Thirty-nine students were enrolled and split into three grades to be taught by Brothers L. S. Carroll, P. K. Kent and J. R. Crichton.

The school itself consisted of six large classrooms, and four other rooms designed for physics, chemistry, art, and technical training such as woodwork.

[5] At the end of the 1980s, there was a steady decline in the number of Christian Brothers teaching within Edmund Rice Schools such as St Patrick's.

[5] The following individuals have served as principal of St Patrick's College, Strathfield: The house system dates back to the 1930s when boys were placed into four coloured houses for the annual swimming and athletic carnivals: Red, Gold, Green and Blue.

Brian Berg completed his Leaving Certificate at SPC in 1948 and entered into the Christian Brothers in 1950.

[18] The reinvigoration of the St Patrick's College Old Boys’ Association (SPOB) in 2016 provides a contact point for several different Old Boy sporting clubs like Cricket, Rugby and Football and other special interest groups such as returned servicemen, careers and the Vestra Bursary Fund.

In 1965 the college changed to rugby union, and the club followed suit the following year and entered the Western Suburbs Under 20 competition.