Holy Rosary School
37 Gower Street, Kensington VIC 3031
Holy Rosary School is a Catholic primary school in Kensington, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 242 students. Its ICSEA is 1,149, where the national average is 1000.
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: Holy Rosary is an inner-city co-educational parish primary school on Gower Street, Kensington, about four kilometres from Melbourne's CBD. Established in 1915 under the Sisters of Mercy, it serves around 242 students from Prep to Year 6. Published NAPLAN results at Years 3 and 5 are above national averages, and the school welcomes families to arrange tours.
Often praised
- Inner-city parish community
- Long-established history
- Strong published NAPLAN results
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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 Rosary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Primary School | Kensington | Public primary | 0.3 km | 1,153 | 421 |
| Debney Meadows Primary School | Flemington | Public primary | 1.2 km | 903 | 93 |
| St Brendan's School | Flemington | Catholic primary | 1.2 km | 993 | 82 |
| St Michael’s Primary School | North Melbourne | Catholic primary | 1.6 km | 1,098 | 236 |
| Flemington Primary School | Flemington | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,140 | 325 |
| North Melbourne Primary School | North Melbourne | Public primary | 1.9 km | 1,136 | 838 |
| St Monica's School | Footscray | Catholic primary | 2.0 km | 1,051 | 89 |
| Docklands Primary School | Docklands | Public primary | 2.2 km | 1,133 | 665 |
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 Bernadette's School | Ivanhoe West | Catholic primary · P-6 | 191 | 1,149 |
| Good Shepherd School | Wheelers Hill | Catholic primary · P-6 | 474 | 1,151 |
| Mary Immaculate School | Ivanhoe | Catholic primary · P-6 | 102 | 1,147 |
| St Anne's School | Kew East | Catholic primary · P-6 | 80 | 1,152 |
| St Columba's School | Elwood | Catholic primary · P-6 | 137 | 1,152 |
| Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School | South Melbourne | Catholic primary · P-6 | 369 | 1,154 |
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.