Goonellabah Public School
595 Ballina Road, Goonellabah NSW 2480
Goonellabah Public School is a government primary school in Goonellabah, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 226 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 847, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 226.
About this school, from public sources
Based on the school's own publicly available website, Goonellabah Public School is a K-6 government primary school on the Northern Ridge of Lismore, NSW, serving a diverse community with a significant proportion of Aboriginal students. The school participates in equity funding programs and the Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction strategy to support literacy and numeracy outcomes. It emphasises building respectful, collaborative relationships with families and the wider community, and co-designs learning and wellbeing plans with students and carers.
Often praised
- strong community/family engagement
- equity and literacy/numeracy support programs
- individualised student wellbeing plans
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 Goonellabah Public School on My School · Why some data is missing
Opportunity class
Goonellabah Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living School - Southern Cross University - E Block | Lismore | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.1 km | — | — |
| Lismore Heights Public School | Lismore Heights | Public primary | 2.5 km | 973 | 203 |
| Lismore Public School | Lismore | Public primary | 3.1 km | 871 | 179 |
| Summerland Christian College | Goonellabah | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.1 km | 1,042 | 628 |
| Wyrallah Road Public School | Lismore | Public primary | 3.1 km | 947 | 350 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School | East Lismore | Catholic primary | 3.1 km | 1,001 | 189 |
| Blue Hills College | Goonellabah | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.3 km | 999 | 201 |
| St Carthage's Primary School | Lismore | Catholic primary | 4.1 km | 1,064 | 580 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condobolin Public School | Condobolin | Public primary · K-6 | 256 | 848 |
| Heckenberg Public School | Heckenberg | Public primary · K-6 | 209 | 848 |
| Stuarts Point Public School | Stuarts Point | Public primary · K-6 | 53 | 848 |
| Cobar Public School | Cobar | Public primary · K-6 | 228 | 849 |
| Wakool Burraboi Public School | Wakool | Public primary · K-6 | 15 | 849 |
| Dubbo North Public School | Dubbo | Public primary · K-6 | 276 | 850 |
About this data
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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.