Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street)
401 Dana Street, Ballarat VIC 3350
Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street) is a government primary school in Ballarat, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 220 students. Its ICSEA is 1,069, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Public information describes Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street) as Victoria's oldest continuously operating government primary school, founded in 1857 in central Ballarat and now enrolling around 250 students from Prep to Year 6. The school's own materials emphasise values of respect, responsibility, inclusion and excellence, alongside a welcoming, community-connected learning environment and strong child-safety commitments. Recent NAPLAN results cited in public data show average scores above national benchmarks for both Year 3 and Year 5 students.
Often praised
- Long-established heritage school
- Above-average NAPLAN results
- Strong community and values focus
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: medium. 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 Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street) 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 Patrick's School | Ballarat | Catholic primary | 0.6 km | 1,096 | 249 |
| Macarthur Street Primary School | Soldiers Hill | Public primary | 1.5 km | 951 | 89 |
| Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat) | Lake Wendouree | Public primary | 1.6 km | 1,095 | 342 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School | Ballarat | Public primary | 1.6 km | 972 | 113 |
| St Alipius' Parish School | Ballarat East | Catholic primary | 1.8 km | 1,052 | 248 |
| Ballarat Clarendon College | Ballarat | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.8 km | 1,172 | 1,896 |
| Newington Primary School | Ballarat | Public primary | 2.0 km | 1,007 | 281 |
| St Columba's School | Ballarat North | Catholic primary | 2.1 km | 1,090 | 334 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in VIC
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceres Primary School | Ceres | Public primary · P-6 | 118 | 1,069 |
| Panton Hill Primary School | Panton Hill | Public primary · P-6 | 154 | 1,070 |
| Regency Park Primary School | Wantirna | Public primary · P-6 | 528 | 1,068 |
| Reservoir Primary School | Reservoir | Public primary · P-6 | 320 | 1,070 |
| Reservoir West Primary School | Reservoir | Public primary · P-6 | 574 | 1,068 |
| Seaford North Primary School | Seaford | Public primary · P-6 | 419 | 1,070 |
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.