St Joseph's School
Campaspe Street, Rochester VIC 3561
St Joseph's School is a Catholic primary school in Rochester, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 95 students. Its ICSEA is 991, where the national average is 1000.
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 Joseph's is a Catholic co-educational primary school in Rochester, in the Sandhurst Diocese, serving Prep to Grade 6 with around 124 students and a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12 to 1. The school describes itself as a proud Catholic community united in faith and committed in action, to live, learn and grow.
Often praised
- Faith-based community
- Catholic values focus
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Primary School | Rochester | Public primary | 1.2 km | 978 | 183 |
| Nanneella Estate Primary School | Nanneella | Public primary | 9.0 km | 978 | 7 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Primary | Elmore | Catholic primary | 16.2 km | 1,010 | 26 |
| Elmore Primary School | Elmore | Public primary | 16.9 km | 959 | 32 |
| Lockington Consolidated School | Lockington | Public primary | 18.4 km | 980 | 148 |
| Girgarre Primary School | Girgarre | Public primary | 24.6 km | 863 | 25 |
| Echuca Twin Rivers Primary School | Echuca | Public primary | 25.3 km | 902 | 160 |
| St Mary's School | Echuca | Catholic primary | 25.7 km | 1,041 | 568 |
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 Brendan's School | Flemington | Catholic primary · P-6 | 82 | 993 |
| St Mary's School | Mansfield | Catholic primary · P-6 | 134 | 993 |
| St Mary's School | Dandenong | Catholic primary · P-6 | 154 | 993 |
| St Mary's School | Sea Lake | Catholic primary · P-6 | 39 | 993 |
| St Joseph's School | Chiltern | Catholic primary · P-6 | 33 | 988 |
| St Joseph's School | Hopetoun | Catholic primary · P-6 | 37 | 994 |
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.