Ashcroft Public School

4-28 Sheriff St, Ashcroft NSW 2168

PublicPrimaryYears P-6

Ashcroft Public School is a government primary school in Ashcroft, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 284 students. Its ICSEA is 887, where the national average is 1000.

284students

887ICSEA · higher than 11% of NSW primary schools

71%language background other than English

14%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

28teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

88.7%attendance rate, 2024 · -0.3 pts over 3 years

+3%enrolment change over 5 years

173FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 284.

About this school, from public sources

This overview is drawn from publicly available information, mainly the school's own website. Ashcroft Public School is a P-6 government primary school in southwest Sydney (Liverpool network) with around 296 students, including preschool, from 31 countries and 24 language groups. The school runs the Early Action for Success early-literacy/numeracy initiative and hosts a Schools as Community Centre program supporting local families and young children, with a stated focus on inclusive, supportive teaching for a highly diverse community.

Often praised

strong cultural diversity support
Early Action for Success program
Schools as Community Centre program

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: low. 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 Ashcroft Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Location and nearby schools

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

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Sadleir Public School	Sadleir	Public primary	0.7 km	883	351
Heckenberg Public School	Heckenberg	Public primary	1.1 km	848	209
St Therese Catholic Primary School	Miller	Catholic primary	1.2 km	1,003	315
Cartwright Public School	Cartwright	Public primary	1.2 km	920	241
Marsden Road Public School	Liverpool	Public primary	1.3 km	977	726
Liverpool West Public School	Liverpool	Public primary	1.5 km	920	668
Busby Public School	Busby	Public primary	1.7 km	892	243
Mount Pritchard East Public School	Mount Pritchard	Public primary	1.8 km	943	214

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
Bullarah Public School	Bullarah	Public primary · K-6	24	887
Long Flat Public School	Long Flat	Public primary · K-6	36	887
Metford Public School	Metford	Public primary · K-6	265	887
Central Mangrove Public School	Central Mangrove	Public primary · K-6	23	886
Congewai Public School	Congewai	Public primary · K-6	11	888
Frank Partridge VC Public School	Nambucca Heads	Public primary · K-6	217	886

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.