Lake Colac School
413-437 Murray Street, Colac VIC 3250
Lake Colac School is a government special school in Colac, VIC with about 90 students. Its ICSEA is 933, 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
About this school, from public sources
Publicly available information describes Lake Colac School (formerly Colac Specialist School, renamed 2024) as a specialist government school in Colac, Victoria, serving students from Early Education through age 18 with intellectual disabilities ranging from mild to profound, many with co-occurring autism, sensory, or physical needs. The school recently relocated to a new purpose-built site and draws students from across the Colac-Otway Shire and surrounding townships including Winchelsea, Lorne, and Apollo Bay, alongside curriculum, wellbeing, and therapy programs.
Often praised
- new purpose-built campus
- dedicated therapy and wellbeing programs
- broad regional catchment support
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
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvoir Wodonga Special Developmental School | West Wodonga | Public special | 158 | 934 |
| Hume Valley School | Broadmeadows | Public special | 372 | 934 |
| Cobram and District Specialist School | Cobram | Public special | 70 | 929 |
| Sale and District Specialist School | Sale | Public special | 104 | 937 |
| Latrobe Special Developmental School | Traralgon | Public special | 87 | 928 |
| Nelson Park School | Bell Park | Public special | 341 | 938 |
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.