Cowper Public School

Clarence & Samuel Sts, Cowper NSW 2460

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Cowper Public School is a government primary school in Cowper, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 17 students. Its ICSEA is 774, where the national average is 1000.

17students

774ICSEA · higher than 2% of NSW primary schools

0%language background other than English

65%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

2teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.3%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.3 pts over 3 years

+31%enrolment change over 5 years

144FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 17.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Cowper Public School as a very small, close-knit government primary catering for Kindergarten to Year 6 in the Clarence Valley town of Cowper. The school's own materials emphasise individualised, inclusive learning under the motto "Strive to Achieve," a strong partnership between students, families and staff, and dedicated wellbeing support with plans tailored to each child. It also highlights a high proportion of Indigenous students within its welcoming, diversity-affirming community.

Often praised

individualised small-school learning
strong family–school partnership
inclusive, diversity-affirming community

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 Cowper 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
Ulmarra Public School	Ulmarra	Public primary	8.0 km	971	72
Lawrence Public School	Lawrence	Public primary	8.9 km	947	52
Tucabia Public School	Tucabia	Public primary	11.1 km	869	32
St Joseph's Primary School	Maclean	Catholic primary	17.1 km	1,019	135
Maclean Public School	Maclean	Public primary	17.3 km	908	198
St Andrew's Christian School	Grafton	Independent k–12 / combined	17.5 km	974	209
Gulmarrad Public School	Gulmarrad	Public primary	17.5 km	977	213
St Mary's Primary School	Grafton	Catholic primary	18.0 km	1,020	259

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
Gillwinga Public School	South Grafton	Public primary · K-6	129	774
Baryulgil Public School	Baryulgil	Public primary · K-6	14	775
Tabulam Public School	Tabulam	Public primary · K-6	63	775
Dubbo West Public SchoolOC	Dubbo	Public primary · P-6	293	772
Old Bonalbo Public School	Old Bonalbo	Public primary · K-6	13	776
Boomi Public School	Boomi	Public primary · K-6	7	770

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.