St Richard's Primary School
672 Mount Dandenong Road, Kilsyth VIC 3137
St Richard's Primary School is a Catholic primary school in Kilsyth, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 166 students. Its ICSEA is 1,058, 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 Richard's Primary School is a small co-educational Catholic primary school (Prep to Year 6) on Mount Dandenong Road, Kilsyth, established in 1984. It has around 134 students and a student-to-teacher ratio of about 1 to 8. Italian is offered as a language, and the school is part of the Melbourne Archdiocese.
Often praised
- Small class sizes
- Italian language program
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gladesville Primary School | Kilsyth | Public primary | 0.5 km | 968 | 65 |
| Kilsyth Primary School | Kilsyth | Public primary | 0.8 km | 948 | 110 |
| Pembroke Primary School | Mooroolbark | Public primary | 1.2 km | 923 | 81 |
| Montrose Primary School | Montrose | Public primary | 1.9 km | 1,050 | 576 |
| St Peter Julian Eymard | Mooroolbark | Catholic primary | 2.1 km | 1,036 | 583 |
| Ruskin Park Primary School | Croydon | Public primary | 2.4 km | 1,034 | 505 |
| Mooroolbark East Primary School | Mooroolbark | Public primary | 2.5 km | 1,013 | 551 |
| Ghilgai School | Kilsyth | Independent primary | 2.5 km | 1,061 | 94 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary MacKillop School | Narre Warren North | Catholic primary · P-6 | 294 | 1,058 |
| St Michael's School | Traralgon | Catholic primary · P-6 | 456 | 1,058 |
| St Anne's School | Sunbury | Catholic primary · P-6 | 599 | 1,059 |
| St Kilian's School | Bendigo | Catholic primary · P-6 | 268 | 1,059 |
| St Mary MacKillop Primary School | Keilor Downs | Catholic primary · P-6 | 502 | 1,059 |
| St Paul Apostle South School | Endeavour Hills | Catholic primary · P-6 | 273 | 1,057 |
About this data
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