St Anthony's School
90 Kees Road, Lara VIC 3212
St Anthony's School is a Catholic primary school in Lara, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 477 students. Its ICSEA is 1,040, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, 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: St Anthony's School is a Catholic coeducational primary school in Lara, serving Prep to Year 6 and established in 1983 in the Corio-Lara parish. It sits on a fifteen-acre semi-rural campus and has around 480 students. An outside-school-hours care service operates for families, and the school lists a compulsory uniform.
Often praised
- Spacious semi-rural campus
- Outside-school-hours care
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lara Lake Primary School | Lara Lake | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,025 | 902 |
| Lara Primary School | Lara | Public primary | 1.7 km | 993 | 436 |
| Geelong Grammar School | Corio | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.0 km | 1,149 | 1,422 |
| St Francis Xavier School | Corio | Catholic primary | 6.9 km | 937 | 177 |
| Northern Bay P-12 College | Corio | Public k–12 / combined | 7.7 km | 877 | 1,762 |
| Geelong Baptist College | Lovely Banks | Independent k–12 / combined | 7.8 km | 1,031 | 255 |
| St Thomas Aquinas School | Norlane | Catholic primary | 8.8 km | 941 | 149 |
| Rollins Primary School | Bell Post Hill | Public primary | 11.1 km | 1,001 | 335 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | Mickleham | Catholic primary · P-6 | 401 | 1,040 |
| Sacred Heart School | Tatura | Catholic primary · P-6 | 236 | 1,040 |
| St Clare's Primary School | Officer | Catholic primary · P-6 | 584 | 1,040 |
| St Kevin's School | Hampton Park | Catholic primary · P-6 | 479 | 1,040 |
| St Mary's School | Hamilton | Catholic primary · P-6 | 257 | 1,040 |
| St Monica's School | Wodonga West | Catholic primary · P-6 | 511 | 1,040 |
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.