Swan Hill Specialist School
27-33 Yana Street, Swan Hill VIC 3585
Swan Hill Specialist School is a government special school in Swan Hill, VIC with about 83 students. Its ICSEA is 908, 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
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Swan Hill Specialist School as a government special school in the Murray region of Victoria, supporting around 110 students with disabilities from Swan Hill and surrounding rural areas since 1987. Recent upgrades, covered in architecture and government press, added a steel-framed sports court, a student-run cafe, and a library and learning hub. Coverage of the redevelopment highlights a design philosophy centred on inclusion and focusing on ability rather than disability, alongside a notably low student-to-teacher ratio.
Often praised
- Inclusion-focused design philosophy
- Recently upgraded facilities
- Low student-to-teacher ratio
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 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
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Location and nearby schools
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood English Language School | Collingwood | Public special · P-12 | 237 | 906 |
| Horsham Special School | Horsham | Public special | 108 | 903 |
| Western English Language School | Braybrook | Public special · P-10 | 43 | 903 |
| Baringa Special School | Moe | Public special | 166 | 901 |
| Hampden P-12 School | Cobden | Public special | 64 | 898 |
| Portland Bay School | Portland | Public special | 64 | 898 |
About this data
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