Mackellar Primary School
29-35 Goldsmith Avenue, Delahey VIC 3037
Mackellar Primary School is a government primary school in Delahey, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 287 students. Its ICSEA is 993, 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
Drawn from public online sources: a co-educational government primary school in Delahey serving Prep to Year 6, which opened in 1991. It has around 300 students and a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11 to 1. Public listings note a highly multicultural community, with about two thirds of students speaking a language other than English at home. A compulsory school uniform is in place.
Often praised
- Multicultural school community
- Small class ratios
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 Mackellar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmia Primary School | Keilor Downs | Public primary | 1.3 km | 985 | 171 |
| Gilson College | Taylors Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.5 km | 1,073 | 1,102 |
| Taylors Hill Primary School | Taylors Hill | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,027 | 562 |
| Taylors Lakes Primary School | Taylors Lakes | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,029 | 695 |
| Emmaus Catholic Primary School | Sydenham | Catholic primary | 1.9 km | 1,067 | 476 |
| Kings Park Primary School | St Albans | Public primary | 2.0 km | 966 | 350 |
| Stevensville Primary School | St Albans | Public primary | 2.1 km | 930 | 189 |
| Resurrection School | Kings Park | Catholic primary | 2.1 km | 957 | 453 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmoor Primary School | Dartmoor | Public primary · P-6 | 21 | 993 |
| Kinglake West Primary School | Kinglake West | Public primary · P-6 | 142 | 993 |
| Lara Primary School | Lara | Public primary · P-6 | 436 | 993 |
| Woady Yaloak Primary School | Smythesdale | Public primary · P-6 | 246 | 993 |
| Aitken Creek Primary School | Craigieburn | Public primary · P-6 | 870 | 992 |
| Altona North Primary School | Altona North | Public primary · P-6 | 215 | 994 |
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.