Stirling East Primary is a structured, traditional school that suits families looking for strong community connection.
NAPLAN modestly above national year-level averages; the result is a B overall.
Stirling East Primary is a structured, traditional school that suits families looking for strong community connection. It offers a gifted education stream through Inspire, specialist support units for autism and hearing needs, and an international student program. The school has a distinctive music and performing arts focus with an active band program, plus organised extracurricular sports using the on-site St Ives Indoor Sports Centre. It's a welcoming environment for students with diverse learning needs.
Stirling East Primary School is also known as SEPS, SEPS Stirling and Stirling East PS.
Stirling East Primary School draws students from the Stirling East Primary School.
Stirling East Primary School has an overall SchoolRank score of 56.3/100, rated "Average". This score is calculated from academic results, student growth, wellbeing, extracurricular programs, and value for money. Academically, the school scores 62/100, indicating moderate performance relative to other Australian schools. The school's ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) is 1138, well above the national average of 1,000.
In 2025 NAPLAN testing at Stirling East Primary School, Year 3 students averaged 417 across the tested NAPLAN domains, above the national average of 407 for that year level, and Year 5 students averaged 509, above the national average of 490 for that year level. Relative to national year-level averages, the school's strongest domain is Reading. National averages are specific to each year level, because NAPLAN scores are scaled so older year levels score higher, a school-wide average can't be compared with a single national figure.
Stirling East Primary School is a medium-sized government primary school with approximately 516 students. It offers education for years R-6. As a government school, enrolment is generally available to students living within the school's designated catchment zone. Families outside the zone may apply for out-of-area placement subject to availability.
Stirling East Primary School is a government school, so there are no tuition fees. Families may be asked to contribute to voluntary school fees covering materials, excursions, and activities. The school has a value score of 65/100 on SchoolRank, which compares educational outcomes relative to cost, government schools typically score well on this measure.
Stirling East Primary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. This is above the national average of approximately 14:1, meaning class sizes are typical for Australian schools. Support staff make up 21% of the workforce, providing additional learning assistance and pastoral care. The student attendance rate is 93%, which is strong.
Stirling East Primary School is located in Stirling, SA, classified as a major cities school. With an ICSEA of 1138 (93th percentile), the school community's socio-educational advantage is above average, families tend to have higher education and income levels. ICSEA measures the educational advantage of a school's community, not the school's quality, a lower ICSEA school with strong academic scores may indicate particularly effective teaching.