Driver Primary School
37 Driver Ave, Driver NT 0830
Driver Primary School is a government primary school in Driver, NT from Transition to Year 6 with about 409 students. Its ICSEA is 914, where the national average is 1000.
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
Drawn from public online sources: Driver Primary School in Palmerston describes its approach as educating the whole child, with the motto Striving for Excellence. Its values are respect, excellence, community and safety. The campus includes a library and a kitchen garden, and the school offers preschool, out-of-school-hours care and a canteen program.
Often praised
- Whole-child philosophy
- Kitchen garden program
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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 Driver 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Primary School | Gray | Public primary | 0.7 km | 808 | 283 |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran College - Palmerston Campus | Palmerston | Independent primary | 0.8 km | — | — |
| Durack Primary School | Durack | Public primary | 1.1 km | 1,017 | 474 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Woodroffe | Catholic primary | 1.2 km | 983 | 165 |
| Palmerston Christian College | Marlow Lagoon | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,008 | 365 |
| Bakewell Primary School | Bakewell | Public primary | 2.2 km | 978 | 616 |
| Moulden Primary School | Moulden | Public primary | 2.4 km | 753 | 211 |
| Woodroffe Primary School | Woodroffe | Public primary | 2.4 km | 842 | 327 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in NT
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braitling Primary School | Alice Springs | Public primary · T-6 | 218 | 911 |
| Millner Primary School | Millner | Public primary · T-6 | 171 | 911 |
| Bradshaw Primary School | Alice Springs | Public primary · T-6 | 381 | 918 |
| Larapinta Primary School | Alice Springs | Public primary · T-6 | 285 | 909 |
| Katherine South Primary School | Katherine | Public primary · T-6 | 180 | 907 |
| Ludmilla Primary School | Ludmilla | Public primary · T-6 | 132 | 905 |
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.