Broken Hill North Public School

Chapple St, Broken Hill NSW 2880

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

School website08 8088 2098

Broken Hill North Public School is a government primary school in Broken Hill, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 206 students. Its ICSEA is 864, where the national average is 1000.

206students

864ICSEA · higher than 8% of NSW primary schools

7%language background other than English

33%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

20teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

83.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.3 pts over 3 years

-16%enrolment change over 5 years

159FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 206.

About this school, from public sources

Based on public information from the school's own website, Broken Hill North Public School is a K-6 government primary school in Broken Hill with around 270 students, including a significant Aboriginal student population and several dedicated special education classes. The school promotes five core expectations around safety, respect, responsibility, and learning, and runs a range of programs supporting student wellbeing and inclusion alongside general enrichment and sport activities.

Often praised

strong special education support
breakfast program
enrichment and sport 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

School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Broken Hill North 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
School of the Air	Broken Hill	Public primary	0.1 km	985	120
Morgan Street Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	1.1 km	960	290
Sacred Heart Parish School	Broken Hill	Catholic primary	1.4 km	990	190
Broken Hill Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	1.9 km	881	162
Burke Ward Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	3.4 km	858	200
Railway Town Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	4.2 km	868	124
Alma Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	4.3 km	875	255

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
Madang Avenue Public School	Whalan	Public primary · P-6	320	864
Raymond Terrace Public School	Raymond Terrace	Public primary · K-6	322	864
Irrawang Public School	Raymond Terrace	Public primary · P-6	304	863
The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Public School	Tenterfield	Public primary · K-6	199	865
Moree Public SchoolOC	Moree	Public primary · K-6	432	862
Noumea Public School	Shalvey	Public primary · K-6	260	866

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.