Gillen Primary School
55 Milner Rd, Alice Springs NT 0870
Gillen Primary School is a government primary school in Alice Springs, NT from Transition to Year 6 with about 230 students. Its ICSEA is 807, 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: Gillen Primary School in Alice Springs serves preschool to Year 6 with roughly 250 students on an 18-acre campus. Its values are kindness, creativity and pride, supported by positive behaviour support. Facilities include undercover playgrounds, courts and an oval. The school celebrates a multicultural community and offers camps, excursions and gardening.
Often praised
- Multicultural community
- Large green campus
- Camps and gardening
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 Gillen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradshaw Primary School | Alice Springs | Public primary | 1.0 km | 918 | 381 |
| Yipirinya School | Alice Springs | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 729 | 186 |
| Araluen Christian College | Alice Springs | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 997 | 104 |
| Ross Park Primary School | Alice Springs | Public primary | 2.8 km | 1,040 | 413 |
| Sadadeen Primary School | Alice Springs | Public primary | 3.0 km | 793 | 118 |
| Braitling Primary School | Alice Springs | Public primary | 3.3 km | 911 | 218 |
| Alice Springs School Of The Air | Alice Springs | Public k–12 / combined | 3.3 km | 1,025 | 77 |
| Larapinta Primary School | Alice Springs | Public primary | 3.8 km | 909 | 285 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Primary School | Gray | Public primary · T-6 | 283 | 808 |
| Sadadeen Primary School | Alice Springs | Public primary · T-6 | 118 | 793 |
| Manunda Terrace Primary School | Karama | Public primary · T-6 | 189 | 792 |
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.