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Harrington Street Public School

13-25 Harrington Street, Cabramatta NSW 2166

PublicPrimaryYears P-6Opportunity class

Harrington Street Public School is a government primary school in Cabramatta, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 740 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,000, where the national average is 1000.

740students
1,000ICSEA · higher than 57% of NSW primary schools
98%language background other than English
0%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
53teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

93.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.0 pts over 3 years
-25%enrolment change over 5 years
109FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)
3support classes

About this school, from public sources

Public information about Harrington Street Public School, a government primary school in Cabramatta West, NSW, describes a large, culturally diverse community, with over 91% of students from language backgrounds other than English. The school runs an Opportunity Class alongside mainstream K-6 classes, three Support Classes, and an on-site preschool. It offers English as a Second Language support, Community Language programs in Chinese, Vietnamese and Khmer, and a Reading Recovery program for Year 1 students.

Often praised

  • Opportunity Class
  • community language programs
  • ESL and Reading Recovery support

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NAPLAN

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Opportunity class

Harrington Street Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
St Johns Park Public SchoolOCSt Johns ParkPublic primary0.9 km1,023673
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Primary School Mount PritchardBonnyriggCatholic primary1.1 km1,053819
King Park Public SchoolSt Johns ParkPublic primary1.1 km985396
Canley Heights Public SchoolCanley HeightsPublic primary1.3 km935529
Mount Pritchard Public SchoolMount PritchardPublic primary1.5 km951368
Cabramatta West Public SchoolCabramattaPublic primary1.6 km950477
Bonnyrigg Public SchoolBonnyriggPublic primary1.8 km900238
Mount Pritchard East Public SchoolMount PritchardPublic primary1.9 km943214

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
Cardiff Public SchoolCardiffPublic primary · K-62831,000
Lawson Public SchoolLawsonPublic primary · K-61961,000
Meadow Flat Public SchoolMeadow FlatPublic primary · K-6301,000
Speers Point Public SchoolSpeers PointPublic primary · K-62561,000
Stockton Public SchoolStocktonPublic primary · P-62541,000
Alstonville Public SchoolOCAlstonvillePublic primary · K-62801,001

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.