps.vic.edu.au/

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Ripon (Western Victoria)

Vic Area

Loddon Campaspe

Vic Region

NORTH-WESTERN VICTORIA

Year range (2025)

2-6

Enrolments by grade

Offers: year 2, year 3, year 4, year 5, year 6

Enrolments · year 2: 6
Enrolments · year 3: 4
Enrolments · year 4: 2
Enrolments · year 5: 6
Enrolments · year 6: 3