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Hamilton North Public School

30 Jackson St, Hamilton North NSW 2292

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Hamilton North Public School is a government primary school in Hamilton North, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 123 students. Its ICSEA is 1,030, where the national average is 1000.

123students
1,030ICSEA · higher than 67% of NSW primary schools
7%language background other than English
12%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
8teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.2 pts over 3 years
-26%enrolment change over 5 years
73FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

Based on the school's own website and public listings, Hamilton North Public School is a small K-6 public primary school on landscaped grounds in Broadmeadow, Newcastle, with around 160 students and a low student-to-teacher ratio. It offers a broad curriculum spanning STEM, sport and creative arts, extension programs for gifted students, and support for EAL/D learners and students with additional needs. The school promotes inclusion and cultural diversity, marking events like Harmony Day, and runs extracurricular options including chess, robotics, debating, choir, dance and African drumming.

Often praised

  • small, close-knit community feel
  • low student-to-teacher ratio
  • wide range of extracurricular clubs

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 Hamilton North 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
Hunter School of Performing ArtsBroadmeadowPublic k–12 / combined1.0 km1,0851,090
Hamilton Public SchoolHamiltonPublic primary1.1 km1,106306
Islington Public SchoolIslingtonPublic primary1.1 km1,090159
Adamstown Public SchoolAdamstownPublic primary1.7 km1,078439
Waratah Public SchoolWaratahPublic primary1.8 km1,019351
St Philip's Christian College - WaratahWaratahIndependent k–12 / combined1.8 km1,1381,466
Tighes Hill Public SchoolOCTighes HillPublic primary1.9 km1,104358
St Therese's Primary SchoolNew LambtonCatholic primary1.9 km1,100543

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
Beverly Hills North Public SchoolBeverly HillsPublic primary · K-63521,030
Darlington Public SchoolChippendalePublic primary · P-61471,030
Exeter Public SchoolExeterPublic primary · K-61231,030
Hammondville Public SchoolHammondvillePublic primary · K-64451,030
Kurnell Public SchoolKurnellPublic primary · K-62111,030
Repton Public SchoolReptonPublic primary · K-6631,030

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.