Emmaus Catholic Primary School
1503 Geelong Road, Mount Clear VIC 3350
Emmaus Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary school in Mount Clear, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 362 students. Its ICSEA is 1,088, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2024) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
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: Emmaus is a Catholic primary school in Mount Clear, Ballarat, serving Prep to Year 6 with around 360 students. It opened in 2008 with twenty-one students and is the newest Catholic primary school in Ballarat in close to twenty years. The school is governed by the Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited and publishes annual reports to its community.
Often praised
- Newer, growing school community
- Diocesan Catholic education
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Clear Primary School | Mount Clear | Public primary | 0.9 km | 991 | 213 |
| Magpie Primary School | Magpie | Public primary | 2.5 km | 923 | 108 |
| St James' School | Sebastopol | Catholic primary | 2.9 km | 1,034 | 166 |
| Sebastopol Primary School | Sebastopol | Public primary | 3.0 km | 901 | 97 |
| Ballarat Steiner School | Mt Helen | Independent primary | 3.2 km | 1,076 | 64 |
| Ballarat Christian College | Sebastopol | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.3 km | 1,058 | 406 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School | Ballarat | Public primary | 4.0 km | 972 | 113 |
| Canadian Lead Primary School | Ballarat East | Public primary | 4.4 km | 952 | 223 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ss Peter & Paul's School | Doncaster East | Catholic primary · P-6 | 60 | 1,088 |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School | Shepparton North | Catholic primary · P-6 | 272 | 1,087 |
| St Mary's School | Thornbury | Catholic primary · P-6 | 113 | 1,089 |
| St Simon's School | Rowville | Catholic primary · P-6 | 366 | 1,087 |
| St Thomas More School | Alfredton | Catholic primary · P-6 | 431 | 1,087 |
| St Thomas More's School | Belgrave | Catholic primary · P-6 | 101 | 1,089 |
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.