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Goulburn East Public School

Eleanor St, Goulburn NSW 2580

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Goulburn East Public School is a government primary school in Goulburn, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 148 students. Its ICSEA is 966, where the national average is 1000.

148students
966ICSEA · higher than 41% of NSW primary schools
7%language background other than English
11%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
10teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

89.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -4.7 pts over 3 years
-5%enrolment change over 5 years
107FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Goulburn East Public School as a small K-6 government primary school in Goulburn, NSW, with around 150-170 students. The school promotes a "Success Through Participation" philosophy, emphasising partnership between students, teachers, parents and the community. Facilities include a library, computer laboratory, covered outdoor learning area, community hall, canteen, tennis court and adventure playground, alongside extracurricular offerings in sport, leadership and the arts.

Often praised

  • Success Through Participation ethos
  • strong school-community partnership
  • personalised student support

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 Goulburn 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
Tambelin Independent SchoolGoulburnIndependent primary1.5 km1,09139
Goulburn South Public SchoolGoulburnPublic primary1.7 km905160
Goulburn Public SchoolGoulburnPublic primary1.8 km896181
St Joseph's Primary SchoolGoulburn NorthCatholic primary1.8 km1,040308
Goulburn North Public SchoolGoulburn NorthPublic primary2.0 km919188
Saints Peter and Paul's Primary SchoolGoulburnCatholic primary2.6 km1,033366
Goulburn West Public SchoolOCGoulburnPublic primary2.7 km978373
Wollondilly Public SchoolGoulburnPublic primary2.8 km975387

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
Barrington Public SchoolBarringtonPublic primary · K-652966
Blackalls Park Public SchoolBlackalls ParkPublic primary · K-6217966
Griffith East Public SchoolGriffithPublic primary · K-6500966
Hampden Park Public SchoolLakembaPublic primary · K-6859966
Maimuru Public SchoolMaimuruPublic primary · K-613966
Sturt Public SchoolOCWagga WaggaPublic primary · K-6306966

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.