Dulwich Hill Public School

Kintore St, Dulwich Hill NSW 2203

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Dulwich Hill Public School is a government primary school in Dulwich Hill, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 358 students. Its ICSEA is 1,099, where the national average is 1000.

358students

1,099ICSEA · higher than 87% of NSW primary schools

33%language background other than English

6%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

20teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.0 pts over 3 years

-23%enrolment change over 5 years

28FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 358.

About this school, from public sources

Based on public online sources, Dulwich Hill Public School is a K-6 government primary school in Sydney's inner west that describes its mission as delivering a comprehensive education focused on academic excellence, creativity and inclusivity, aiming for every child to feel safe and included. Parent-facing coverage highlights a high potential and gifted education stream, additional learning support, and a broad range of before-school, lunchtime and after-school activities, with the community noted for strong pastoral care.

Often praised

gifted education program
pastoral care and inclusivity
range of extracurricular activities

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 Dulwich Hill 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 Maroun's College	Marrickville	Independent k–12 / combined	0.4 km	1,051	567
St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary School	Dulwich Hill	Catholic primary	0.5 km	1,094	118
Yeo Park Infants School	Ashfield	Public primary	1.0 km	1,144	48
Marrickville West Public School	Marrickville	Public primary	1.0 km	1,070	411
Lewisham Public School	Lewisham	Public primary	1.1 km	1,121	198
Christian Brothers' High School Lewisham	Lewisham	Independent k–12 / combined	1.1 km	1,074	1,231
Trinity Grammar School	Summer Hill	Independent k–12 / combined	1.2 km	1,168	2,296
Summer Hill Public SchoolOC	Summer Hill	Public primary	1.2 km	1,167	662

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
Beacon Hill Public School	Beacon Hill	Public primary · K-6	459	1,099
Lugarno Public School	Lugarno	Public primary · K-6	272	1,099
St Peters Public School	St Peters	Public primary · K-6	154	1,099
Canobolas Public School	Orange	Public primary · K-6	136	1,098
Holsworthy Public SchoolOC	Holsworthy	Public primary · K-6	563	1,100
Melonba Public School	Melonba	Public primary · K-6	776	1,098

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.