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Glendale East Public School

8 Margot Ave, Glendale NSW 2285

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Glendale East Public School is a government primary school in Glendale, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 232 students. Its ICSEA is 956, where the national average is 1000.

232students
956ICSEA · higher than 36% of NSW primary schools
10%language background other than English
22%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
17teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

88.2%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.4 pts over 3 years
-1%enrolment change over 5 years
108FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)
1support classes

About this school, from public sources

Public information about Glendale East Public School describes a government primary school in Glendale, NSW, catering for around 230 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. Established in 1959, the school states its mission is to provide quality educational experiences built around excellence, citizenship and lifelong learning, and it runs High Potential and Gifted Education programs alongside Aboriginal education initiatives.

Often praised

  • High Potential and Gifted Education program
  • Aboriginal education programs
  • Long-established community school

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 Glendale East 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
Newcastle Waldorf SchoolGlendaleIndependent k–12 / combined0.4 km1,072237
Macquarie CollegeWallsendIndependent k–12 / combined0.6 km1,1101,060
Holy Cross Primary SchoolGlendaleCatholic primary1.0 km1,036153
Cardiff North Public SchoolCardiffPublic primary1.6 km1,014149
Elermore Vale Public SchoolWallsendPublic primary1.8 km996290
St Kevin's Primary SchoolCardiffCatholic primary2.0 km1,071130
Cardiff Public SchoolCardiffPublic primary2.0 km1,000283
Wallsend South Public SchoolWallsendPublic primary2.1 km1,083583

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Belmont Public SchoolBelmontPublic primary · K-6257956
Kingswood South Public SchoolKingswoodPublic primary · P-6304956
Narooma Public SchoolNaroomaPublic primary · K-6384956
Sussex Inlet Public SchoolSussex InletPublic primary · K-6255956
Tarago Public SchoolTaragoPublic primary · K-652956
Blaxcell Street Public SchoolOCGranvillePublic primary · K-6948957

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.