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Karwan Primary School

Tarneit, VIC, 3029

823 students enrolled

School details

Address: 455 Bethany Road, Tarneit, VIC, 3029
School code: 5596
ACARA ID: 53181
ICSEA: 1,067
School type: Primary
Phone: 03 8000 6006
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

74th

1,067 · peer percentile

Enrolment

96th

823 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

65th

13.9 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

73th

74% · peer percentile

A higher share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (90% vs 27.2%).
Enrolment has grown 123.6% from 2023 to 2025 (368 → 823). Peer schools averaged +30.2% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 50% male / 50% female.

Enrolment trend

368 (2023) → 823 (2025) · +123.6%

Peer average change: +30.2%

Location

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School profile data

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Lalor
FTE non-teaching staff (2025): 24.2
FTE teaching staff (2025): 59.4
Geolocation (2025): Major Cities
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
ICSEA percentile (2025): 74
Indigenous enrolments (%) (2025): 0
LBOTE — No (%) (2025): 9
LBOTE — Not stated (%) (2025)

Nearby schools

Brinbeal Secondary College

Government230 m away

Islamic College of Melbourne

Independent1.3 km away

Davis Creek Primary School

Government1.3 km away

Good News Lutheran College

Independent1.9 km away

ICSEA

This school: 1,067 · 74th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

13 above average

School 1,067 Avg 1,054

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

28 above average

School 1,067 Avg 1,039

vs Victoria government primary (1,145 schools)

44 above average

School 1,067 Avg 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 823 (2025) · 96th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

188 below average

School 823 Avg 1,011

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

188 below average

School 823 Avg 1,011

vs Victoria government primary (1,145 schools)

512 above average

School 823 Avg 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 13.9 (2025) · 65th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

0.3 above average

School 13.9 Avg 13.6

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

0.7 above average

School 13.9 Avg 13.2

vs Victoria government primary (1,141 schools)

1.6 above average

School 13.9 Avg 12.3

ICSEA percentile

This school: 74% (2025) · 73th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

4.9 pts above average

School 74% Avg 69.1%

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

11.8 pts above average

School 74% Avg 62.2%

vs Victoria government primary (1,139 schools)

19.1 pts above average

School 74% Avg 54.9%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 0% (2025) · 20th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

about average

School 0% Avg 0.6%

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

1.1 pts below average

School 0% Avg 1.1%

vs Victoria government primary (1,144 schools)

4.2 pts below average

School 0% Avg 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 90% (2025) · 98th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

9.9 pts above average

School 90% Avg 80.1%

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

16.1 pts above average

School 90% Avg 73.9%

vs Victoria government primary (1,144 schools)

62.8 pts above average

School 90% Avg 27.2%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 26% (2025) · 71th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

3.2 pts above average

School 26% Avg 22.8%

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

5.3 pts above average

School 26% Avg 20.7%

vs Victoria government primary (1,139 schools)

4.8 pts above average

School 26% Avg 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 14% (2025) · 28th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

3.8 pts below average

School 14% Avg 17.8%

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

9.7 pts below average

School 14% Avg 23.7%

vs Victoria government primary (1,139 schools)

15.9 pts below average

School 14% Avg 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 64 (2025) · 96th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

12 below average

School 64 Avg 76

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

19 below average

School 64 Avg 83

vs Victoria government primary (1,141 schools)

37 above average

School 64 Avg 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 59 (2025) · 96th percentile among peers

vs Tarneit schools (13 schools)

13 below average

School 59 Avg 72

vs Postcode 3029 (32 schools)

18 below average

School 59 Avg 78

vs Victoria government primary (1,141 schools)

37 above average

School 59 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.

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LBOTE — Yes (%) (2025)

90

Lga Name (2026)

Wyndham

Non-teaching staff (2025)

33

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell

Sa3 Name (2026)

Wyndham

Sa4 Name (2026)

Melbourne - West

School Url (2025)

https://karwanps.vic.edu.au/

SEA bottom quarter (%) (2025)

14

SEA lower-middle quarter (%) (2025)

24

SEA top quarter (%) (2025)

26

SEA upper-middle quarter (%) (2025)

36

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Tarneit (Western Metropolitan)

Teaching staff (2025)

64

Vic Area

Western Melbourne

Vic Region

SOUTH-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: 144
Enrolments · year 1: 160
Enrolments · year 2: 150
Enrolments · year 3: 105
Enrolments · year 4: 90
Enrolments · year 5: 98
Enrolments · year 6: 76