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Coutts Crossing Public School

1570 Armidale Road, Coutts Crossing NSW 2460

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Coutts Crossing Public School is a government primary school in Coutts Crossing, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 66 students. Its ICSEA is 903, where the national average is 1000.

66students
903ICSEA · higher than 15% of NSW primary schools
3%language background other than English
14%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
6teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

86.2%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.6 pts over 3 years
-24%enrolment change over 5 years
143FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

Based on publicly available information, Coutts Crossing Public School is a small K-6 government primary school in the NSW North Coast village of Coutts Crossing, set in a bushland location near established sporting facilities. The school, whose motto is "Cooperative and Caring," offers a broad curriculum spanning STEM, sport and creative arts, with learning support officers, extension programs for high-potential students, and wellbeing/counselling services. It describes itself as a welcoming, inclusive community supporting students learning English as an additional language and celebrating diversity.

Often praised

  • Cooperative, caring community culture
  • Small-school nurturing environment
  • Broad STEM, sport and creative arts curriculum

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 Coutts Crossing 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
St Joseph's Primary SchoolSouth GraftonCatholic primary12.6 km979126
Gillwinga Public SchoolSouth GraftonPublic primary12.7 km774129
South Grafton Public SchoolOCSouth GraftonPublic primary14.3 km905564
Clarence Valley Anglican SchoolClarenzaIndependent k–12 / combined14.7 km1,016402
Clarence Valley Anglican School, Grafton CampusGraftonIndependent primary15.9 km——
Grafton Public SchoolGraftonPublic primary16.9 km907476
St Andrew's Christian SchoolGraftonIndependent k–12 / combined16.9 km974209
St Mary's Primary SchoolGraftonCatholic primary18.2 km1,020259

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Bribbaree Public SchoolBribbareePublic primary · K-68903
Captains Flat Public SchoolCaptains FlatPublic primary · K-626903
Claymore Public SchoolClaymorePublic primary · P-6236903
Ellalong Public SchoolEllalongPublic primary · K-6114903
Glen Innes Public SchoolGlen InnesPublic primary · K-6339903
Old Guildford Public SchoolGuildfordPublic primary · P-6411903

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.