GovernmentPrimary

Toolern Vale and District Primary School

Toolern Vale, VIC, 3337

155 students enrolled

School details

Address: 361 Creamery Road, Toolern Vale, VIC, 3337
Phone: 03 9746 1312
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 957
School code: 5414
ACARA ID: 45207

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

17%

957 · Higher than 17% of peers

Enrolment

34%

155 · Smaller than 66% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

83%

9.7 · Fewer than 83% 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 (11% vs 27.3%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (9.7 vs 12.3).
Enrolment has grown 26% from 2008 to 2025 (123 → 155). Peer median change was +5.1% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 51% male / 49% female.

Enrolment trend

123 (2008) → 155 (2025) · +26%

Peer median change: +5.1%

ICSEA

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Hawke
Geolocation (2025): Major Cities
Governing Body (2025): Department of Education Victoria
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.vic.gov.au/education
Lga Name (2026): Melton
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Kurunjang - Toolern Vale
Sa3 Name (2026): Melton - Bacchus Marsh
Sa4 Name (2026): Melbourne - West

This school: 957 · higher than 17% of peers

vs Postcode 3337(14 schools)

14 below average

This school: 957
Average: 971

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

67 below average

This school: 957
Average: 1,024

Enrolment

This school: 155 (2025) · smaller than 66% of peers

vs Postcode 3337(14 schools)

518 below average

This school: 155
Average: 673

vs Victoria government primary(1,145 schools)

156 below average

This school: 155
Average: 311

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 9.7 (2025) · fewer than 83% of peers

vs Postcode 3337(14 schools)

2.3 below average

This school: 9.7
Average: 12

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

2.6 below average

This school: 9.7
Average: 12.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 7% (2025)

vs Postcode 3337(14 schools)

3.1 pts above average

This school: 7%
Average: 3.9%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

2.8 pts above average

This school: 7%
Average: 4.2%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 11% (2025)

vs Postcode 3337(14 schools)

29.3 pts below average

This school: 11%
Average: 40.3%

vs Victoria government primary(1,144 schools)

16.3 pts below average

This school: 11%
Average: 27.3%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 3% (2025) · higher than 12% of peers

vs Postcode 3337(14 schools)

2.9 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 5.9%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

18.2 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 21.2%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 51% (2025) · more than 84% of peers

vs Postcode 3337(14 schools)

5.5 pts above average

This school: 51%
Average: 45.5%

vs Victoria government primary(1,139 schools)

21.1 pts above average

This school: 51%
Average: 29.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 19 (2025)

vs Postcode 3337(14 schools)

43 below average

This school: 19
Average: 62

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

8 below average

This school: 19
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 16 (2025)

vs Postcode 3337(14 schools)

41 below average

This school: 16
Average: 57

vs Victoria government primary(1,141 schools)

7 below average

This school: 16
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.toolernvaledps.vic.edu.au/

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Melton (Western Victoria)

Vic Area

Brimbank Melton

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: 21
Enrolments · year 1: 31
Enrolments · year 2: 20
Enrolments · year 3: 20
Enrolments · year 4: 25
Enrolments · year 5: 16
Enrolments · year 6: 22