St Joseph's Primary School
62 Boronia Dr, O'Connor ACT 2602
St Joseph's Primary School is a Catholic primary school in O'Connor, ACT from Prep to Year 6 with about 334 students. Its ICSEA is 1,130, where the national average is 1000.
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: 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 Joseph's Primary School is a coeducational Catholic school in O'Connor, established in 1956, teaching Kindergarten to Year 6 to about 330 students. A Catholic Early Learning Centre serving north Canberra is co-located on the site, giving families an early learning pathway into the school.
Often praised
- Co-located early learning centre
- Established inner-north school
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: high. 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 St Joseph's 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Connor Cooperative School (Early Childhood School P-2) | O'Connor | Public primary | 0.6 km | 1,141 | 60 |
| Turner School | Turner | Public primary | 0.7 km | 1,141 | 318 |
| Lyneham Primary School | Lyneham | Public primary | 0.8 km | 1,135 | 498 |
| Brindabella Christian College Lyneham Campus | Lyneham | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.1 km | 1,154 | 929 |
| Daramalan College | Dickson | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,127 | 1,498 |
| Merici College | Braddon | Catholic k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,138 | 992 |
| Emmaus Christian School | Dickson | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 1,138 | 590 |
| North Ainslie Primary School | Ainslie | Public primary | 2.0 km | 1,145 | 527 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in ACT
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sts Peter & Paul Primary School | Garran | Catholic primary · P-6 | 299 | 1,130 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | Pearce | Catholic primary · P-6 | 210 | 1,131 |
| St Jude's Primary School | Holder | Catholic primary · P-6 | 425 | 1,131 |
| Rosary Primary School | Watson | Catholic primary · P-6 | 369 | 1,121 |
| St Bede's Primary School | Red Hill | Catholic primary · P-6 | 261 | 1,117 |
| St Vincent's Primary School | Aranda | Catholic primary · P-6 | 195 | 1,117 |
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.