Burke Ward Public School

Rakow St, Broken Hill NSW 2880

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Burke Ward Public School is a government primary school in Broken Hill, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 200 students. Its ICSEA is 858, where the national average is 1000.

200students

858ICSEA · higher than 7% of NSW primary schools

5%language background other than English

37%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

16teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

84.9%attendance rate, 2024 · 0.0 pts over 3 years

-12%enrolment change over 5 years

164FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 200.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Burke Ward Public School as a K-6 government primary school in Broken Hill, NSW, serving around 300 students including a significant number of Aboriginal students. The school has operated for over 130 years and emphasises strong community ties and parental support alongside its curriculum. It runs a special education unit drawing students from across the Broken Hill area and maintains long-standing traditions such as a Fife and Drum Band, a prefect system, and formal induction and presentation ceremonies.

Often praised

strong community and parental support
long-standing school traditions
dedicated special education unit

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 Burke Ward 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
Railway Town Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	1.1 km	868	124
Broken Hill Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	1.5 km	881	162
Sacred Heart Parish School	Broken Hill	Catholic primary	2.0 km	990	190
Morgan Street Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	2.8 km	960	290
Alma Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	3.2 km	875	255
School of the Air	Broken Hill	Public primary	3.4 km	985	120
Broken Hill North Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	3.4 km	864	206

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
Red Range Public School	Red Range	Public primary · K-6	28	858
Windsor South Public School	South Windsor	Public primary · K-6	333	858
Kelso Public School	Kelso	Public primary · K-6	374	859
Pallamallawa Public School	Pallamallawa	Public primary · K-6	21	857
Casino Public School	Casino	Public primary · P-6	428	860
Coonabarabran Public SchoolOC	Coonabarabran	Public primary · K-6	200	856

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.