Cessnock Public School
Rawson St, Cessnock NSW 2325
Cessnock Public School is a government primary school in Cessnock, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 276 students. Its ICSEA is 876, 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 276.
About this school, from public sources
Public information about Cessnock Public School describes a K-6 government primary school on Rawson St, Cessnock, with a long history serving the local community. The school's own materials highlight a daily Breakfast Club, specialist educators, individualised learning plans, and wellbeing services aimed at supporting all learners. It presents itself as a comprehensive, coeducational school focused on personalised support alongside a broad range of academic programs.
Often praised
- daily breakfast club
- individualised learning support
- long-standing community presence
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 Cessnock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patrick's Primary School | Cessnock | Catholic primary | 1.3 km | 975 | 347 |
| Cessnock East Public School | Cessnock | Public primary | 1.5 km | 835 | 215 |
| Cessnock West Public SchoolOC | Cessnock | Public primary | 1.8 km | 884 | 399 |
| Kearsley Public School | Kearsley | Public primary | 3.5 km | 897 | 114 |
| Nulkaba Public School | Nulkaba | Public primary | 3.6 km | 931 | 389 |
| Kitchener Public School | Kitchener | Public primary | 4.2 km | 930 | 113 |
| Bellbird Public School | Bellbird | Public primary | 4.9 km | 907 | 355 |
| St Philip's Christian College - Cessnock | Nulkaba | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.3 km | 1,032 | 1,276 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Public School | Broken Hill | Public primary · P-6 | 255 | 875 |
| Jerrys Plains Public School | Jerrys Plains | Public primary · K-6 | 15 | 877 |
| Karuah Public School | Karuah | Public primary · K-6 | 157 | 875 |
| Kempsey East Public School | Kempsey | Public primary · K-6 | 180 | 875 |
| Mayrung Public School | Deniliquin | Public primary · K-6 | 27 | 875 |
| Conargo Public School | Conargo | Public primary · K-6 | 12 | 874 |
About this data
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- school-website
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.