--- title: School locations, Victoria resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/ publisher: Department of Education licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2025-08-29 rows: 2301 fields: 24 source: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/about/research/datavic/dv402-SchoolLocations2025.csv source_sha256: d2703eaa7569483bfe17c88d083b01efc7747306aa24e2d9db0decb924d3d939 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # School locations, Victoria Every registered school in Victoria in 2025, about 2,300 government, Catholic and independent schools, with type, address, phone number, region, council area and coordinates. Published by Department of Education under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Education has not endorsed this site. Also called: Victorian school locations, Victorian schools list, School Locations 2025, Victorian government and non-government schools. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.csv (611 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.xlsx (336 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.json (1.4 MB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.geojson (1.6 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.parquet (179 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.sqlite (606 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.duckdb (500 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.gpkg (795 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.geo.parquet (185 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.ndjson (1.4 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.arrow (238 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/latest/data.csv.gz (134 KB) Pinned version 2025-08-29: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query 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. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-school-locations/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-school-locations/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-school-locations/rows?education_sector=eq.Government&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-school-locations/aggregate?group=school_type&metric=count&education_sector=eq.Government 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`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `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//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. 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 for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `education_sector`: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/by/education_sector/index.json lists 3 files ## Fields | 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 | | Key: `entity_type, school_no`. ## Versions - 2025-08-29: 2301 rows, 24 fields, sha256 d2703eaa7569. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/history.tar.zst ## Part of Victorian schools and school zones - [Government primary school zones for 2027, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-zones-primary-2027/) - [Government secondary school zones for Year 7 in 2027, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-zones-year7-2027/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [NSW government schools, locations and enrolments](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-public-schools/) (NSW) - [Primary school intake zones, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-intake-zones-primary/) (NSW) - [High school intake zones, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-intake-zones-secondary/) (NSW) - [Future school intake zones, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-school-intake-zones-future/) (NSW) - [Average class sizes in government primary schools by year, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-primary-class-sizes/) (NSW) - [Government primary school zones, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-primary-school-zones/) (SA) - [Government high school zones, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-high-school-zones/) (SA) - [Full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools by school type, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-school-enrolments-by-type/) (SA) - [Traffic camera locations, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-locations/) (ACT) - [Public barbecues, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-barbecues/) (ACT) - [Mobile phone detection camera sites, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-mobile-distraction-camera-locations/) (ACT) - [Police stations, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-police-stations/) (ACT) ## Attribution and citation 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. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: 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/ Harvard: Department of Education (2025) School locations, Victoria, version 2025-08-29 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/ Markdown: Data: [Victorian schools and school zones](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/school-locations-2025), Department of Education, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-school-locations/v/2025-08-29/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## 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 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. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-school-locations.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-school-locations.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.