Merriang Special Developmental School
11 Duncan Road, Lalor, 3075
Special government school · North-Western Victoria · metropolitan · 125 students (34 female, 91 male) · 22.0% with English as an additional language
Measures from the 2025 Annual Report to the School Community · school number 5284 · 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; 27.1% over 4 years) | 21.4% | 40.3% | 81.5% | -18.9 |
Surveys
| Measure | This school | Similar schools | State | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent satisfaction (2025) | 88.9% | 89.1% | 86.9% | -0.2 |
| Staff view of school climate (2025) | 58.6% | 68.5% | 68.0% | -9.9 |
Enrolments at each February census
Enrolments have grown 18.1% over 5 years.
- 2017106
- 2018107
- 2019110
- 2020106
- 2021108
- 2022110
- 2023123
- 2024115
- 2025125
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