Bass Coast Specialist School
6 Mckenzie Street, Wonthaggi VIC 3995
Bass Coast Specialist School is a government special school in Wonthaggi, VIC with about 67 students. Its ICSEA is 922, 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
About this school, from public sources
Public information about Bass Coast Specialist School, drawn from the school's own website and directory listings, describes a government specialist school in Wonthaggi serving students with intellectual disability from the Shire of Bass Coast. Opened in a purpose-built facility in 2009, it houses 8 classrooms with adjoining accessible bathrooms, a library, art and music rooms, a gymnasium, a wheelchair-accessible home economics kitchen, and on-site allied health consulting rooms. The school states its focus is building skills for independence and community inclusion.
Often praised
- purpose-built accessible facilities
- allied health consulting on-site
- focus on independence and community inclusion
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
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Location and nearby schools
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wangaratta District Specialist School | Wangaratta | Public special | 31 | 922 |
| Merri River School | Warrnambool | Public special | 202 | 921 |
| Mornington Special Developmental School | Mornington | Public special | 26 | 920 |
| Latrobe Special Developmental School | Traralgon | Public special | 87 | 928 |
| Cobram and District Specialist School | Cobram | Public special | 70 | 929 |
| Lake Colac School | Colac | Public special | 90 | 933 |
About this data
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