St Mary's School
Calvert Street, Colac VIC 3250
St Mary's School is a Catholic primary school in Colac, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 266 students. Its ICSEA is 1,025, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the school's own page. 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 Mary's Catholic Primary School sits on Calvert Street beside Lake Colac and teaches Prep to Year 6 to roughly 200 to 270 students. It is described as a close, professional team of teachers, aides and administration. The school aims to provide an environment of positivity, openness and love that nurtures each child's creativity, and acts as a faith community supporting children's spiritual development.
Often praised
- Lakeside location
- Nurturing faith community
- Close professional team
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 Mary's 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colac West Primary School | Colac | Public primary | 0.5 km | 899 | 56 |
| Colac Primary School | Colac | Public primary | 1.2 km | 946 | 152 |
| Colac South West Primary School | Colac | Public primary | 1.5 km | 948 | 147 |
| Sacred Heart School | Eliminyt | Catholic primary | 2.1 km | 1,025 | 398 |
| Elliminyt Primary School | Elliminyt | Public primary | 3.0 km | 996 | 225 |
| St Brendan's School | Coragulac | Catholic primary | 9.2 km | 977 | 37 |
| Alvie Primary School | Alvie | Public primary | 12.5 km | 968 | 46 |
| Beeac Primary School | Beeac | Public primary | 16.4 km | 927 | 24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart School | Eliminyt | Catholic primary · P-6 | 398 | 1,025 |
| St Paul's Kealba Catholic School | Kealba | Catholic primary · P-6 | 257 | 1,025 |
| Mother Teresa School | Mt Ridley | Catholic primary · P-6 | 342 | 1,026 |
| St Colman's School | Mortlake | Catholic primary · P-6 | 39 | 1,026 |
| St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School | Weir Views | Catholic primary · P-6 | 473 | 1,024 |
| St Mary's School | Bairnsdale | Catholic primary · P-6 | 473 | 1,024 |
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.