Cooma Public School

Commissioner St, Cooma NSW 2630

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

School website6452 1933

Cooma Public School is a government primary school in Cooma, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 238 students. Its ICSEA is 971, where the national average is 1000.

238students

971ICSEA · higher than 43% of NSW primary schools

18%language background other than English

9%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

17teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

89.4%attendance rate, 2024 · +0.5 pts over 3 years

+3%enrolment change over 5 years

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

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 238.

About this school, from public sources

Based on public information from the school's own website, Cooma Public School is a K-6 government primary school in central Cooma, serving the Monaro region since 1863. It highlights a focus on literacy and numeracy alongside creative arts, public speaking and student leadership. The school notes a winter ski program for all students, a support class for children with moderate to severe disabilities with wheelchair access, and recognition locally for its ICT facilities, including a computer lab and interactive whiteboards in every classroom.

Often praised

K-6 ski program
ICT facilities recognised locally
support class with wheelchair access

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

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Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
St Patrick's Parish School	Cooma	Catholic k–12 / combined	0.1 km	1,037	457
St Patrick's Parish School, Primary Campus	Cooma	Catholic primary	0.2 km	—	—
The Alpine School	Cooma	Independent k–12 / combined	1.7 km	1,032	97
St Philip's Christian College Snowy Mountains	Cooma North	Independent k–12 / combined	1.9 km	1,005	50
Cooma North Public School	Cooma North	Public primary	2.2 km	955	227

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
Arcadia Vale Public School	Arcadia Vale	Public primary · K-6	171	971
Banks Public School	St Clair	Public primary · K-6	417	971
Barkers Vale Public School	Wadeville	Public primary · K-6	42	971
Callala Public School	Callala Bay	Public primary · K-6	151	971
Hilltop Road Public School	Merrylands	Public primary · K-6	762	971
Sackville Street Public School	Ingleburn	Public primary · K-6	474	971

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.