Preston South Primary School
56B Hotham Street, Preston VIC 3072
Preston South Primary School is a government primary school in Preston, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 421 students. Its ICSEA is 1,127, 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: Preston South Primary School is a government co-educational school in Preston for Prep to Year 6, with close to 400 students. The school has built a three-storey learning and administration building, including general learning areas, specialist science and technology spaces and indoor and outdoor learning areas. It maintains its own website and Facebook community page.
Often praised
- New three-storey learning building
- Science and technology spaces
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 Preston South 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart School | Preston | Catholic primary | 0.5 km | 1,090 | 117 |
| St John's College Preston | Preston | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.7 km | 1,066 | 345 |
| Penders Grove Primary School | Thornbury | Public primary | 1.0 km | 1,021 | 143 |
| St Mary's School | Thornbury | Catholic primary | 1.1 km | 1,089 | 113 |
| Thornbury Primary School | Thornbury | Public primary | 1.3 km | 1,093 | 300 |
| Bell Primary School | Preston | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,165 | 467 |
| Wales Street Primary School | Thornbury | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,140 | 606 |
| Preston West Primary School | Preston | Public primary | 1.6 km | 1,135 | 675 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Park Primary School | Wheelers Hill | Public primary · P-6 | 546 | 1,127 |
| Eltham North Primary School | Eltham North | Public primary · P-6 | 409 | 1,127 |
| Heathmont East Primary School | Heathmont | Public primary · P-6 | 527 | 1,127 |
| Mitcham Primary School | Mitcham | Public primary · P-6 | 471 | 1,127 |
| Old Orchard Primary School | Blackburn North | Public primary · P-6 | 413 | 1,127 |
| Coburg North Primary School | Coburg | Public primary · P-6 | 484 | 1,128 |
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.