Carrington Public School
Young St, Carrington NSW 2294
Carrington Public School is a government primary school in Carrington, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 110 students. Its ICSEA is 996, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 110.
About this school, from public sources
Drawing on the school's own website and public news coverage, Carrington Public School is a small government primary school in the harbourside Newcastle suburb of Carrington, founded in 1873 (originally Onebygamba Public School) and recently marked its 150th anniversary as a longstanding community hub. With around 113 students, it is described as offering enrichment programs including music, choir, debating and drama alongside the standard NSW curriculum, with a notable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student cohort.
Often praised
- strong sense of community
- music, choir, debating, drama programs
- long, storied local history
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 Carrington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tighes Hill Public SchoolOC | Tighes Hill | Public primary | 1.4 km | 1,104 | 358 |
| Stockton Public School | Stockton | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,000 | 254 |
| St Peter's Primary School | Stockton | Catholic primary | 1.7 km | 1,053 | 180 |
| Islington Public School | Islington | Public primary | 2.0 km | 1,090 | 159 |
| Newcastle East Public School | Newcastle | Public primary | 2.3 km | 1,112 | 260 |
| Newcastle Grammar School | The Hill | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.4 km | 1,181 | 1,049 |
| Hamilton Public School | Hamilton | Public primary | 2.4 km | 1,106 | 306 |
| Mayfield East Public School | Mayfield East | Public primary | 2.5 km | 1,044 | 343 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boambee Public School | Boambee | Public primary · K-6 | 383 | 996 |
| Broulee Public School | Broulee | Public primary · K-6 | 246 | 996 |
| Collins Creek Public School | Collins Creek | Public primary · K-6 | 15 | 996 |
| Elermore Vale Public School | Wallsend | Public primary · P-6 | 290 | 996 |
| Iluka Public School | Iluka | Public primary · K-6 | 96 | 996 |
| Maryland Public SchoolOC | Maryland | Public primary · K-6 | 368 | 996 |
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.