Drummond Memorial Public School

250 Rusden Street, Armidale NSW 2350

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Drummond Memorial Public School is a government primary school in Armidale, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 233 students. Its ICSEA is 827, where the national average is 1000.

233students

827ICSEA · higher than 5% of NSW primary schools

45%language background other than English

42%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

24teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

84.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.6 pts over 3 years

+34%enrolment change over 5 years

161FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 233.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Drummond Memorial Public School as a K-6 government primary school on the western edge of Armidale, serving a diverse community including a large proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and EAL/D learners. The school highlights support programs such as a Transition to Kindergarten class, Early Intervention and Multi-Categorical class, in-class tutors and a Learning Support teacher, alongside a Breakfast Club, daily PE, a vegetable garden and a Spike Lab maker space with classroom technology.

Often praised

strong learning support programs
focus on technology and STEM
inclusive, culturally diverse 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 Drummond Memorial 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
OneSchool Global NSW - Armidale	Armidale	Independent k–12 / combined	1.0 km	981	35
New England Girls' School	Armidale	Independent k–12 / combined	1.3 km	1,047	247
St Mary's Primary School	Armidale	Catholic primary	1.4 km	1,038	327
Armidale City Public SchoolOC	Armidale	Public primary	1.6 km	963	349
Sandon Public School	Armidale	Public primary	1.7 km	923	179
Martins Gully Public School	Armidale	Public primary	1.9 km	1,050	164
PLC Armidale	Armidale	Independent k–12 / combined	2.2 km	1,077	226
The Armidale School	Armidale	Independent k–12 / combined	2.3 km	1,097	625

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
Delungra Public School	Delungra	Public primary · K-6	18	827
Bogan Gate Public School	Bogan Gate	Public primary · K-6	11	828
Ebor Public School	Ebor	Public primary · K-6	7	826
Quambone Public School	Quambone	Public primary · K-6	8	826
Tamworth South Public SchoolOC	Tamworth	Public primary · K-6	477	828
Wamoon Public School	Wamoon	Public primary · K-6	16	826

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.