Castlemaine Steiner School & Kindergarten
11 Rilens Rd, Muckleford VIC 3451
Castlemaine Steiner School & Kindergarten is an independent combined primary and secondary school in Muckleford, VIC from Prep to Year 8 with about 135 students. Its ICSEA is 1,105, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Castlemaine Steiner School & Kindergarten is an independent Steiner school at Muckleford, near Castlemaine, offering a Prep to Year 8 program with about 160 students. It also runs funded three- and four-year-old kinder programs. The kindergarten began in 1988 after community members shared a vision for a local Steiner school, and it moved to its current site on the town's outskirts in 1996.
Often praised
- Steiner education Prep to Year 8
- Funded kinder programs
- Small class sizes
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billanook College | Mooroolbark | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 889 | 1,104 |
| Hillcrest Christian College | Clyde North | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 2,231 | 1,106 |
| The Hamilton and Alexandra College | Hamilton | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 409 | 1,107 |
| Aitken College | Greenvale | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 1,453 | 1,102 |
| Northside Christian College | Bundoora | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 643 | 1,102 |
| Geelong Lutheran College | Armstrong Creek | Independent k–12 / combined · P-12 | 1,317 | 1,101 |
About this data
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