Greystanes Public School

Merrylands Rd, Greystanes NSW 2145

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Greystanes Public School is a government primary school in Greystanes, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 540 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,081, where the national average is 1000.

540students

1,081ICSEA · higher than 82% of NSW primary schools

71%language background other than English

1%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

30teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

92.2%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.8 pts over 3 years

-22%enrolment change over 5 years

53FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 540.

About this school, from public sources

Based on the school's own public website, Greystanes Public School is a long-established government primary school in Sydney's west, founded in 1902 as the Harper Street School. It describes itself as a supportive, inclusive community focused on confidence, curiosity and a love of learning. The campus has undergone a significant upgrade, adding modern classrooms and outdoor learning spaces, and it runs an opportunity class stream for high-potential and gifted students in Years 5 and 6.

Often praised

modern upgraded facilities
opportunity class for gifted students
long community history since 1902

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

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Opportunity class

Greystanes Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Widemere Public School	Greystanes	Public primary	0.7 km	1,036	169
Beresford Road Public School	Greystanes	Public primary	1.5 km	1,033	580
Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School	Greystanes	Catholic primary	1.5 km	1,064	802
Ringrose Public School	Greystanes	Public primary	1.9 km	1,002	339
Sherwood Grange Public School	Merrylands	Public primary	2.0 km	992	246
Pendle Hill Public School	Wentworthville	Public primary	2.3 km	1,032	309
Ebenezer Christian College	Prospect	Independent k–12 / combined	2.9 km	995	140
Smithfield Public SchoolOC	Smithfield	Public primary	2.9 km	948	517

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
Avoca Beach Public School	Avoca Beach	Public primary · K-6	455	1,081
Jannali East Public School	Jannali	Public primary · K-6	313	1,081
Kings Langley Public School	Kings Langley	Public primary · K-6	567	1,081
Mortlake Public School	Concord	Public primary · K-6	261	1,081
Yarrawarrah Public School	Engadine	Public primary · K-6	249	1,081
Canterbury Public School	Canterbury	Public primary · K-6	346	1,082

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.