St Mary's School
214 Dandenong Road, St Kilda East VIC 3183
St Mary's School is a Catholic primary school in St Kilda East, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 135 students across all campuses. Its ICSEA is 1,111, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2024) ↗ 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). Enrolments and staff cover all campuses of this school. Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: St Mary's is a Catholic parish primary school on Dandenong Road, St Kilda East, teaching Foundation to Year 6 to roughly 135 students. Specialist teachers cover Physical Education, Music, Visual Arts and Italian, with Reading Recovery and special education support. Facilities include a multipurpose area, library and computer lab. The school has a strong multicultural community of about 20 nationalities and a long Presentation Sisters heritage.
Often praised
- Multicultural community
- Specialist teachers
- Presentation Sisters heritage
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Primary School | Windsor | Public primary | 0.3 km | 1,049 | 108 |
| Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc | St Kilda | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.5 km | 1,053 | 169 |
| St Michael's Grammar School | St Kilda | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.5 km | 1,180 | 1,143 |
| Yeshivah College | St Kilda East | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.0 km | 1,073 | 362 |
| The King David School | Armadale | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.1 km | 1,165 | 592 |
| Beth Rivkah Ladies College | St Kilda East | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.2 km | 1,086 | 489 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | Prahran East | Catholic primary | 1.3 km | 1,142 | 162 |
| St Kilda Primary School | St Kilda | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,126 | 448 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of the Nativity School | Aberfeldie | Catholic primary · P-6 | 364 | 1,111 |
| St Joseph's School | Northcote | Catholic primary · P-6 | 190 | 1,110 |
| St Ambrose's School | Woodend | Catholic primary · P-6 | 225 | 1,109 |
| St Clement of Rome School | Bulleen | Catholic primary · P-6 | 456 | 1,109 |
| St Mary's School | Greensborough | Catholic primary · P-6 | 524 | 1,109 |
| Our Lady of the Pines School | Donvale | Catholic primary · P-6 | 404 | 1,108 |
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.