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Griffith Public School

Coolah St, Griffith NSW 2680

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Griffith Public School is a government primary school in Griffith, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 433 students. Its ICSEA is 881, where the national average is 1000.

433students
881ICSEA · higher than 10% of NSW primary schools
51%language background other than English
29%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
31teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

87.2%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.8 pts over 3 years
+21%enrolment change over 5 years
144FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)
1support classes

About this school, from public sources

Public information about Griffith Public School, drawn from its official NSW Department of Education website, describes a K-6 school of around 349 students in Griffith's Riverina region. The school emphasises literacy and numeracy, running the Early Action for Success program with an instructional leader and intervention teachers for Kindergarten to Year 2. Beyond academics, it offers school sport and athletics, creative and performing arts groups, cultural and language activities, public speaking and debating, student leadership roles, and support for high-potential and gifted learners.

Often praised

  • Early Action for Success literacy/numeracy program
  • support for gifted and high-potential learners
  • broad arts, sport and leadership opportunities

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 Griffith 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
Verity Christian CollegeGriffithIndependent k–12 / combined1.0 km959147
St Patrick's Primary SchoolGriffithCatholic primary1.4 km1,016504
Griffith North Public SchoolGriffithPublic primary1.7 km960418
Griffith East Public SchoolGriffithPublic primary2.4 km966500
Hanwood Public SchoolHanwoodPublic primary4.3 km982154
St Mary's Primary SchoolYoogaliCatholic primary4.4 km1,033161
Yoogali Public SchoolYoogaliPublic primary4.7 km93149
Lake Wyangan Public SchoolLake WyanganPublic primary4.8 km92643

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
Broken Hill Public SchoolBroken HillPublic primary · P-6162881
Mummulgum Public SchoolMummulgumPublic primary · K-621881
Wentworth Public SchoolWentworthPublic primary · K-6110881
Braddock Public SchoolCranebrookPublic primary · K-6332880
Guise Public SchoolMacquarie FieldsPublic primary · K-6221880
Miller Public SchoolMillerPublic primary · K-6266880

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.