Gymea Bay Public School

205A Gymea Bay Road, Gymea Bay NSW 2227

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Gymea Bay Public School is a government primary school in Gymea Bay, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 763 students. Its ICSEA is 1,091, where the national average is 1000.

763students

1,091ICSEA · higher than 84% of NSW primary schools

14%language background other than English

3%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

47teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

92.7%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.2 pts over 3 years

-3%enrolment change over 5 years

44FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 763.

About this school, from public sources

Based on the school's own website, Gymea Bay Public School is a K-6 government primary school in Sydney's Sutherland Shire, and by 2025 enrolment it is described as the largest primary school in the shire with around 750 students. The school highlights dedicated dance, music and performance spaces, sports fields, and a technology lab for coding and robotics, alongside extracurricular opportunities in public speaking, debating and sport. Its stated values centre on respect, safety and engagement within an inclusive school community.

Often praised

dedicated music and performance spaces
technology lab for coding/robotics
debating and public speaking programs

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 Gymea Bay 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
St Catherine Labouré Catholic Primary School	Gymea	Catholic primary	1.1 km	1,109	596
Sydney Montessori School	Gymea	Independent k–12 / combined	1.1 km	1,118	147
Kirrawee Public School	Kirrawee	Public primary	1.6 km	1,050	326
Grays Point Public School	Grays Point	Public primary	1.6 km	1,113	353
Yowie Bay Public School	Yowie Bay	Public primary	1.8 km	1,093	329
Miranda Public SchoolOC	Miranda	Public primary	1.9 km	1,024	300
Gymea North Public School	Gymea	Public primary	2.3 km	1,075	362
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	Sutherland	Catholic primary	2.4 km	1,106	603

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
Cromer Public School	Cromer	Public primary · K-6	468	1,091
Gerringong Public School	Gerringong	Public primary · K-6	378	1,091
Narrabeen Lakes Public School	Narrabeen	Public primary · K-6	364	1,091
Parramatta East Public School	Parramatta	Public primary · K-6	465	1,091
Bonnet Bay Public School	Bonnet Bay	Public primary · K-6	197	1,090
Bowral Public School	Bowral	Public primary · K-6	484	1,090

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.