Penshurst Primary School
87 Ritchie Street, Penshurst VIC 3289
Penshurst Primary School is a government primary school in Penshurst, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 18 students. Its ICSEA is 977, 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: Penshurst Primary School sits at the foot of Mount Rouse in a wool-growing district south-east of Hamilton, and has served the community for over a century. It is a very small school with a few teachers and a cross-age tutoring approach. Students use school-provided iPads. Its motto is Learning Together, and its values are diversity, achievement, responsibility and endeavour.
Often praised
- Cross-age tutoring
- Learning Together motto
- School-provided iPads
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NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Penshurst 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's School | Penshurst | Catholic primary | 0.2 km | 973 | 16 |
| Tarrington Lutheran School | Tarrington | Independent primary | 21.3 km | 1,063 | 106 |
| Good Shepherd College | Hamilton | Independent k–12 / combined | 25.0 km | 1,028 | 193 |
| Hawkesdale P12 College | Hawkesdale | Public k–12 / combined | 25.4 km | 947 | 146 |
| St Mary's School | Hamilton | Catholic primary | 26.0 km | 1,040 | 257 |
| George Street Primary School - Hamilton | Hamilton | Public primary | 26.9 km | 877 | 52 |
| Dunkeld Consolidated School | Dunkeld | Public primary | 27.0 km | 1,046 | 80 |
| Hamilton (Gray Street) Primary School | Hamilton | Public primary | 28.0 km | 983 | 295 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Clear Primary School | Cape Clear | Public primary · P-6 | 15 | 977 |
| Crib Point Primary School | Crib Point | Public primary · P-6 | 234 | 977 |
| Dillbadin Primary School | Boronia | Public primary · P-6 | 36 | 977 |
| Epping Primary School | Epping | Public primary · P-6 | 282 | 977 |
| Koondrook Primary School | Koondrook | Public primary · P-6 | 86 | 977 |
| Perseverance Primary School | French Island | Public primary | — | 977 |
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.