Garah Public School
Ashley & Benarba Sts, Garah NSW 2405
Garah Public School is a government primary school in Garah, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 14 students. Its ICSEA is 933, where the national average is 1000.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 14.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources, including the school's own website, describe Garah Public School as a small rural K-6 public school in far north-west NSW, serving a farming community near Moree. It uses multi-age classrooms and says it aims to give every student a safe, supportive environment to learn, grow and succeed, with a focus on literacy and numeracy alongside hands-on programs such as a kitchen garden initiative and student leadership opportunities. The school emphasises close partnerships between school and home as central to its approach.
Often praised
- small class multi-age teaching
- strong school-family partnerships
- hands-on kitchen garden program
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 Garah 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bligh Park Public School | Bligh Park | Public primary · K-6 | 283 | 933 |
| Granville South Public School | Guildford | Public primary · K-6 | 323 | 933 |
| Kooringal Public School | Wagga Wagga | Public primary · K-6 | 390 | 933 |
| Rutherford Public SchoolOC | Rutherford | Public primary · K-6 | 1,007 | 933 |
| Yenda Public School | Yenda | Public primary · K-6 | 106 | 933 |
| Yennora Public School | Yennora | Public primary · K-6 | 244 | 933 |
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.