Alstonville Public School

Main St, Alstonville NSW 2477

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Alstonville Public School is a government primary school in Alstonville, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 280 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,001, where the national average is 1000.

280students

1,001ICSEA · higher than 58% of NSW primary schools

12%language background other than English

11%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

19teaching staff (FTE)

Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

88.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.7 pts over 3 years

-25%enrolment change over 5 years

79FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 280.

About this school, from public sources

Publicly available information, including the school's own website and directory listings, describes Alstonville Public School as a K-6 government primary school in the NSW Northern Rivers region. The school offers a range of extra-curricular activities such as concert band, choir, public speaking and debating, a School Parliament, and sporting teams. It highlights environmental initiatives, including a student-led green team, outdoor learning spaces and vegetable gardens, alongside programs for gifted and talented students and a strong emphasis on parent and community involvement.

Often praised

strong parent and community involvement
environmental green team programs
band, choir and debating opportunities

This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.

NAPLAN

School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Alstonville Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Alstonville Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
St Joseph's Primary School	Alstonville	Catholic primary	0.1 km	1,045	187
Wollongbar Public School	Wollongbar	Public primary	2.2 km	1,028	243
Rous Public School	Alstonville	Public primary	4.7 km	1,031	85
Teven-Tintenbar Public School	Tintenbar	Public primary	7.8 km	1,057	133
Blue Hills College	Goonellabah	Independent k–12 / combined	8.2 km	999	201
Tregeagle Public School	Tregeagle	Public primary	8.3 km	993	103
Eltham Public School	Eltham	Public primary	8.8 km	1,075	59
Summerland Christian College	Goonellabah	Independent k–12 / combined	9.2 km	1,042	628

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

School	Suburb	Type	Students	ICSEA
McCallums Hill Public School	Roselands	Public primary · K-6	330	1,001
Merimbula Public School	Merimbula	Public primary · K-6	428	1,001
Narwee Public School	Narwee	Public primary · K-6	246	1,001
Seven Hills West Public School	Seven Hills	Public primary · P-6	324	1,001
Shelley Public School	Blacktown	Public primary · K-6	435	1,001
Wingello Public School	Wingello	Public primary · K-6	40	1,001

About this data

Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.