St Mary's School
2-20 Fir Street, Whittlesea VIC 3757
St Mary's School is a Catholic primary school in Whittlesea, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 262 students. Its ICSEA is 1,032, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2024) ↗ 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 is a Catholic primary school in Whittlesea, established in 1983 and offering Prep to Year 6 to about 260 students. The school employs around 20 teaching staff and 15 non-teaching staff, and has advertised a LOTE and library teaching role. Families are invited to book a school tour by phoning the office.
Often praised
- Established local community school
- Languages and library teaching
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: medium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittlesea Primary School | Whittlesea | Public primary | 0.6 km | 977 | 387 |
| Laurimar Primary School | Doreen | Public primary | 8.6 km | 1,027 | 955 |
| Mernda Primary School | Mernda | Public primary | 9.7 km | 1,035 | 802 |
| St Paul the Apostle Catholic Primary School | Doreen | Catholic primary | 9.8 km | 1,080 | 454 |
| Hazel Glen College | Doreen | Public k–12 / combined | 9.8 km | 1,023 | 2,001 |
| St Joseph's School | Mernda | Catholic primary | 9.8 km | 1,094 | 497 |
| Mernda Hills Christian College | Mernda | Independent k–12 / combined | 10.5 km | 1,119 | 359 |
| Upper Plenty Primary School | Upper Plenty | Public primary | 10.7 km | 987 | 201 |
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 Monica's School | Kangaroo Flat | Catholic primary · P-6 | 284 | 1,032 |
| St James School | Nar Nar Goon | Catholic primary · P-6 | 98 | 1,031 |
| St John's School | Euroa | Catholic primary · P-6 | 199 | 1,033 |
| St Joseph's School | Wonthaggi | Catholic primary · P-6 | 315 | 1,031 |
| St Mary's School | Castlemaine | Catholic primary · P-6 | 64 | 1,033 |
| St James' School | Sebastopol | Catholic primary · P-6 | 166 | 1,034 |
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.