Preston, VIC

Community intelligence — schools, kids activities & area indicators

Area advantage (CAI) 87 · top 13% of suburbsHigher advantageYear 12 71.3%9 schools3 activities

Schools Activities

Which school is my address zoned to?

Homes in Preston fall into different school catchments, and the nearest school is often not the zoned one. 7 of the 9 schools here have a mapped enrolment zone; we hold no published boundary for the other 2. Only an exact address settles it.

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Schools in Preston

9 schools in Preston: 7 government, 1 catholic, 1 independent.

We don't rank the schools in Preston. None of the 9 schools here have published school-level attendance or destination data — the remaining figures describe the suburb, and are identical for every school in it. They're listed alphabetically below.

School	Sector	Type	Years	Enrol	Attend.	School score
Bell Primary School	Government	Primary	K–6	443	—	n/a
Newlands Primary School	Government	Primary	K–6	436	—	n/a
Northern College of the Arts and Technology	Government	Secondary	7–12	369	—	n/a
Preston High School	Government	Secondary	7–12	1,281	—	n/a
Preston Primary School	Government	Primary	K–6	649	—	n/a
Preston South Primary School	Government	Primary	K–6	401	—	n/a
Preston West Primary School	Government	Primary	K–6	670	—	n/a
Sacred Heart School	Catholic	Primary	K–6	122	—	n/a
St John's College Preston	Independent	Combined	K–12	346	—	n/a

School

Sector

Type

Years

Enrol

Attend.

School score

Bell Primary School

Government

Primary

K–6

443

—

n/a

Newlands Primary School

Government

Primary

K–6

436

—

n/a

Northern College of the Arts and Technology

Government

Secondary

7–12

369

—

n/a

Preston High School

Government

Secondary

7–12

1,281

—

n/a

Preston Primary School

Government

Primary

K–6

649

—

n/a

Preston South Primary School

Government

Primary

K–6

401

—

n/a

Preston West Primary School

Government

Primary

K–6

670

—

n/a

Sacred Heart School

Catholic

Primary

K–6

122

—

n/a

St John's College Preston

Independent

Combined

K–12

346

—

n/a

Enrol is the department's own count: VIC, February 2025 census, FTE (full-time-equivalent students, all sectors — a part-time or shared student counts as a fraction). Departments count enrolment in different ways and years, so a figure is comparable only with others from the same series. It is a size figure, not a quality one.

School score is shown only where the school itself publishes a signal — attendance (NSW & SA) or university destinations (VIC). n/a means no such figure is published for that school, so we will not print one: the remaining signals describe Preston as an area and are identical for every school in it. Our estimate from open data — not ICSEA, not an official rating.

Property listings in Preston

Homes for sale · Rentals (realestate.com.au — a suburb search, not a catchment search: confirm any address with the Zone check above.)

Kids activities in Preston

Dance (1)

Brunswick Dance location estimated

Music (1)

High Street Music location estimated

Sports Centre (1)

Galaxy Pool Lounge location estimated

Activity base data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Some suburb assignments are estimated from provider coordinates and are labelled. Age range, pricing and class times are not verified — contact providers directly.

Universities & TAFE in Preston

TAFE Melbourne Polytechnic — Preston Campus - 77 - 91 St Georges Rd, Preston
College Department of Education — Northern College of the Arts and Technology
College Department of Education — Preston High School
College Melbourne Institute of Higher Education — 150 High Street, Preston