Cockatoo Primary School
19-33 Belgrave-Gembrook Road, Cockatoo VIC 3781
Cockatoo Primary School is a government primary school in Cockatoo, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 320 students. Its ICSEA is 1,009, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: 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 about this government primary school in Cockatoo, VIC (P-6) describes a small, community-focused school of around 300 students that recently marked its centenary. It runs specialist programs in Physical Education, Art, Performing Arts and STEM, alongside core academics, and promotes school values of organisation, confidence, resilience, persistence and getting along.
Often praised
- specialist STEM and arts programs
- long-standing community history
- low student-teacher ratio
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 Cockatoo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gembrook Primary School | Gembrook | Public primary | 4.5 km | 1,030 | 254 |
| Emerald Primary School | Emerald | Public primary | 4.8 km | 1,061 | 451 |
| Macclesfield Primary School | Macclesfield | Public primary | 5.8 km | 1,017 | 124 |
| Menzies Creek Primary School | Menzies Creek | Public primary | 9.3 km | 1,057 | 39 |
| Beaconsfield Upper Primary School | Beaconsfield Upper | Public primary | 9.5 km | 1,039 | 324 |
| Dandenong Ranges Steiner School | Emerald | Independent primary | 9.7 km | 1,080 | 151 |
| Monbulk Primary School | Monbulk | Public primary | 10.2 km | 1,032 | 212 |
| The Patch Primary School | The Patch | Public primary | 10.5 km | 1,086 | 298 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfredton Primary School | Alfredton | Public primary · P-6 | 513 | 1,009 |
| Creswick Primary School | Creswick | Public primary · P-6 | 142 | 1,009 |
| Forrest Primary School | Forrest | Public primary · P-6 | 26 | 1,009 |
| Grovedale Primary School | Grovedale | Public primary · P-6 | 288 | 1,009 |
| Kongwak Primary School | Kongwak | Public primary · P-6 | 28 | 1,009 |
| Maiden Gully Primary School | Maiden Gully | Public primary · P-6 | 550 | 1,009 |
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.