Surfside Primary School
31-65 John Dory Drive, Ocean Grove VIC 3226
Surfside Primary School is a government primary school in Ocean Grove, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 531 students. Its ICSEA is 1,075, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Students by year level, latest published year.
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Surfside Primary School is a government school in the seaside town of Ocean Grove, Victoria, about 25 km south east of Geelong. It began in 1992 and serves Prep to Grade 6 with around 545 students, with a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16 to 1. Public profiles note NAPLAN results above the national average for Year 3 in 2025.
Often praised
- Seaside Ocean Grove location
- Strong Year 3 NAPLAN results
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 Surfside Primary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady Star of the Sea School | Ocean Grove | Catholic primary | 0.2 km | 1,092 | 593 |
| Ocean Grove Primary School | Ocean Grove | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,105 | 596 |
| Barwon Heads Primary School | Barwon Heads | Public primary | 5.2 km | 1,120 | 362 |
| Wallington Primary School | Wallington | Public primary | 5.7 km | 1,031 | 127 |
| Point Lonsdale Primary School | Point Lonsdale | Public primary | 7.1 km | 1,115 | 133 |
| St Thomas Primary School | Drysdale | Catholic primary | 8.2 km | 1,051 | 428 |
| St Aloysius' School | Queenscliff | Catholic primary | 9.9 km | 1,081 | 112 |
| Queenscliff Primary School | Queenscliff | Public primary | 10.0 km | 1,120 | 151 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrum Primary School | Carrum | Public primary · P-6 | 363 | 1,075 |
| Chelsea Primary School | Chelsea | Public primary · P-6 | 406 | 1,075 |
| Kingston Heath Primary School | Cheltenham | Public primary · P-6 | 152 | 1,075 |
| Richmond West Primary School | Richmond | Public primary · P-6 | 266 | 1,075 |
| Taradale Primary School | Taradale | Public primary · P-6 | 68 | 1,075 |
| Avondale Primary School | Avondale Heights | Public primary · P-6 | 413 | 1,074 |
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.