Blacktown West Public School

Lancaster St, Blacktown NSW 2148

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Blacktown West Public School is a government primary school in Blacktown, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 443 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 992, where the national average is 1000.

443students

992ICSEA · higher than 54% of NSW primary schools

71%language background other than English

6%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

87.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -5.2 pts over 3 years

+9%enrolment change over 5 years

110FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 443.

About this school, from public sources

Publicly available information describes Blacktown West Public School as a K-6 government primary school in Blacktown serving a culturally diverse community, with around 39 languages spoken by families including English, Samoan, Hindi, Arabic, Mandarin and Cantonese. The school's own materials highlight programs in modern dance, oracy, choir, debating and student leadership, an Inspire program for gifted learners, a learning support unit, and classrooms equipped with interactive whiteboards and iPads.

Often praised

cultural diversity and inclusion
gifted and learning support programs
arts and debating programs

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

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Opportunity class

Blacktown West 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 Patrick's Primary School	Blacktown	Catholic primary	0.7 km	1,058	295
Marayong South Public School	Blacktown	Public primary	1.4 km	1,010	286
Marayong Public School	Blacktown	Public primary	1.5 km	981	557
Blacktown South Public SchoolOC	Blacktown	Public primary	1.6 km	1,042	936
Tyndale Christian School	Blacktown	Independent k–12 / combined	1.6 km	1,066	816
Walters Road Public School	Blacktown	Public primary	1.6 km	997	523
Mountain View Adventist College	Doonside	Independent k–12 / combined	2.0 km	1,041	592
Doonside Public School	Doonside	Public primary	2.2 km	900	258

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
Bankstown West Public School	Bankstown	Public primary · K-6	317	992
Banora Point Public School	Banora Point	Public primary · K-6	390	992
Borenore Public School	Borenore	Public primary · K-6	22	992
Burringbar Public School	Burringbar	Public primary · K-6	93	992
Campbellfield Public School	Minto	Public primary · K-6	351	992
Chittaway Bay Public School	Chittaway Bay	Public primary · K-6	479	992

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.