Little Bendigo Primary School
8 Monte Street, Nerrina VIC 3350
Little Bendigo Primary School is a government primary school in Nerrina, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 72 students. Its ICSEA is 986, 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
Drawn from public online sources: Little Bendigo Primary School is a government school for Prep to Year 6 on Monte Street, Nerrina, near Ballarat. It opened in 1878 and its brick building, in a Victorian rustic Gothic style on bluestone foundations, is recognised on the Victorian Heritage Database as a surviving intact small country schoolhouse. Around 84 students attend.
Often praised
- Heritage-listed schoolhouse
- Small country school
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonian Primary School | Brown Hill | Public primary | 1.4 km | 1,010 | 226 |
| St Francis Xavier School | Ballarat East | Catholic primary | 2.2 km | 1,071 | 482 |
| Black Hill Primary School | Ballarat | Public primary | 2.4 km | 1,042 | 370 |
| St Alipius' Parish School | Ballarat East | Catholic primary | 2.8 km | 1,052 | 248 |
| Ballarat North Primary School | Ballarat | Public primary | 2.9 km | 1,002 | 312 |
| Invermay Primary School | Invermay | Public primary | 3.1 km | 945 | 82 |
| St Columba's School | Ballarat North | Catholic primary | 3.1 km | 1,090 | 334 |
| Macarthur Street Primary School | Soldiers Hill | Public primary | 3.4 km | 951 | 89 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardeer Primary School | Ardeer | Public primary · P-6 | 120 | 986 |
| Devon Meadows Primary School | Devon Meadows | Public primary · P-6 | 316 | 986 |
| Glenroy Central Primary School | Glenroy | Public primary · P-6 | 262 | 986 |
| Horsham West and Haven Primary School | Horsham | Public primary · P-6 | 583 | 986 |
| Lucknow Primary School | Eastwood | Public primary · P-6 | 533 | 986 |
| Romsey Primary School | Romsey | Public primary · P-6 | 328 | 986 |
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.