Mount Barker Primary School
2A Dumas Street, Mount Barker SA 5251
Mount Barker Primary School is a government primary school in Mount Barker, SA from Reception to Year 6 with about 326 students. Its ICSEA is 1,016, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, 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
Drawn from public online sources: Mount Barker Primary School is a zoned government school on Dumas Street, Mount Barker, with about 326 students. The school describes itself as innovative and inclusive, and highlights new state-of-the-art facilities. Families living inside the school zone can usually enrol, while out-of-zone enrolment depends on available places.
Often praised
- Inclusive school culture
- New modern facilities
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mark's Lutheran School | Mount Barker | Independent primary | 0.9 km | 1,071 | 351 |
| King's Baptist Grammar School - Mount Barker Campus | Mount Barker | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.1 km | — | — |
| St Francis de Sales College | Mount Barker | Catholic k–12 / combined | 1.2 km | 1,051 | 1,047 |
| Mount Barker South Primary School | Mount Barker | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,011 | 399 |
| Littlehampton Primary School | Littlehampton | Public primary | 2.4 km | 1,036 | 336 |
| Mount Barker Waldorf School | Mount Barker | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.7 km | 1,087 | 321 |
| Nairne School - Preschool & Primary | Nairne | Public primary | 5.6 km | 1,009 | 399 |
| St Michael's Lutheran School, Hahndorf Inc | Hahndorf | Independent primary | 5.8 km | 1,101 | 192 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in SA
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felixstow Primary School | Felixstow | Public primary · R-6 | 76 | 1,014 |
| Kangarilla Primary School | Kangarilla | Public primary · R-6 | 30 | 1,018 |
| Largs Bay School | Largs Bay | Public primary · R-6 | 418 | 1,018 |
| McLaren Vale Primary School | McLaren Vale | Public primary · R-6 | 521 | 1,018 |
| Melrose Primary School | Melrose | Public primary · R-6 | 14 | 1,014 |
| Moana Primary School | Seaford | Public primary · R-6 | 369 | 1,018 |
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.