Fairfield Heights Public School
Station St, Fairfield NSW 2165
Fairfield Heights Public School is a government primary school in Fairfield, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 642 students. Its ICSEA is 893, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 642.
About this school, from public sources
Public information about Fairfield Heights Public School describes a large government primary school established in 1952 in Station St, Fairfield, with the motto "Share and Learn." The school serves a highly multicultural community, with most students from language backgrounds other than English, including Vietnamese, Assyrian, Arabic, Samoan, Serbian and Spanish families. It places special emphasis on literacy, numeracy and information technology, offering small class sizes with targeted small-group interventions and well-resourced classrooms including 3D printers and other digital tools.
Often praised
- strong literacy and numeracy focus
- small class sizes
- well-resourced technology facilities
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 Fairfield Heights 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairvale Public School | Fairfield | Public primary | 1.2 km | 919 | 503 |
| St Gertrude's Catholic Primary School | Smithfield | Catholic primary | 1.3 km | 992 | 632 |
| Fairfield Public School | Fairfield | Public primary | 1.4 km | 901 | 386 |
| Fairfield West Public School | Fairfield West | Public primary | 1.4 km | 914 | 545 |
| Smithfield Public SchoolOC | Smithfield | Public primary | 1.5 km | 948 | 517 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | Fairfield | Catholic primary | 1.9 km | 997 | 691 |
| Smithfield West Public School | Wetherill Park | Public primary | 2.3 km | 900 | 300 |
| Canley Vale Public School | Canley Vale | Public primary | 2.3 km | 973 | 752 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albury North Public School | Albury | Public primary · K-6 | 285 | 893 |
| Greenethorpe Public School | Greenethorpe | Public primary · K-6 | 5 | 893 |
| Murrurundi Public School | Murrurundi | Public primary · K-6 | 36 | 893 |
| Tenambit Public School | Tenambit | Public primary · K-6 | 283 | 893 |
| Albion Park Rail Public School | Albion Park Rail | Public primary · K-6 | 346 | 894 |
| Busby Public School | Busby | Public primary · K-6 | 243 | 892 |
About this data
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- school-website
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.