Dubbo West Public School

East St, Dubbo NSW 2830

PublicPrimaryYears P-6Opportunity class

Dubbo West Public School is a government primary school in Dubbo, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 293 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 772, where the national average is 1000.

293students

772ICSEA · higher than 2% of NSW primary schools

6%language background other than English

69%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

23teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

76.9%attendance rate, 2024 · -7.3 pts over 3 years

-25%enrolment change over 5 years

186FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 293.

About this school, from public sources

Based on the school's own website and public NSW education department listings, Dubbo West Public School is a Kindergarten to Year 6 government primary school in Dubbo, operating across two nearby sites. It hosts an Opportunity Class for gifted and talented students from across the Dubbo district and runs a program in Aboriginal language and culture. The school describes itself as inclusive, welcoming students from diverse cultural backgrounds and varying learning needs, with extra-curricular offerings including band, choir, public speaking, debating, and dedicated technology, music and drama programs.

Often praised

Opportunity Class for gifted students
Aboriginal language and culture program
Band, choir, debating and drama

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 Dubbo West Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Dubbo West Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
St Pius X Catholic Primary School Dubbo	Dubbo	Catholic primary	0.1 km	963	183
Macquarie Anglican Grammar School	Dubbo	Independent k–12 / combined	1.2 km	1,040	664
Dubbo Public School	Dubbo	Public primary	1.6 km	972	520
Central West Leadership Academy	Dubbo	Independent k–12 / combined	2.3 km	1,072	158
Dubbo South Public School	Dubbo	Public primary	2.4 km	911	570
St Laurence's Catholic Primary School Dubbo	Dubbo	Catholic primary	2.4 km	1,043	211
Dubbo North Public School	Dubbo	Public primary	2.8 km	850	276
Vista Lodge	Dubbo	Independent k–12 / combined	3.3 km	—	—

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
Boomi Public School	Boomi	Public primary · K-6	7	770
Cowper Public School	Cowper	Public primary · K-6	17	774
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
Old Bonalbo Public School	Old Bonalbo	Public primary · K-6	13	776

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.