St Benedict's School
70 Alness Street, Applecross WA 6153
St Benedict's School is a Catholic primary school in Applecross, WA from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 404 students. Its ICSEA is 1,152, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
Sector, 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
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: St Benedict's is a co-educational Catholic primary school in Applecross, a few minutes from the Swan River, with around 260 students from three-year-old Kindergarten to Year 6. Focus areas include music, sport, STEM and a Gifted and Talented program. It offers Pre-kindy, Kindy and Out of School Hours Care.
Often praised
- Gifted and Talented program
- Music and STEM focus
- Early years and OSHC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applecross Primary School | Applecross | Public primary | 0.8 km | 1,155 | 552 |
| Ardross Primary School | Ardross | Public primary | 1.1 km | 1,149 | 442 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School | Mount Pleasant | Public primary | 1.4 km | 1,146 | 555 |
| Booragoon Primary School | Booragoon | Public primary | 2.3 km | 1,121 | 439 |
| St Pius X Catholic School | Manning | Catholic primary | 2.3 km | 1,136 | 206 |
| Aquinas College | Salter Point | Catholic k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,110 | 1,376 |
| Manning Primary School | Manning | Public primary | 2.4 km | 1,105 | 454 |
| Brentwood Primary School | Brentwood | Public primary | 2.7 km | 1,116 | 309 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in WA
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Spirit School | City Beach | Catholic primary · K-6 | 227 | 1,163 |
| St Paul's Primary School | Mount Lawley | Catholic primary · K-6 | 239 | 1,141 |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary School | South Perth | Catholic primary · K-6 | 477 | 1,140 |
| St Pius X Catholic School | Manning | Catholic primary · K-6 | 206 | 1,136 |
| St Thomas' Primary School | Claremont | Catholic primary · K-6 | 168 | 1,169 |
| Mel Maria Catholic Primary School | Attadale | Catholic primary · K-6 | 596 | 1,131 |
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.