Aranda Primary School
1 Banambila St, Aranda ACT 2614
Aranda Primary School is a government primary school in Aranda, ACT from Prep to Year 6 with about 517 students. Its ICSEA is 1,159, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the school's own page. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Based on the school's own public materials, Aranda Primary School in the ACT is a public primary school (P-6) that opened in 1969, drawing students from Aranda and neighbouring Cook. It describes itself as a connected community school with strong parent involvement through its P&C association, emphasising academic rigour alongside social-emotional wellbeing. The school promotes comprehensive arts, environmental education and physical education programs, and is currently focused on strengthening social-emotional learning and a restorative school culture.
Often praised
- strong parent/community involvement
- arts and environmental education programs
- focus on wellbeing and SEL
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: low. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Aranda Primary School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Primary School | Aranda | Catholic primary | 0.4 km | 1,117 | 195 |
| Radford College | Bruce | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,203 | 2,091 |
| Macquarie Primary School | Macquarie | Public primary | 1.9 km | 1,070 | 291 |
| Weetangera Primary School | Weetangera | Public primary | 3.0 km | 1,117 | 404 |
| Maribyrnong Primary School | Kaleen | Public primary | 3.1 km | 1,100 | 483 |
| O'Connor Cooperative School (Early Childhood School P-2) | O'Connor | Public primary | 3.7 km | 1,141 | 60 |
| St Matthew's Primary School | Page | Catholic primary | 3.8 km | 1,085 | 332 |
| Florey Primary School | Florey | Public primary | 4.1 km | 1,042 | 397 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in ACT
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garran Primary School | Garran | Public primary · P-6 | 676 | 1,159 |
| Hughes Primary School | Hughes | Public primary · P-6 | 457 | 1,157 |
| Curtin Primary School | Curtin | Public primary · P-6 | 408 | 1,146 |
| Forrest Primary School | Forrest | Public primary · P-6 | 479 | 1,145 |
| North Ainslie Primary School | Ainslie | Public primary · P-6 | 527 | 1,145 |
| Yarralumla Primary School | Yarralumla | Public primary · P-6 | 313 | 1,142 |
About this data
Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.