Forest Street Primary School
Cnr Forest & Hancock Streets, Wendouree VIC 3355
Forest Street Primary School is a government primary school in Wendouree, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 225 students across all campuses. Its ICSEA is 919, 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). Enrolments and staff cover all campuses of this school. Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Public information about Forest Street Primary School, a government primary school in Wendouree, describes a P-6 school built around collaboration and individualised learning. Specialist classes cover the MMADD arts program (Music, Media, Arts, Dance, Drama), Visual Arts, Physical Education and Chinese language, alongside classroom Chromebook access. The school also runs a free Breakfast Club five mornings a week, reflecting a community-minded, student-support focus.
Often praised
- MMADD specialist arts program
- Chinese language classes
- daily free breakfast club
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 Forest Street 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady Help of Christians School | Wendouree | Catholic primary | 0.9 km | 1,017 | 101 |
| Yuille Park Community College | Wendouree | Public k–12 / combined | 1.4 km | 840 | 212 |
| Ballarat Grammar | Wendouree | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.8 km | 1,120 | 1,989 |
| Wendouree Primary School | Wendouree | Public primary | 1.9 km | 917 | 116 |
| Ballarat North Primary School | Ballarat | Public primary | 3.1 km | 1,002 | 312 |
| St Columba's School | Ballarat North | Catholic primary | 3.3 km | 1,090 | 334 |
| Invermay Primary School | Invermay | Public primary | 3.5 km | 945 | 82 |
| Macarthur Street Primary School | Soldiers Hill | Public primary | 3.7 km | 951 | 89 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Heights Primary School | Meadow Heights | Public primary · P-6 | 356 | 919 |
| Aldercourt Primary School | Frankston North | Public primary · P-6 | 220 | 918 |
| Merrijig Primary School | Merrijig | Public primary · P-6 | 12 | 918 |
| Moe (Albert Street) Primary School | Moe | Public primary · P-6 | 101 | 918 |
| Cowwarr Primary School | Cowwarr | Public primary · P-6 | 24 | 917 |
| Glengala Primary School | Sunshine West | Public primary · P-6 | 117 | 921 |
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.