What does each row hold?

One school registered in Victoria, government, Catholic or independent, with its school number, name, type, street and postal address, phone number, the department's region and area, the council area and the coordinates of the school. The publisher collects it as part of the registration of schools, as at the February census.

Which schools are included?

Primary, secondary, combined primary and secondary, specialist and English language schools of every sector. A school with more than one campus is listed once, at its administration campus, and the region and area follow that campus.

What do the status and entity type codes mean?

The status is O for an open school and C for a closed one, as published. The entity type is 1 for a government school and 2 for a non-government school, and a school number is unique within its entity type.

Datasets / Victoria / Education / Victorian schools and school zones

School locations, Victoria

Name: School locations, Victoria
Creator: Department of Education
Published: 2025-08-29
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Publisher Department of EducationUpdated yearlyLicence CC BY 4.0Latest 2025-08-29Rows 2,301Fields 24

The Department of Education's School Locations list for 2025, one row per school with its sector, school number, type, status, street and postal addresses, phone number, departmental region and area, council area and longitude and latitude. Government and non-government schools are both included. The department publishes a new list each year.

Also called: Victorian school locations, Victorian schools list, School Locations 2025, Victorian government and non-government schools.

Part of Victorian schools and school zones, 3 tables the publisher releases together: Government primary school zones for 2027, Victoria, Government secondary school zones for Year 7 in 2027, Victoria.

Before you use it

What does each row hold?: One school registered in Victoria, government, Catholic or independent, with its school number, name, type, street and postal address, phone number, the department's region and area, the council area and the coordinates of the school. The publisher collects it as part of the registration of schools, as at the February census.
Which schools are included?: Primary, secondary, combined primary and secondary, specialist and English language schools of every sector. A school with more than one campus is listed once, at its administration campus, and the region and area follow that campus.
What do the status and entity type codes mean?: The status is O for an open school and C for a closed one, as published. The entity type is 1 for a government school and 2 for a non-government school, and a school number is unique within its entity type.

2,301schools

24fields

12formats

1version

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Any agent that connects to publicdata.au/mcp can find this dataset, read its 24 fields, count and filter across all 2,301 rows and diff its versions. Every answer names the version and carries Education's attribution. No key.

Then ask it: What does School locations, Victoria hold, and what changed in the newest version?

claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp

One command. No key, no account, no sign-up.

https://publicdata.au/mcp

Streamable HTTP. Cursor, VS Code or any client that connects to a remote MCP server.

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ExploreChart every row in your browser

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Query APIFilter and count from a URL

aggregate?group=school_type&metric=count&education_sector=eq.Government

Schools by school type where sector is Government: 1,147 Primary, 258 Secondary, 85 Special, 80 Pri/Sec.

Download it as Excel, CSV, JSON and 9 more formats

Pick a format and a version. Excel is picked first because it opens in the tools most offices have. The URL is yours to keep. A dated version never changes.

Format

Version "Latest" redirects to the newest version and will change when the publisher releases again. A dated version never changes.

https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.xlsx

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In your own tools

Use it in Excel, R, Python and more

Excel and Power BI read the CSV from its address and refresh from it. The R and Python packages take any dataset on this site by its slug, so a new dataset needs no new release. The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS, and a query reads only the blocks it touches.

The dated URL in the code never changes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/ redirects to the newest version.

https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.csv

In Excel choose Data, then From Web, and paste this address. Excel keeps it, so Refresh All reads the newest version. A sheet holds about a million rows; past that, load the query to the Data Model.

https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.csv

In Power BI Desktop choose Get data, then Web, paste this address and choose Anonymous when asked how to sign in. A scheduled refresh reads the same address, so the report follows each new version.

library(publicdataau)
df <- pd_read("vic-school-locations")
pd_attribution(df)

install.packages("publicdataau"). pd_read() fetches the version's Parquet file; pd_rows() and pd_aggregate() ask the query API instead, and pd_connect() attaches the DuckDB file.

import publicdata_au as pd_au
df = pd_au.read("vic-school-locations")
df.attrs["publicdata"]["attribution"]

pip install "publicdata-au[pandas]". read() fetches the version's Parquet file; rows() and aggregate() ask the query API, and connect() attaches the DuckDB file.

INSTALL httpfs; LOAD httpfs;
ATTACH 'https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/data.duckdb' AS vic_school_locations (READ_ONLY);
SELECT education_sector, count(*) FROM vic_school_locations.records GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC;

The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS and only the blocks a query touches are read. Parquet works the same way: FROM read_parquet(url).

const res = await fetch("https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-school-locations/aggregate?group=school_type&metric=count&education_sector=eq.Government");
const { rows, publicdata } = await res.json();
console.log(rows, publicdata.attribution);

The query API answers a page on any site as well as Node, with no key. It returns the rows and the attribution the licence asks for.

What is in it

Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised.

Field	Type	Publisher's header	Note
education_sector	string	Education_Sector	Government, Catholic or Independent.
entity_type	integer	Entity_Type	1 for a government school, 2 for a non-government school.
school_no	integer	School_No
school_name	string	School_Name
school_type	string	School_Type	Primary, Secondary, Pri/Sec, Special or Language.
school_status	string	School_Status	O for open, C for closed.
address_line_1	string	Address_Line_1
address_line_2	string	Address_Line_2
address_town	string	Address_Town
address_state	string	Address_State
address_postcode	string	Address_Postcode
postal_address_line_1	string	Postal_Address_Line_1
postal_address_line_2	string	Postal_Address_Line_2
postal_town	string	Postal_Town
postal_state	string	Postal_State
postal_postcode	string	Postal_Postcode
full_phone_no	string	Full_Phone_No
region	string	Region
area	string	Area
lga_id	integer	LGA_ID	The council area's code in the department's list.
lga_name	string	LGA_Name
lga_type	string	LGA_TYPE	Metro, Non Metro or Unknown.
x	number	X
y	number	Y

Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json. The key is entity_type, school_no.

A sample of 10 rows

From the latest version, each sector in turn, then in the publisher's order, with every field. A blank cell is shown as null.

education_sector	entity_type	school_no	school_name	school_type	school_status	address_line_1	address_line_2	address_town	address_state	address_postcode	postal_address_line_1	postal_address_line_2	postal_town	postal_state	postal_postcode	full_phone_no	region	area	lga_id	lga_name	lga_type	x	y
Catholic	2	20	Parade College	Secondary	O	1436 Plenty Road	null	BUNDOORA	VIC	3083	1436 Plenty Road	null	BUNDOORA	VIC	3083	03 9468 3300	NORTH-WESTERN VICTORIA	North Eastern Melbourne	66	Banyule (C)	Metro	145.066978	-37.690178
Government	1	1	Alberton Primary School	Primary	O	21 Thomson Street	null	Alberton	VIC	3971	21 Thomson Street	null	ALBERTON	VIC	3971	03 5183 2412	SOUTH-EASTERN VICTORIA	Outer Gippsland	681	Wellington (S)	Non Metro	146.666601	-38.617713
Independent	2	1	Wesley College	Pri/Sec	O	577 St Kilda Road	null	MELBOURNE	VIC	3004	577 St Kilda Road	null	MELBOURNE	VIC	3004	03 8102 6100	SOUTH-WESTERN VICTORIA	Western Melbourne	460	Melbourne (C)	Metro	144.982144	-37.84883
Catholic	2	25	Simonds Catholic College	Secondary	O	273 Victoria Street	null	WEST MELBOURNE	VIC	3003	273 Victoria Street	null	WEST MELBOURNE	VIC	3003	03 9321 9200	SOUTH-WESTERN VICTORIA	Western Melbourne	460	Melbourne (C)	Metro	144.952883	-37.805971
Government	1	3	Allansford and District Primary School	Primary	O	Frank Street	null	Allansford	VIC	3277	Frank Street	null	ALLANSFORD	VIC	3277	03 5565 1382	SOUTH-WESTERN VICTORIA	Wimmera South West	673	Warrnambool (C)	Non Metro	142.590393	-38.386281
Independent	2	5	Korowa Anglican Girls' School	Pri/Sec	O	10 - 16 Ranfurlie Crescent	null	GLEN IRIS	VIC	3146	10 - 16 Ranfurlie Crescent	null	GLEN IRIS	VIC	3146	03 9811 0200	SOUTH-EASTERN VICTORIA	Bayside Peninsula	635	Stonnington (C)	Metro	145.054637	-37.861454
Catholic	2	26	St Mary’s College Melbourne	Secondary	O	11 Westbury Street	null	ST KILDA EAST	VIC	3183	PO Box 258	null	ST KILDA	VIC	3182	03 9529 6611	SOUTH-EASTERN VICTORIA	Bayside Peninsula	590	Port Phillip (C)	Metro	144.997001	-37.859365
Government	1	4	Avoca Primary School	Primary	O	118 Barnett Street	null	Avoca	VIC	3467	P O Box 12	null	AVOCA	VIC	3467	03 5465 3176	SOUTH-WESTERN VICTORIA	Central Highlands	599	Pyrenees (S)	Non Metro	143.475649	-37.084502
Independent	2	83	Ruyton Girls' School	Pri/Sec	O	12 Selbourne Road	null	KEW	VIC	3101	12 Selbourne Road	null	KEW	VIC	3101	03 9819 2422	NORTH-EASTERN VICTORIA	Inner Eastern Melbourne	111	Boroondara (C)	Metro	145.039181	-37.811111
Catholic	2	28	St Patrick's College Ballarat	Secondary	O	1431 Sturt Street	null	BALLARAT	VIC	3350	Locked Bag 31	null	BALLARAT	VIC	3350	03 5331 1688	SOUTH-WESTERN VICTORIA	Central Highlands	57	Ballarat (C)	Non Metro	143.831558	-37.559711

The first row as JSON

As it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.json
{
  "education_sector": "Catholic",
  "entity_type": 2,
  "school_no": 20,
  "school_name": "Parade College",
  "school_type": "Secondary",
  "school_status": "O",
  "address_line_1": "1436 Plenty Road",
  "address_line_2": null,
  "address_town": "BUNDOORA",
  "address_state": "VIC",
  "address_postcode": "3083",
  "postal_address_line_1": "1436 Plenty Road",
  "postal_address_line_2": null,
  "postal_town": "BUNDOORA",
  "postal_state": "VIC",
  "postal_postcode": "3083",
  "full_phone_no": "03 9468 3300",
  "region": "NORTH-WESTERN VICTORIA",
  "area": "North Eastern Melbourne",
  "lga_id": 66,
  "lga_name": "Banyule (C)",
  "lga_type": "Metro",
  "x": 145.066978,
  "y": -37.690178
}

Query it without downloading

The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Build a query here and run it, then copy the URL or the code into your own work.

Try rows or aggregate for this dataset. The query builder needs JavaScript.

How filters work

Each filter is field=operator.value in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with ilike. Prefix not. to negate a filter, as not.eq.value.

Operator	What it matches
eq.value	Equal to the value.
neq.value	Not equal to the value. A blank cell does not match.
gt.value	Greater than the value.
gte.value	Greater than or equal to the value.
lt.value	Less than the value.
lte.value	Less than or equal to the value.
like.text	Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters. Case-sensitive.
ilike.text	The same as like, ignoring case.
in.(a,b,c)	Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma.
is.null	Blank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher.

Parameter	What it does
select	Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
order	field.asc or field.desc, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
limit	Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
offset	Rows to skip. The next URL in each answer sets it for you.
group	On aggregate, fields to group by, comma-separated.
metric	On aggregate, count, sum.field, avg.field, min.field or max.field, comma-separated. count when absent.
format	json, ndjson or csv. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put versions/<date>/ before rows or aggregate for an answer that never changes. /api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions lists the loaded versions. The 1 newest version is loaded; versions lists them.

The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a Retry-After header, a RateLimit-Policy header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same RateLimit-Policy. A client should wait the Retry-After seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. openapi.json describes this dataset's query paths for client generators and agents.

https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each queryable dataset is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.

Smaller files

The same rows split by a field, one JSON file each with a GeoJSON beside it. Each file carries the same provenance header.

By education_sector (3 files)

Catholic Government Independent

by/education_sector/index.json lists every file with its row count.

What changed

One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.

2025-08-29
2,301 rows24 fieldsutf-8-sigd2703eaa7569

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (167 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

Questions

How do I download School locations as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

Can I open School locations in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 2,301 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

What years does School locations cover?

The current version covers the years since 2025. Each release from Education becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.

How often is School locations updated?

Education releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

Can I use School locations commercially?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

Is this the official source for School locations?

No. The publisher is Department of Education, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/school-locations-2025. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

How do I get only the rows for one education sector?

Every version has one JSON file per value of education_sector, 3 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/by/education_sector/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/by/education_sector/government.json holds the 1,575 rows where education_sector is Government. A GeoJSON file sits beside each one.

What coordinate system does School locations use?

The publisher names no datum. The coordinates are decimal degrees, read as WGS84 (EPSG:4326) and published as given. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects.

What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.csv so the change can be checked.

Victorian schools and school zones is 3 tables here, and each takes its version date from its own file.

Attribution and citation

The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used.

Department of Education, Victorian Government, School Locations 2025, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/school-locations-2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/

The attribution alone is inside every file. Harvard is the author-date form a report or a brief asks for. Paste the HTML on a web page so the links carry.

Licence record

Department of Education states the licence, CC BY 4.0, on its own page, which was read and recorded here on 1 October 2026.

Every fetch reads the licence again and stops when it has changed. The fetch that made version 2025-08-29 read it from discover.data.vic.gov.au on 3 October 2026.

Also published on

Hugging Faceload_dataset("National-Digital/vic-school-locations")
Kagglewith a starter notebook
ZenodoDOI 10.5281/zenodo.23116165

Each copy carries the same attribution and links back to this page.

For agents and tools

datapackage.jsonFrictionless data package pointing at the latest version
schema.jsonTable Schema for every field
schema.xlsxthe same field list as an Excel data dictionary
versions.jsonevery version with date, rows, fields and hash
changes.jsondiff for every consecutive pair
manifest.jsonwhere the bytes came from and when
Query APIfiltered rows and counts without a download
openapi.jsonOpenAPI 3.1 for this dataset's query paths
explore/charts and dashboards in the browser, shareable and embeddable
index.mdthis page as Markdown

This page carries a schema.org Dataset record and is listed in /.well-known/ard.json and /catalog.json.

Source

Department of Education publishes this table on www.education.vic.gov.au. Questions about the content go to the publisher. Questions about the files here go to corrections.

Fetched 3 October 2026. Source SHA-256 d2703eaa7569483b…

Improve this dataset

This page is built from register/vic-school-locations.yaml on GitHub. Anyone can propose a fix to it, such as a clearer description or a field the publisher renamed, as a pull request.

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