Gulgong Public School

GULGONG PUBLIC SCHOOL 60 BELMORE STREET, Gulgong NSW 2852

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Gulgong Public School is a government primary school in Gulgong, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 283 students. Its ICSEA is 913, where the national average is 1000.

283students

913ICSEA · higher than 18% of NSW primary schools

4%language background other than English

23%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

21teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

86.9%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.1 pts over 3 years

-10%enrolment change over 5 years

135FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 283.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources, mainly the school's own website, describe Gulgong Public School as a well-established medium-sized rural primary school serving Gulgong. It uses consistent explicit teaching practices, visible learning, clear learning goals and regular feedback across classrooms, and highlights strong NAPLAN-style growth in reading and mathematics. Students can take part in sports such as touch football, soccer, cricket and netball, plus choir, chess, public speaking and the local Eisteddfod.

Often praised

consistent explicit teaching practices
strong reading/maths growth
broad sport and enrichment activities

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 Gulgong 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.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
All Hallows Catholic Primary School Gulgong	Gulgong	Catholic primary	0.6 km	957	132
Mudgee Public School	Mudgee	Public primary	26.6 km	925	539
Cudgegong Valley Public SchoolOC	Mudgee	Public primary	27.7 km	951	654
St Matthews Catholic School Mudgee	Mudgee	Catholic k–12 / combined	29.6 km	1,022	1,122

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
Bellata Public School	Bellata	Public primary · K-6	17	913
Gorokan Public School	Gorokan	Public primary · K-6	620	913
Muswellbrook Public School	Muswellbrook	Public primary · K-6	422	913
Bennett Road Public School	Colyton	Public primary · K-6	646	912
Blackville Public School	Blackville	Public primary · K-6	9	914
Coramba Public School	Coramba	Public primary · K-6	30	912

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.