Westgarth Primary School
45 Brooke St & 311 Clarke St, Northcote VIC 3070
Westgarth Primary School is a government primary school in Northcote, VIC from Prep to Year 6 with about 568 students. Its ICSEA is 1,204, 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: Westgarth Primary School is a government Prep-6 school in Northcote with around 650 students and a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14 to 1. It operates across two sites, on Brooke Street and Clarke Street, and offers an out of school hours care program on the Clarke Street site.
Often praised
- Out of school hours care
- Low student-teacher ratio
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 Westgarth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's School | Northcote | Catholic primary | 0.8 km | 1,110 | 190 |
| Northcote Primary School | Northcote | Public primary | 0.9 km | 1,166 | 317 |
| Spensley Street Primary School | Clifton Hill | Public primary | 1.2 km | 1,170 | 221 |
| Fairfield Primary School | Fairfield | Public primary | 1.3 km | 1,170 | 516 |
| St Anthony's School | Alphington | Catholic primary | 1.4 km | 1,141 | 92 |
| Merri Creek Primary School | Fitzroy North | Public primary | 1.6 km | 1,186 | 438 |
| Wales Street Primary School | Thornbury | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,140 | 606 |
| Holy Spirit School | Thornbury East | Catholic primary | 2.0 km | 1,107 | 129 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camberwell Primary School | Camberwell | Public primary · P-6 | 544 | 1,194 |
| Canterbury Primary School | Canterbury | Public primary · P-6 | 624 | 1,192 |
| Hartwell Primary School | Camberwell | Public primary · P-6 | 558 | 1,191 |
| Clifton Hill Primary School | Clifton Hill | Public primary · P-6 | 689 | 1,186 |
| Merri Creek Primary School | Fitzroy North | Public primary · P-6 | 438 | 1,186 |
| Camberwell South Primary School | Glen Iris | Public primary · P-6 | 453 | 1,183 |
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.