It is one of South Australia's earliest established Primary Schools[citation needed] and currently has an enrolment of approximately 580 students[2] who come from different cultural backgrounds.

[3] The Grant Avenue building was completed in 1923, and extensive alterations were carried out during 1977 to make it suitable for contemporary teaching methods.

[citation needed] After the opening of Linden Park Primary School, student numbers gradually declined, levelling off at around 400.

[citation needed][dubious – discuss] The 1989 re-routing of the service lane enabled the final linking up of the original school with the church building and the shop block.

Adjoining houses east of the school on Grant Avenue were demolished and the two sites developed to form the "block" currently used for after-school sport.

[4][dead link‍] Rose Park Primary School has an enrolment of approximately 580 students in 24 classes from Reception to Year 7.