Barrack Heights Public School

25 Hunter Street, Barrack Heights NSW 2528

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Barrack Heights Public School is a government primary school in Barrack Heights, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 192 students. Its ICSEA is 873, where the national average is 1000.

192students

873ICSEA · higher than 9% of NSW primary schools

9%language background other than English

33%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

18teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

86.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -0.3 pts over 3 years

-16%enrolment change over 5 years

171FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 192.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Barrack Heights Public School, a NSW Department of Education primary school in Shellharbour established in 1977, as a welcoming, inclusive community with around 200 students, roughly a quarter of whom are Aboriginal. The school runs a balanced K-6 curriculum with strong emphasis on literacy and numeracy, backed by student welfare programs and experiences in dance, music, the arts and sport. It also operates four support classes for students with disabilities and hosts a satellite ASPECT class for students with autism spectrum disorder.

Often praised

inclusive, welcoming community
strong literacy and numeracy focus
dedicated autism/disability support classes

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 Barrack Heights 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
Mount Warrigal Public School	Warilla	Public primary	0.6 km	885	185
Warilla Public School	Warilla	Public primary	0.8 km	937	279
Balarang Public School	Oak Flats	Public primary	1.4 km	974	268
Nazareth Catholic Primary School	Shellharbour City	Catholic primary	1.4 km	1,052	413
Warilla North Public School	Warilla	Public primary	1.5 km	872	167
Amity College Illawarra Campus	Shellharbour	Independent k–12 / combined	2.3 km	—	—
Lake Illawarra South Public School	Lake Illawarra	Public primary	2.5 km	954	177
Flinders Public School	Flinders	Public primary	2.6 km	1,004	518

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
Emerton Public School	Emerton	Public primary · K-6	218	873
St Marys North Public School	North St Marys	Public primary · K-6	345	873
White Cliffs Public School	White Cliffs	Public primary · K-6	17	873
Conargo Public School	Conargo	Public primary · K-6	12	874
Edward Public School	Deniliquin	Public primary · K-6	105	872
Hermidale Public School	Hermidale	Public primary · K-6	13	874

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.