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Hargraves Public School

Merinda St, Hargraves NSW 2850

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Hargraves Public School is a government primary school in Hargraves, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 12 students. Its ICSEA is 840, where the national average is 1000.

12students
840ICSEA · higher than 6% of NSW primary schools
8%language background other than English
33%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
2teaching staff (FTE)

Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

95.4%attendance rate, 2024 · +3.3 pts over 3 years
-59%enrolment change over 5 years
164FOEI (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, Hargraves Public School is a small K-6 government primary school in the historic gold-mining village of Hargraves, in the Central West of NSW near Mudgee. It describes itself as a vibrant, inclusive community school, with classrooms equipped with interactive whiteboards, iPads and video-conferencing facilities. It runs a Birth-to-Kindergarten playgroup for young children and families, and takes part in the Sporting Schools Program.

Often praised

  • Birth-to-Kindergarten playgroup
  • well-resourced classroom technology
  • small, inclusive rural community

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 Hargraves 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
St Matthews Catholic School MudgeeMudgeeCatholic k–12 / combined22.0 km1,0221,122
Cudgegong Valley Public SchoolOCMudgeePublic primary22.7 km951654
Mudgee Public SchoolMudgeePublic primary23.7 km925539
Hill End Public SchoolHill EndPublic primary28.2 km97214

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
E A Southee Public SchoolCootamundraPublic primary · K-674840
Woolomin Public SchoolWoolominPublic primary · K-611840
Blackett Public SchoolBlackettPublic primary · P-6288839
Duri Public SchoolDuriPublic primary · K-642842
Huntingdon Public SchoolWauchopePublic primary · K-622838
Koonawarra Public SchoolDaptoPublic primary · P-6192838

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.