Berry Public School
Victoria St, Berry NSW 2535
Berry Public School is a government primary school in Berry, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 268 students. Its ICSEA is 1,067, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 268.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources, primarily the school's own website, describe Berry Public School as a long-established public primary school in the NSW South Coast town of Berry, tracing its history back to 1860 and marking 150 years of operation in 2010. The school reports around 315 students across 13 classes, a purpose-built nursery/preschool facility added in 2018, and a weekly program of 150 minutes of planned fitness and sport alongside activities such as gymnastics and dance. It was named a finalist for Primary School of the Year in 2025.
Often praised
- Primary School of the Year finalist 2025
- Strong focus on sport and fitness
- Long, established school history
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 Berry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoalhaven Heads Public School | Shoalhaven Heads | Public primary | 9.5 km | 1,021 | 180 |
| Bomaderry Public School | Bomaderry | Public primary | 10.7 km | 908 | 406 |
| Terara Public School | Terara | Public primary | 11.2 km | 1,009 | 96 |
| Nowra Anglican College | Bomaderry | Independent k–12 / combined | 12.0 km | 1,094 | 1,152 |
| Gerringong Public School | Gerringong | Public primary | 12.4 km | 1,091 | 378 |
| Illaroo Road Public SchoolOC | North Nowra | Public primary | 12.8 km | 992 | 451 |
| Cambewarra Public School | Cambewarra | Public primary | 13.1 km | 1,029 | 216 |
| North Nowra Public School | North Nowra | Public primary | 13.4 km | 908 | 223 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundeena Public School | Bundeena | Public primary · K-6 | 174 | 1,067 |
| Byron Bay Public School | Byron Bay | Public primary · K-6 | 461 | 1,067 |
| Rosehill Public School | Rosehill | Public primary · P-6 | 550 | 1,067 |
| Blaxland East Public SchoolOC | Blaxland | Public primary · K-6 | 379 | 1,068 |
| Blaxland Public School | Blaxland | Public primary · K-6 | 137 | 1,068 |
| Coorabell Public School | Coorabell | Public primary · K-6 | 92 | 1,066 |
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.