Watsonia North Primary School
16 Sharpes Road, Watsonia North VIC 3087
Watsonia North Primary School is a government primary school in Watsonia North, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 491 students. Its ICSEA is 1,080, 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: Watsonia North Primary School is a co-educational government primary school in Melbourne's north-east, teaching Prep to Year 6 with around 546 students. In 2025 the school opened a new Year 5/6 learning space and STEM lab designed for collaboration, innovation and curiosity. An out of school hours program runs after school on weekdays, with capacity for about 100 children.
Often praised
- New STEM lab
- Out of school hours care
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: high. 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 Watsonia North 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watsonia Primary School | Watsonia | Public primary | 0.9 km | 1,027 | 66 |
| St Mary's School | Greensborough | Catholic primary | 1.1 km | 1,109 | 524 |
| Bundoora Primary School | Bundoora | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,063 | 321 |
| Greensborough Primary School | Greensborough | Public primary | 1.8 km | 1,058 | 148 |
| St Damian's School | Bundoora | Catholic primary | 2.1 km | 1,080 | 378 |
| Northside Christian College | Bundoora | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,102 | 643 |
| Watsonia Heights Primary School | Greensborough | Public primary | 2.4 km | 1,104 | 514 |
| Macleod College | Macleod | Public k–12 / combined | 2.8 km | 1,073 | 550 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray North Primary School | Footscray | Public primary · P-6 | 618 | 1,080 |
| Le Page Primary School | Cheltenham | Public primary · P-6 | 208 | 1,080 |
| New Gisborne Primary School | New Gisborne | Public primary · P-6 | 418 | 1,080 |
| Tecoma Primary School | Tecoma | Public primary · P-6 | 354 | 1,080 |
| Wonga Park Primary School | Wonga Park | Public primary · P-6 | 391 | 1,080 |
| Kingswood Primary School | Dingley Village | Public primary · P-6 | 525 | 1,079 |
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.