Glen Innes Public School

Church St, Glen Innes NSW 2370

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Glen Innes Public School is a government primary school in Glen Innes, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 339 students. Its ICSEA is 903, where the national average is 1000.

339students

903ICSEA · higher than 15% of NSW primary schools

4%language background other than English

27%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

22teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

85.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.3 pts over 3 years

-10%enrolment change over 5 years

128FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 339.

About this school, from public sources

Based on the school's own website and public school directory listings, Glen Innes Public School is a K-6 government primary school in Glen Innes, NSW, established in 1875 and serving around 445 students from the town, surrounding rural properties and nearby villages, including a significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cohort. It offers a High Potential and Gifted Education extension class, sport, music, choir, gardening and cooking programs, and takes part in the town's annual Celtic Festival through choral, art and dance activities.

Often praised

High Potential and Gifted Education class
broad extracurricular offering
strong community and cultural ties

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 Glen Innes 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 Joseph's Primary School	Glen Innes	Catholic primary	0.2 km	1,042	159
Glen Innes West Infants School	Glen Innes	Public primary	1.7 km	898	19
Red Range Public School	Red Range	Public primary	15.7 km	858	28

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
Bribbaree Public School	Bribbaree	Public primary · K-6	8	903
Captains Flat Public School	Captains Flat	Public primary · K-6	26	903
Claymore Public School	Claymore	Public primary · P-6	236	903
Coutts Crossing Public School	Coutts Crossing	Public primary · K-6	66	903
Ellalong Public School	Ellalong	Public primary · K-6	114	903
Old Guildford Public School	Guildford	Public primary · P-6	411	903

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.