St Finbar's School
90 Centre Road, Brighton East VIC 3187
St Finbar's School is a Catholic primary school in Brighton East, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 331 students. Its ICSEA is 1,136, 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 Finbar's School is a coeducational Catholic primary school in Brighton East, established in 1948 and serving about 320 students from Prep to Year 6. The school has a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14 to 1, offers Italian as its language program, and has a compulsory school uniform.
Often praised
- Italian language program
- Established local parish school
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentleigh West Primary School | Bentleigh | Public primary | 0.9 km | 1,146 | 785 |
| Gardenvale Primary School | Brighton East | Public primary | 1.3 km | 1,164 | 617 |
| Brighton Primary School | Brighton | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,153 | 523 |
| St Leonard's College | Brighton East | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 1,184 | 1,597 |
| Ormond Primary School | Ormond | Public primary | 1.8 km | 1,158 | 321 |
| Brighton Beach Primary School | Brighton | Public primary | 2.0 km | 1,146 | 233 |
| St Joan of Arc School | Brighton | Catholic primary | 2.1 km | 1,170 | 402 |
| Divrei Emineh | Ormond | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.1 km | 932 | 189 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's School | Footscray | Catholic primary · P-6 | 227 | 1,136 |
| Holy Trinity Primary School | Eltham North | Catholic primary · P-6 | 393 | 1,137 |
| St Philip's School | Blackburn North | Catholic primary · P-6 | 40 | 1,137 |
| Stella Maris School | Beaumaris | Catholic primary · P-6 | 143 | 1,137 |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel School | Deepdene | Catholic primary · P-6 | 144 | 1,138 |
| Sacred Heart School | Sandringham | Catholic primary · P-6 | 274 | 1,138 |
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.