Coniston Public School

CONISTON PUBLIC SCHOOL 123 AUBURN STREET, Coniston NSW 2500

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Coniston Public School is a government primary school in Coniston, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 181 students. Its ICSEA is 990, where the national average is 1000.

181students

990ICSEA · higher than 53% of NSW primary schools

61%language background other than English

7%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

15teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

88.2%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.7 pts over 3 years

-9%enrolment change over 5 years

107FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 181.

About this school, from public sources

Publicly available information indicates Coniston Public School is a K-6 government primary school near Wollongong CBD with around 205 students. The school's own site highlights a culturally diverse community, drawing families from over 25 cultural backgrounds, with Harmony Day celebrations and an inclusive, cooperative school culture. Academically it offers STEM and creative arts, high potential and gifted education, EAL/D support, wellbeing and counselling services, and Chromebook access, alongside excursions and extra-curricular activities.

Often praised

cultural diversity and inclusion
high potential and gifted education
wellbeing and learning support

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 Coniston 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
Mount St Thomas Public School	Wollongong	Public primary	1.6 km	1,070	354
The Illawarra Grammar School	Wollongong West	Independent k–12 / combined	1.9 km	1,159	970
Wollongong Public SchoolOC	Wollongong	Public primary	2.0 km	1,084	579
St Therese Catholic Primary School	Mangerton	Catholic primary	2.1 km	1,090	368
Wollongong West Public School	Wollongong	Public primary	2.2 km	991	243
Gwynneville Public School	Gwynneville	Public primary	2.5 km	1,065	271
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School	Gwynneville	Catholic primary	2.6 km	1,083	175
Lindsay Park Public School	Wollongong	Public primary	2.6 km	1,068	334

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
Bunnaloo Public School	Bunnaloo	Public primary · K-6	31	990
Cattai Public School	Cattai	Public primary · K-6	57	990
Kentlyn Public School	Campbelltown	Public primary · K-6	120	990
Michelago Public School	Michelago	Public primary · K-6	45	990
Rooty Hill Public School	Rooty Hill	Public primary · K-6	645	990
Seaham Public School	Seaham	Public primary · K-6	156	990

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.