Hurstville Public School

50 Forest Road, Hurstville NSW 2220

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Hurstville Public School is a government primary school in Hurstville, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 1,048 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,102, where the national average is 1000.

1,048students

1,102ICSEA · higher than 87% of NSW primary schools

99%language background other than English

1%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

68teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.7%attendance rate, 2024 · -4.2 pts over 3 years

-14%enrolment change over 5 years

30FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 1,048.

About this school, from public sources

Based on publicly available information, Hurstville Public School is a K-6 government primary school on Forest Road in Hurstville that has served the local community for close to 150 years. The school describes a culturally diverse student population drawn from more than 40 backgrounds, including many students learning English as an additional language, and highlights a school plan built around parent partnerships, with regular presentations to families on learning and wellbeing topics.

Often praised

long-standing community presence
cultural diversity
parent engagement program

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 Hurstville Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Hurstville 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
Hurstville Adventist School	Hurstville	Independent primary	0.2 km	1,114	166
St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School	Hurstville	Catholic primary	0.5 km	1,088	408
St George Christian School	Hurstville	Independent k–12 / combined	0.8 km	1,159	845
Danebank - An Anglican School for Girls	Hurstville	Independent k–12 / combined	0.9 km	1,146	1,043
Carlton Public School	Bexley	Public primary	1.1 km	1,041	599
St Raphael's Catholic Primary School	South Hurstville	Catholic primary	1.2 km	1,130	210
Hurstville South Public School	Hurstville	Public primary	1.4 km	1,077	453
Carlton South Public School	Carlton	Public primary	1.9 km	1,064	514

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
Asquith Public School	Asquith	Public primary · K-6	384	1,102
Dural Public SchoolOC	Dural	Public primary · K-6	350	1,102
Kareela Public School	Kareela	Public primary · K-6	272	1,102
Pretty Beach Public School	Pretty Beach	Public primary · K-6	154	1,102
Wideview Public School	Berowra Heights	Public primary · K-6	321	1,102
Belair Public School	Adamstown	Public primary · K-6	409	1,103

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.