Ballarat Specialist School
25 Gillies Street North, Lake Gardens, 3355
Special government school · South-Western Victoria · regional · 442 students (135 female, 307 male) · 4.0% with English as an additional language
Measures from the 2025 Annual Report to the School Community · school number 4762 · source document · JSON
The Gap column is this school minus its Similar Schools group: the Department of Education's own comparison with government schools of similar intake. Positive is better, except for absence days. The headline figure averages the 3 comparable measures below.
Performance Summary
Senior secondary
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exiting to further study or full-time work (2024; 8.0% over 4 years) | 6.7% | 40.3% | 81.5% | -33.6 |
| Real retention rate, Year 7 to 12 (2025; 91.5% over 4 years) | 100.0% | 78.6% | 68.8% | +21.4 |
Surveys
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent satisfaction (2025) | 49.4% | 84.0% | 86.9% | -34.6 |
| Staff view of school climate (2025) | 47.7% | 64.8% | 68.0% | -17.1 |
Enrolments at each February census
Enrolments have shrunk 1.9% over 5 years; Year 7 intake down 38.5% over 5 years.
- 2017459
- 2018461
- 2019472
- 2020451
- 2021434
- 2022442
- 2023439
- 2024428
- 2025442
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