Ashfield Public School

Liverpool Rd, Ashfield NSW 2131

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Ashfield Public School is a government primary school in Ashfield, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 474 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,096, where the national average is 1000.

474students

1,096ICSEA · higher than 86% of NSW primary schools

76%language background other than English

2%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

30teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.2 pts over 3 years

+1%enrolment change over 5 years

43FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 474.

About this school, from public sources

Based on the school's own website and public listings, Ashfield Public School is a government primary school (K-6) on Liverpool Road, Ashfield, serving a multicultural community of around 480 students. It describes itself under the motto "Every child, every opportunity" as a high-performing school offering innovative programs and extra-curricular activities alongside quality teaching. The school runs weekly Tuesday morning tours for prospective families and acknowledges local Indigenous culture and language on its site.

Often praised

Multicultural, inclusive community
Innovative extra-curricular programs
Welcoming, family-oriented culture

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 Ashfield Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Ashfield 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 Vincent's College Ashfield	Ashfield	Catholic k–12 / combined	0.5 km	1,043	1,092
St Vincent’s College Ashfield, Primary School Campus	Ashfield	Catholic primary	0.5 km	—	—
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	Summer Hill	Catholic primary	0.6 km	1,136	163
Trinity Grammar School Bishop Chambers House	Summer Hill	Independent k–12 / combined	0.6 km	—	—
Summer Hill Public SchoolOC	Summer Hill	Public primary	1.0 km	1,167	662
Trinity Grammar School	Summer Hill	Independent k–12 / combined	1.0 km	1,168	2,296
Haberfield Public School	Haberfield	Public primary	1.3 km	1,125	542
Ashbury Public School	Ashbury	Public primary	1.3 km	1,111	356

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
Annangrove Public School	Annangrove	Public primary · K-6	142	1,096
Mona Vale Public SchoolOC	Mona Vale	Public primary · K-6	671	1,096
Mortdale Public School	Mortdale	Public primary · K-6	350	1,096
Ryde Public SchoolOC	Ryde	Public primary · K-6	497	1,096
Tempe Public School	Tempe	Public primary · K-6	346	1,096
Dudley Public School	Dudley	Public primary · K-6	245	1,095

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.