Miners Rest Primary School
Dundas Street, Miners Rest VIC 3352
Miners Rest Primary School is a government primary school in Miners Rest, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 342 students. Its ICSEA is 994, 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: Miners Rest Primary School is a government Prep to Year 6 school about 10 kilometres north-west of Ballarat, with around 350 students. The school site dates from 1858, and a major expansion completed in 2022 provided modern learning facilities. An adjacent kindergarten hosts three- and four-year-old groups and has strong connections with the school's staff and students.
Often praised
- Modernised facilities
- Adjacent kindergarten
- Long local history
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Blowhard Primary School | Blowhard | Public primary | 5.4 km | 1,008 | 80 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School | Wendouree | Catholic primary | 5.9 km | 1,017 | 101 |
| Yuille Park Community College | Wendouree | Public k–12 / combined | 6.0 km | 840 | 212 |
| Forest Street Primary School | Wendouree | Public primary | 6.2 km | 919 | 225 |
| Wendouree Primary School | Wendouree | Public primary | 7.4 km | 917 | 116 |
| Ballarat Grammar | Wendouree | Independent k–12 / combined | 7.5 km | 1,120 | 1,989 |
| Siena Catholic Primary School | Lucas | Catholic primary | 7.7 km | 1,055 | 336 |
| Lucas Primary School | Lucas | Public primary | 7.9 km | 1,029 | 564 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altona North Primary School | Altona North | Public primary · P-6 | 215 | 994 |
| Bruthen Primary School | Bruthen | Public primary · P-6 | 66 | 994 |
| Bunyip Primary School | Bunyip | Public primary · P-6 | 179 | 994 |
| Coimadai Primary School | Coimadai | Public primary · P-6 | 70 | 994 |
| Hillsmeade Primary School | Narre Warren South | Public primary · P-6 | 720 | 994 |
| Marong Primary School | Marong | Public primary · P-6 | 251 | 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.