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Curran Public School

Melaleuca Drive, Macquarie Fields NSW 2564

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Curran Public School is a government primary school in Macquarie Fields, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 275 students. Its ICSEA is 883, where the national average is 1000.

275students
883ICSEA · higher than 11% of NSW primary schools
66%language background other than English
28%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
31teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

86.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.6 pts over 3 years
+8%enrolment change over 5 years
178FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)
3support classes

About this school, from public sources

Publicly available information describes Curran Public School as a K-6 government primary school in Macquarie Fields, NSW, serving a culturally diverse community with sizeable Aboriginal and language-background-other-than-English enrolments. The school is noted for its Samoan language and culture program, Aboriginal education and reconciliation focus, and a Support Unit catering to students with additional needs. It also runs a School as a Community Centre offering early transition programs, alongside STEM, sports, creative arts, and gifted-education opportunities.

Often praised

  • Samoan language and culture program
  • Aboriginal education and reconciliation focus
  • Support Unit for additional needs
  • Community transition programs

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 Curran 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
Guise Public SchoolMacquarie FieldsPublic primary0.7 km880221
Macquarie Fields Public SchoolMacquarie FieldsPublic primary1.6 km1,048828
Macarthur Adventist CollegeMacquarie FieldsIndependent k–12 / combined1.7 km1,051695
Glenwood Public SchoolGlenfieldPublic primary2.1 km988216
Glenfield Public SchoolGlenfieldPublic primary2.5 km1,070470
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolIngleburnCatholic primary2.7 km1,066397
Ingleburn Public SchoolIngleburnPublic primary3.1 km985424
Sackville Street Public SchoolIngleburnPublic primary3.9 km971474

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
Sadleir Public SchoolSadleirPublic primary · P-6351883
Cessnock West Public SchoolOCCessnockPublic primary · K-6399884
Narrandera East Infants SchoolNarranderaPublic primary · K-225884
Tweed Heads South Public SchoolTweed Heads SouthPublic primary · P-6142882
Weston Public SchoolWestonPublic primary · K-6270882
Broken Hill Public SchoolBroken HillPublic primary · P-6162881

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.