Cowan Public School

Chandler Ave, Cowan NSW 2081

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Cowan Public School is a government primary school in Cowan, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 24 students. Its ICSEA is 1,063, where the national average is 1000.

24students

1,063ICSEA · higher than 77% of NSW primary schools

26%language background other than English

0%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

3teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -4.0 pts over 3 years

-47%enrolment change over 5 years

39FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 24.

About this school, from public sources

Public information about Cowan Public School describes a small K-6 government school located on the outskirts of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, about 15km north of Hornsby. With around 44 students, it runs two mainstream classes and a multi-categorical Support Unit, and is part of the South Mooney Mooney Community of Schools. The school promotes 'whole child' development, with academic, sport and performing arts programs, supported by an active and engaged parent community.

Often praised

small class sizes
active parent community
whole-child focus

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 Cowan 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
Wideview Public School	Berowra Heights	Public primary	3.3 km	1,102	321
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School	Berowra Heights	Catholic primary	3.6 km	1,131	297
Berowra Public School	Berowra	Public primary	3.8 km	1,085	272
Pacific Berowra Christian School	Berowra	Independent primary	4.1 km	1,136	61
Brooklyn Public School	Brooklyn	Public primary	6.2 km	1,064	79
Mount Kuring-gai Public School	Mount Kuring-gai	Public primary	8.2 km	1,083	132
A.G.B.U. Alexander Primary School	Duffys Forest	Independent primary	9.9 km	962	78
Northern Beaches Christian School	Terrey Hills	Independent k–12 / combined	9.9 km	1,134	1,228

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
Faulconbridge Public School	Faulconbridge	Public primary · K-6	368	1,063
Marton Public School	Engadine	Public primary · K-6	318	1,063
Nashdale Public School	Nashdale	Public primary · K-6	137	1,063
Toongabbie Public SchoolOC	Toongabbie	Public primary · K-6	381	1,063
Bongongo Public School	Adjungbilly	Public primary · K-6	9	1,062
Botany Public School	Botany	Public primary · K-6	232	1,062

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.