9
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Russell · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Russell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nine schools are located within 3 km of Russell, which is more than about 81% of similar areas. This access to education is paired with a very high school advantage score of 1,121, placing the area among the highest for this measure.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Schools here are typically much larger than most areas, with an average size of 573 students. Most of these schools are government run at 66.7%, while primary schools make up the majority of the types available at 55.6%.
573
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,121
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Russell
9 schools — 5,157 students, average ICSEA 1,121.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Campbell Primary School, Campbell | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 267 | 1,136 |
| St Thomas More's Primary School, Campbell | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 179 | 1,145 |
| Campbell High School, Campbell | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 420 | 1,120 |
| Telopea Park School, Barton | Government | Combined | 2.3 km | 1,586 | 1,153 |
| Ainslie School, Braddon | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 351 | 1,130 |
| Forrest Primary School, Forrest | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 479 | 1,145 |
| St Edmund's College Canberra, Griffith | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 935 | 1,080 |
| St Clare's College, Griffith | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 887 | 1,087 |
| Narrabundah Early Childhood School, Narrabundah | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 53 | 990 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Russell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80116/russell/topic/education