Kingscliff Public School

Orient Street, Kingscliff NSW 2487

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Kingscliff Public School is a government primary school in Kingscliff, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 455 students. Its ICSEA is 1,058, where the national average is 1000.

455students

1,058ICSEA · higher than 76% of NSW primary schools

11%language background other than English

10%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

33teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

89.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.6 pts over 3 years

-20%enrolment change over 5 years

64FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 455.

About this school, from public sources

Publicly available information describes Kingscliff Public School as a K-6 government primary school on the NSW far north coast, part of the Coastal Learning Community and catering for around 560 students. The school recently completed a major facilities renewal with 32 new flexible, modern classrooms. Its own site highlights STEM and creative arts programs, high-potential and gifted education, learning support for students with disability, and the Kingscliff Instrumental Music Program for Years 3-6. Community materials emphasise inclusion, diversity celebrations such as Harmony Day, and a supportive, well-rounded approach to student development.

Often praised

Newly renewed modern classrooms
Instrumental music program
Inclusive, diversity-focused 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 Kingscliff 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
St Anthony's Primary School	Kingscliff	Catholic primary	0.3 km	1,066	323
Cudgen Public School	Cudgen	Public primary	2.4 km	984	161
Banora Point Public School	Banora Point	Public primary	5.4 km	992	390
St James' Primary School	Banora Point	Catholic primary	6.8 km	1,068	406
Duranbah Public School	Duranbah	Public primary	7.0 km	1,058	56
Centaur Public School	Banora Point	Public primary	7.1 km	975	424
Fingal Head Public School	Fingal Head	Public primary	7.1 km	934	33
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School	Terranora	Independent k–12 / combined	7.7 km	1,117	2,008

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
Arncliffe West Infants School	Arncliffe	Public primary · P-2	86	1,058
Duranbah Public School	Duranbah	Public primary · K-6	56	1,058
Gardeners Road Public School	Rosebery	Public primary · K-6	393	1,058
Point Clare Public School	Point Clare	Public primary · K-6	479	1,058
Engadine Public School	Engadine	Public primary · K-6	411	1,059
Engadine West Public School	Engadine	Public primary · K-6	541	1,057

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.