Stella Maris Catholic School
Burnie TAS 7320
Stella Maris Catholic School is a Catholic primary school in Burnie, TAS from Prep to Year 6 with about 382 students. Its ICSEA is 1,024, 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: Stella Maris is a Catholic primary school on Futuna Avenue, Burnie, overlooking Bass Strait on Tasmania's north-west coast. Registered as a school in 1908 under the Sisters of Mercy, it moved to its present site in the late 1970s next to Marist Regional College. It is a double-stream school from Kindergarten to Grade 6 with more than 400 students and 48 staff.
Often praised
- Double-stream K-6 school
- Coastal site beside Marist College
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnie Primary School | Park Grove | Public primary | 0.8 km | 984 | 371 |
| Montello Primary School | Montello | Public primary | 1.3 km | 885 | 332 |
| Cooee Primary School | Cooee | Public primary | 2.1 km | 984 | 177 |
| Romaine Park Primary School | Romaine | Public primary | 3.2 km | 873 | 338 |
| Havenview Primary School | Havenview | Public primary | 4.1 km | 866 | 130 |
| Leighland Christian School - Burnie Campus | Wivenhoe | Independent primary | 4.5 km | — | — |
| Somerset Primary School | Somerset | Public primary | 5.8 km | 926 | 367 |
| Australian Christian College - Burnie | Somerset | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.6 km | 979 | 28 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in TAS
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Anthony's Catholic School | Riverside | Catholic primary · P-6 | 180 | 1,026 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School | Lenah Valley | Catholic primary · P-6 | 195 | 1,033 |
| St Thomas More's Catholic School | Newstead | Catholic primary · P-6 | 315 | 1,033 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School | Devonport | Catholic primary · P-6 | 385 | 1,014 |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic School | Lindisfarne | Catholic primary · P-6 | 254 | 1,035 |
| St Therese's Catholic School | Moonah | Catholic primary · P-6 | 207 | 1,035 |
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.