St Francis Xavier School
Fortune Street, Ballarat East VIC 3350
St Francis Xavier School is a Catholic primary school in Ballarat East, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 482 students. Its ICSEA is 1,071, 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 Francis Xavier School is a coeducational Catholic primary school in Ballarat East, serving about 390 students from Prep to Year 6 with a student-to-teacher ratio of around 14 to 1. It offers a quality learning environment with specialist areas including visual arts, performing arts, music and languages other than English.
Often praised
- Visual and performing arts
- Music and LOTE specialists
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonian Primary School | Brown Hill | Public primary | 1.0 km | 1,010 | 226 |
| Little Bendigo Primary School | Nerrina | Public primary | 2.2 km | 986 | 72 |
| St Alipius' Parish School | Ballarat East | Catholic primary | 2.6 km | 1,052 | 248 |
| Warrenheip Primary School | Warrenheip | Public primary | 2.6 km | 909 | 30 |
| Canadian Lead Primary School | Ballarat East | Public primary | 2.7 km | 952 | 223 |
| Black Hill Primary School | Ballarat | Public primary | 3.2 km | 1,042 | 370 |
| St Columba's School | Ballarat North | Catholic primary | 4.2 km | 1,090 | 334 |
| Macarthur Street Primary School | Soldiers Hill | Public primary | 4.2 km | 951 | 89 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glowrey Catholic Primary School | Wollert | Catholic primary · P-6 | 559 | 1,071 |
| Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception School | Sunshine | Catholic primary · P-6 | 317 | 1,070 |
| St Anne's School | Seaford | Catholic primary · P-6 | 186 | 1,070 |
| St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School | Armstrong Creek | Catholic primary · P-6 | 504 | 1,070 |
| St Patrick's School | Port Fairy | Catholic primary · P-6 | 180 | 1,070 |
| Trinity Catholic Primary School | Narre Warren South | Catholic primary · P-6 | 507 | 1,070 |
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.