Blaxland East Public School

77 Old Bathurst Road, Blaxland NSW 2774

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Blaxland East Public School is a government primary school in Blaxland, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 379 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,068, where the national average is 1000.

379students

1,068ICSEA · higher than 78% of NSW primary schools

12%language background other than English

9%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

26teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.7%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.8 pts over 3 years

-12%enrolment change over 5 years

49FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 379.

About this school, from public sources

Public information describes Blaxland East Public School as a K-6 government primary school in the lower Blue Mountains, serving families from Blaxland, Mt Riverview and Glenbrook. The school offers programs in literacy, numeracy, sport and the performing arts, with enrichment options including dance, band, choir, debating, environmental education and student leadership, alongside an Opportunity Class and a Multi-Category/Autism Support Class. Reports note NAPLAN results at or above state level.

Often praised

strong NAPLAN results
performing arts and enrichment programs
specialist 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 Blaxland East Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Blaxland East 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 Finbar's Primary School	Glenbrook	Catholic primary	1.7 km	1,110	166
Mount Riverview Public School	Mount Riverview	Public primary	2.1 km	1,050	231
Glenbrook Public SchoolOC	Glenbrook	Public primary	2.2 km	1,120	338
Blaxland Public School	Blaxland	Public primary	2.2 km	1,068	137
Emu Heights Public School	Emu Heights	Public primary	2.6 km	1,006	237
Lapstone Public School	Glenbrook	Public primary	2.9 km	1,113	158
Warrimoo Public School	Warrimoo	Public primary	3.0 km	1,052	146
Wycliffe Christian School	Warrimoo	Independent k–12 / combined	3.0 km	1,100	586

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
Blaxland Public School	Blaxland	Public primary · K-6	137	1,068
Denham Court Public School	Denham Court	Public primary · K-6	826	1,068
Hampton Public School	Hampton	Public primary · K-6	14	1,068
Lindsay Park Public School	Wollongong	Public primary · K-6	334	1,068
Malabar Public School	Malabar	Public primary · K-6	244	1,068
Minnamurra Public School	Minnamurra	Public primary · K-6	464	1,068

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.