Holsworthy Public School

36 INFANTRY PARADE, Holsworthy NSW 2173

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Holsworthy Public School is a government primary school in Holsworthy, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 563 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,100, where the national average is 1000.

563students

1,100ICSEA · higher than 87% of NSW primary schools

71%language background other than English

3%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

31teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.9%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.8 pts over 3 years

-16%enrolment change over 5 years

39FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 563.

About this school, from public sources

Based on publicly available information, Holsworthy Public School is a NSW government primary school (K-6) at Infantry Parade, Holsworthy, serving a multicultural community that includes many local defence force families. The school underwent a full refurbishment giving classrooms interactive whiteboards and upgraded library, hall and outdoor learning spaces. It is noted for strong academic results, including students regularly gaining places in Opportunity Class and Selective High School placements.

Often praised

strong academic/selective placement results
modern refurbished facilities
supportive multicultural/defence-family 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: 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 Holsworthy Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Holsworthy 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.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School	Holsworthy	Catholic primary	0.5 km	1,080	576
St Mark's Coptic Orthodox College	Wattle Grove	Independent k–12 / combined	0.9 km	1,132	896
Hammondville Public School	Hammondville	Public primary	1.0 km	1,030	445
Wattle Grove Public School	Wattle Grove	Public primary	1.5 km	1,035	427
Nuwarra Public School	Moorebank	Public primary	2.6 km	997	508
Milperra Public School	Milperra	Public primary	2.9 km	1,027	317
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Moorebank	Catholic primary	3.1 km	1,074	440
Newbridge Heights Public SchoolOC	Chipping Norton	Public primary	3.4 km	1,055	440

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
New Lambton Heights Infants School	New Lambton Heights	Public primary · K-2	55	1,100
Terrey Hills Public School	Terrey Hills	Public primary · K-6	183	1,100
Beacon Hill Public School	Beacon Hill	Public primary · K-6	459	1,099
Burraneer Bay Public School	Cronulla	Public primary · K-6	573	1,101
Dulwich Hill Public School	Dulwich Hill	Public primary · K-6	358	1,099
Gundaroo Public School	Gundaroo	Public primary · K-6	140	1,101

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.