Emerson School
1430 Heatherton Road, Dandenong, 3175
Special government school · South-Eastern Victoria · metropolitan · 366 students (114 female, 251 male) · 40.0% with English as an additional language
Measures from the 2025 Annual Report to the School Community · school number 4918 · 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 4 comparable measures below.
Performance Summary
Senior secondary
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exiting to further study or full-time work (2024; 28.7% over 4 years) | 78.7% | 42.5% | 81.5% | +36.2 |
Surveys
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent satisfaction (2025) | 100.0% | 89.2% | 86.9% | +10.8 |
| Staff view of school climate (2025) | 82.0% | 72.8% | 68.0% | +9.2 |
Enrolments at each February census
Enrolments have shrunk 11.9% over 5 years.
- 2017402
- 2018400
- 2019395
- 2020415
- 2021394
- 2022397
- 2023366
- 2024362
- 2025366
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