Killara Public School
Ridgeland Ave, Killara NSW 2071
Killara Public School is a government primary school in Killara, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 273 students. Its ICSEA is 1,148, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 273.
About this school, from public sources
Public information about Killara Public School comes largely from its own NSW Department of Education website. Established in 1938 and located in a bushland setting on Sydney's Upper North Shore, it is a K-6 co-educational school of around 420 students. The school's site highlights refurbished facilities including interactive whiteboards, a library, video conferencing and a hall, plus a broad range of extracurricular activities such as sport, art, drama, debating, choir and gardening.
Often praised
- bushland setting and grounds
- range of extracurricular activities
- modern refurbished facilities
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 Killara 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.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenswood School for Girls, Boarding House | Gordon | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | — | — |
| Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | 1,185 | 1,451 |
| Beaumont Road Public School | Killara | Public primary | 1.0 km | 1,164 | 310 |
| Gordon West Public School | Pymble | Public primary | 1.0 km | 1,150 | 424 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School | West Pymble | Catholic primary | 1.8 km | 1,174 | 104 |
| Highfields Preparatory and Kindergarten School | Lindfield | Independent primary | 1.8 km | 1,164 | 98 |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | Lindfield | Catholic primary | 1.8 km | 1,168 | 259 |
| West Pymble Public School | West Pymble | Public primary | 2.2 km | 1,173 | 250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annandale North Public School | Annandale | Public primary · K-6 | 359 | 1,148 |
| Hornsby North Public School | Hornsby | Public primary · K-6 | 937 | 1,148 |
| Waitara Public SchoolOC | Wahroonga | Public primary · K-6 | 972 | 1,148 |
| Anzac Park Public School | Cammeray | Public primary · K-6 | 720 | 1,147 |
| Bella Vista Public School | Bella Vista | Public primary · K-6 | 1,104 | 1,147 |
| Dobroyd Point Public School | Haberfield | Public primary · K-6 | 116 | 1,149 |
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.