Holy Cross Primary School
158 Hamilton Road, New Gisborne VIC 3438
Holy Cross Primary School is a Catholic primary school in New Gisborne, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 210 students. Its ICSEA is 1,063, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ 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: a Catholic primary school (Prep to Year 6) in New Gisborne, established in 1996 for the St Brigid's parish. It sits in a rural setting in the foothills of the Macedon Ranges on an eight-hectare site with 14 permanent classrooms and a working vineyard, and has about 310 students.
Often praised
- Rural Macedon Ranges setting
- Eight-hectare site
- Parish-based community
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: 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 Holy Cross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Village Learning | New Gisborne | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.3 km | 1,042 | 197 |
| New Gisborne Primary School | New Gisborne | Public primary | 0.8 km | 1,080 | 418 |
| St Brigid's School | Gisborne | Catholic primary | 3.9 km | 1,065 | 216 |
| Gisborne Primary School | Gisborne | Public primary | 4.0 km | 1,066 | 471 |
| Macedon Primary School | Macedon | Public primary | 5.2 km | 1,109 | 218 |
| Willowbank Primary School | Gisborne | Public primary | 5.4 km | 1,056 | 470 |
| Mount Macedon Primary School | Mount Macedon | Public primary | 5.8 km | 1,147 | 123 |
| Alice Miller School | Macedon | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.8 km | 1,139 | 399 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's School | Sorrento | Catholic primary · P-6 | 128 | 1,063 |
| St Margaret's School | Geelong East | Catholic primary · P-6 | 241 | 1,063 |
| Christ the Priest Catholic Primary School | Caroline Springs | Catholic primary · P-6 | 494 | 1,062 |
| Queen of Peace Primary School | Altona Meadows | Catholic primary · P-6 | 485 | 1,064 |
| St Carlo Borromeo School | Greenvale | Catholic primary · P-6 | 571 | 1,062 |
| St Joseph's School | Quarry Hill | Catholic primary · P-6 | 234 | 1,064 |
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.