St Patrick's School
9-11 William Street, Port Fairy VIC 3284
St Patrick's School is a Catholic primary school in Port Fairy, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 180 students. Its ICSEA is 1,070, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ 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). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: St Patrick's is a Catholic primary school in Port Fairy, established in 1849 as the second Catholic school in Victoria. It has about 207 students from Prep to Year 6. Specialist programs include visual arts, performing arts, physical education and Japanese. Facilities include open-plan classrooms, a modern library, an ICT centre, ovals, tennis courts and an adventure playground. It is an accredited KidsMatter school with a strong wellbeing focus.
Often praised
- Historic Catholic school
- Specialist arts and Japanese
- KidsMatter wellbeing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Fairy Consolidated School | Port Fairy | Public primary | 0.3 km | 1,055 | 153 |
| St Patrick's School | Koroit | Catholic primary | 15.3 km | 1,040 | 109 |
| Koroit And District Primary School | Koroit | Public primary | 15.8 km | 988 | 169 |
| St John's School | Dennington | Catholic primary | 19.1 km | 1,009 | 273 |
| Merrivale Primary School | Warrnambool | Public primary | 19.6 km | 1,018 | 178 |
| St Pius X School | Warrnambool West | Catholic primary | 20.5 km | 1,002 | 246 |
| Warrnambool West Primary School | Warrnambool | Public primary | 20.6 km | 902 | 142 |
| Warrnambool Primary School | Warrnambool | Public primary | 21.9 km | 963 | 346 |
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 Immaculate Conception School | Sunshine | Catholic primary · P-6 | 317 | 1,070 |
| St Anne's School | Seaford | Catholic primary · P-6 | 186 | 1,070 |
| St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School | Armstrong Creek | Catholic primary · P-6 | 504 | 1,070 |
| Trinity Catholic Primary School | Narre Warren South | Catholic primary · P-6 | 507 | 1,070 |
| Glowrey Catholic Primary School | Wollert | Catholic primary · P-6 | 559 | 1,071 |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | The Basin | Catholic primary · P-6 | 255 | 1,069 |
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.