Forbes Public School

Lachlan St, Forbes NSW 2871

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

School website6852 1934

Forbes Public School is a government primary school in Forbes, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 356 students. Its ICSEA is 940, where the national average is 1000.

356students

940ICSEA · higher than 28% of NSW primary schools

4%language background other than English

29%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

25teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

89.8%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.4 pts over 3 years

+18%enrolment change over 5 years

104FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 356.

About this school, from public sources

Drawing on the school's own website and public directory listings, Forbes Public School is a K-6 government primary school on extensive grounds in Forbes, in the Lachlan Valley region, serving around 280 students including a significant Aboriginal student cohort. It runs a support learning centre alongside a wide range of specialist programs, from debating and public speaking to Tournament of Minds, gifted and talented classes, and Indigenous education initiatives, reflecting an active, community-oriented school culture.

Often praised

broad specialist program range
learning support centre
strong Indigenous education focus

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 Forbes 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 Laurence's Parish School	Forbes	Catholic primary	1.0 km	992	298
Forbes North Public School	Forbes	Public primary	2.1 km	818	203

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
Awaba Public School	Awaba	Public primary · K-6	29	940
Mount Hutton Public School	Mount Hutton	Public primary · K-6	166	940
Orara Upper Public School	Upper Orara	Public primary · K-6	33	940
Temora West Public School	Temora	Public primary · K-6	122	940
Uranquinty Public School	Uranquinty	Public primary · K-6	27	940
Westlawn Public School	Grafton	Public primary · K-6	467	940

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.