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Bolwarra Primary School

249 Princes Highway, Bolwarra, 3305

Primary government school · South-Western Victoria · regional · 36 students (17 female, 19 male)

Measures from the 2025 Annual Report to the School Community · school number 1324 · source document · JSON

Against similar schools-6.8percentage points below its Similar Schools group, averaged across 8 measures
Parent satisfaction87.5%similar schools 91.9%
Student wellbeing70.4%4-year average; similar schools 84.2%
Students36enrolled in 2025

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 8 comparable measures below.

Performance Summary

NAPLAN

MeasureThis schoolSimilar schoolsStateGap
Year 3 reading, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 82.4% over 3 years)85.7%66.5%69.5%+19.2
Year 3 numeracy, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 64.7% over 3 years)57.1%67.9%66.2%-10.8
Year 5 reading, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 35.7% over 3 years)35.7%71.9%73.9%-36.2
Year 5 numeracy, Strong or Exceeding (2025; 46.2% over 3 years)46.2%71.3%69.1%-25.1
Reading growth, Year 3 to 5 (2025)not published (withheld by the Department of Education for privacy)
Numeracy growth, Year 3 to 5 (2025)not published (withheld by the Department of Education for privacy)

Teacher judgement

MeasureThis schoolSimilar schoolsStateGap
English at or above standard, Prep-6 (2025)88.0%82.5%86.3%+5.5
Mathematics at or above standard, Prep-6 (2025)91.4%83.6%84.2%+7.8

Wellbeing and engagement

MeasureThis schoolSimilar schoolsStateGap
Sense of connectedness, Years 4-6 (2025; 71.7% over 4 years)92.7%82.6%77.1%+10.1
Managing bullying, Years 4-6 (2025; 69.1% over 4 years)93.9%88.8%76.4%+5.1
Average absence days, Prep-6 (2025; 25.3 over 4 years)31.622.421.5+9.2

Surveys

MeasureThis schoolSimilar schoolsStateGap
Parent satisfaction (2025)87.5%91.9%82.0%-4.4
Staff view of school climate (2025)90.4%82.9%77.4%+7.5

Enrolments at each February census

Enrolments have shrunk 50.7% over 5 years.

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