Fairfield West Public School

Palmerston Rd, Fairfield West NSW 2165

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Fairfield West Public School is a government primary school in Fairfield West, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 545 students. Its ICSEA is 914, where the national average is 1000.

545students

914ICSEA · higher than 19% of NSW primary schools

93%language background other than English

2%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

49teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.8 pts over 3 years

-25%enrolment change over 5 years

180FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 545.

About this school, from public sources

Based on publicly available information from the school's own website, Fairfield West Public School is a NSW government primary school (K-6) that recently marked 100 years of operation. It offers bright, comfortable classrooms, a well-stocked library, a combined science lab and art room for hands-on experiments and creative work, sports fields, a soft-fall play area, a sensory space supporting emotional regulation, and music and performance facilities.

Often praised

100-year school history
science lab and art space
sensory space for wellbeing

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: low. 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 West 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
Smithfield West Public School	Wetherill Park	Public primary	1.3 km	900	300
Fairfield Heights Public School	Fairfield	Public primary	1.4 km	893	642
Fairvale Public School	Fairfield	Public primary	1.8 km	919	503
King Park Public School	St Johns Park	Public primary	1.8 km	985	396
Smithfield Public SchoolOC	Smithfield	Public primary	1.8 km	948	517
Canley Heights Public School	Canley Heights	Public primary	1.9 km	935	529
St Gertrude's Catholic Primary School	Smithfield	Catholic primary	1.9 km	992	632
William Stimson Public School	Wetherill Park	Public primary	2.3 km	973	459

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
Blackville Public School	Blackville	Public primary · K-6	9	914
Crawford Public School	Doonside	Public primary · K-6	387	914
Dungog Public School	Dungog	Public primary · K-6	191	914
Bellata Public School	Bellata	Public primary · K-6	17	913
Girilambone Public School	Girilambone	Public primary · K-6	14	915
Gorokan Public School	Gorokan	Public primary · K-6	620	913

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.