Charlestown Public School
Frederick St, Charlestown NSW 2290
Charlestown Public School is a government primary school in Charlestown, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 234 students. Its ICSEA is 1,037, 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 234.
About this school, from public sources
According to publicly available information, including the school's own website, Charlestown Public School is a K-6 government primary school on Frederick Street in Charlestown, NSW, with a long history serving the local community. It runs literacy and numeracy programs (including MultiLit, L3 and Soundwaves), gifted and talented extension, and has interactive whiteboards, computers and iPads in every classroom. Extracurricular options include choir, dance, drumming and ukulele groups, along with public speaking, debating and sporting gala days.
Often praised
- strong literacy/numeracy support programs
- classroom technology (iPads, whiteboards)
- varied extracurricular groups (choir, dance, drumming)
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 Charlestown 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 Joseph's Primary School | Charlestown | Catholic primary | 0.5 km | 1,102 | 361 |
| Charlestown South Public School | Charlestown | Public primary | 0.9 km | 1,075 | 235 |
| Charlestown East Public School | Charlestown | Public primary | 0.9 km | 1,036 | 319 |
| Kahibah Public School | Kahibah | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,076 | 291 |
| St Paul's Primary School | Gateshead | Catholic primary | 1.6 km | 1,023 | 294 |
| Hillsborough Public School | Charlestown | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,020 | 164 |
| St James' Primary School | Kotara South | Catholic primary | 1.9 km | 1,104 | 334 |
| Kotara South Public School | Kotara South | Public primary | 2.1 km | 1,069 | 309 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfords Point Public School | Alfords Point | Public primary · K-6 | 165 | 1,037 |
| Bungwahl Public School | Bungwahl | Public primary · K-6 | 36 | 1,037 |
| Dunoon Public School | Dunoon | Public primary · K-6 | 72 | 1,037 |
| Woonona East Public School | Woonona | Public primary · K-6 | 200 | 1,037 |
| Bundanoon Public School | Bundanoon | Public primary · K-6 | 125 | 1,036 |
| Canterbury South Public School | Canterbury | Public primary · K-6 | 269 | 1,038 |
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.