Harston Primary School
155 Harston Road, Harston VIC 3616
Harston Primary School is a government primary school in Harston, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 7 students. Its ICSEA is 848, 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). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Public information suggests Harston Primary School, a small government primary school near Tatura in irrigation-district Victoria, offers individualised P-6 schooling in a small-cohort setting with a very low student-to-teacher ratio. The school brings in part-time specialists for Auslan and for Creative Arts & Wellbeing lessons, and provides a daily bus service to its door for the surrounding rural community.
Often praised
- individualised small-class teaching
- Auslan and creative arts specialists
- daily bus service to 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 Harston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart School | Tatura | Catholic primary | 8.1 km | 1,040 | 236 |
| Tatura Primary School | Tatura | Public primary | 8.3 km | 979 | 160 |
| Merrigum Primary School | Merrigum | Public primary | 11.2 km | 813 | 14 |
| Stanhope Primary School | Stanhope | Public primary | 13.9 km | 844 | 11 |
| Rushworth P-12 College | Rushworth | Public k–12 / combined | 17.0 km | 894 | 173 |
| Girgarre Primary School | Girgarre | Public primary | 17.0 km | 863 | 25 |
| Lancaster Primary School | Lancaster | Public primary | 17.4 km | 945 | 34 |
| St Mary's School | Rushworth | Catholic primary | 17.5 km | 976 | 40 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bealiba Primary School | Bealiba | Public primary · P-3 | 3 | 850 |
| Stanhope Primary School | Stanhope | Public primary · 1-6 | 11 | 844 |
| Kerang Primary School | Kerang | Public primary · P-6 | 68 | 856 |
| Mooroopna Park Primary School | Mooroopna | Public primary · P-6 | 170 | 839 |
| Lightning Reef Primary School | Bendigo | Public primary · P-6 | 171 | 858 |
| Ararat North Primary School | Ararat | Public primary · P-6 | 60 | 862 |
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.