Gunbower Primary School
2 School Road, Gunbower VIC 3566
Gunbower Primary School is a government primary school in Gunbower, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 23 students. Its ICSEA is 921, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
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). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Gunbower Primary School is a small government primary school in the rural township of Gunbower, Victoria, catering for Prep to Year 6, according to publicly available school information. Operating since 1880, it combines its original two-classroom building with a 2011 upgrade providing flexible learning spaces. With a small enrolment across two multi-age classes, the school describes itself as a family-centred, inclusive community focused on a welcoming, happy learning environment.
Often praised
- family-centred, inclusive community
- small class sizes
- long-established local school
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 Gunbower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leitchville Primary School | Leitchville | Public primary | 8.1 km | 946 | 11 |
| St Mary's School | Cohuna | Catholic primary | 21.3 km | 997 | 92 |
| Cohuna Consolidated School | Cohuna | Public primary | 21.8 km | 992 | 163 |
| Pyramid Hill College | Pyramid Hill | Public k–12 / combined | 25.4 km | 982 | 102 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glengala Primary School | Sunshine West | Public primary · P-6 | 117 | 921 |
| Hastings Primary School | Hastings | Public primary · P-6 | 131 | 921 |
| Clifton Creek Primary School | Clifton Creek | Public primary · P-6 | 37 | 922 |
| Meadows Primary School | Broadmeadows | Public primary · P-6 | 220 | 922 |
| Coral Park Primary School | Hampton Park | Public primary · P-6 | 379 | 923 |
| Forest Street Primary School | Wendouree | Public primary · P-6 | 225 | 919 |
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.