Bowen Public School

Park St, Orange NSW 2800

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Bowen Public School is a government primary school in Orange, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 217 students. Its ICSEA is 811, where the national average is 1000.

217students

811ICSEA · higher than 3% of NSW primary schools

8%language background other than English

57%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

19teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

87.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.0 pts over 3 years

-10%enrolment change over 5 years

162FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

3support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 217.

About this school, from public sources

Based on public online sources, Bowen Public School is a K-6 government primary school in East Orange, NSW, serving around 240 students, with about half identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The school promotes STEM education, high potential and gifted extension, and EAL/D support alongside sports and creative arts. It runs a Positive Behaviour for Learning framework and highlights inclusion, cultural safety, and community events such as NAIDOC Week and Harmony Day.

Often praised

STEM and gifted extension programs
strong cultural inclusion focus
learning support services

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 Bowen 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
Orange East Public School	Orange	Public primary	0.4 km	951	270
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Orange	Orange	Catholic primary	0.4 km	1,041	426
OneSchool Global NSW - Orange	East Orange	Independent k–12 / combined	1.1 km	977	109
Kinross Wolaroi School	Orange	Independent k–12 / combined	1.2 km	1,128	1,018
Glenroi Heights Public School	Orange	Public primary	1.9 km	751	208
Bletchington Public School	Orange	Public primary	1.9 km	938	503
Orange Public School	Orange	Public primary	2.1 km	1,046	761
Catherine McAuley Catholic Primary School Orange	Orange	Catholic primary	2.1 km	1,020	505

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
Wadangali Public School	Penrith	Public primary · P-6	166	810
William Bayldon Public School	Sawtell	Public primary · K-6	159	812
Sandy Hollow Public School	Sandy Hollow	Public primary · K-6	23	814
Bellambi Public School	Bellambi	Public primary · K-6	182	807
Black Mountain Public School	Black Mountain	Public primary · K-6	20	807
Gilgandra Public School	Gilgandra	Public primary · K-6	198	815

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.