Cowra Public School

Vaux St, Cowra NSW 2794

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Cowra Public School is a government primary school in Cowra, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 338 students. Its ICSEA is 895, where the national average is 1000.

338students

895ICSEA · higher than 13% of NSW primary schools

4%language background other than English

32%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

30teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

88.7%attendance rate, 2024 · +1.0 pts over 3 years

-13%enrolment change over 5 years

135FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

3support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 338.

About this school, from public sources

Based on the school's own public website, Cowra Public School is a NSW government primary school catering for Kindergarten to Year 6 students in the Cowra area. The school highlights strong literacy and numeracy programs, an innovative Kindergarten transition program that emphasises family involvement, enrichment opportunities for extending students, and a wellbeing approach built around Positive Behaviour for Learning. It also notes specialist support staff and a broad range of sporting and extracurricular activities, alongside an active, involved parent community.

Often praised

family-involved kindergarten program
strong literacy and numeracy focus
active parent 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: 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 Cowra 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
St Raphael's Catholic School Cowra	Cowra	Catholic k–12 / combined	0.5 km	985	442
Mulyan Public School	Cowra	Public primary	1.5 km	896	336
OneSchool Global NSW - Cowra	Cowra	Independent primary	2.6 km	963	18
Holmwood Public School	Cowra	Public primary	6.8 km	920	26
Woodstock Public School	Woodstock	Public primary	17.8 km	937	20

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
Busby West Public School	Green Valley	Public primary · P-6	304	895
Somerton Public School	Somerton	Public primary · K-6	17	895
Wingham Brush Public School	Wingham	Public primary · K-6	203	895
Albion Park Rail Public School	Albion Park Rail	Public primary · K-6	346	894
Aldavilla Public School	Yarravel	Public primary · K-6	263	896
Batemans Bay Public School	Surfside	Public primary · P-6	494	896

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.