Kurri Kurri Public School

Lang St, Kurri Kurri NSW 2327

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Kurri Kurri Public School is a government primary school in Kurri Kurri, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 574 students. Its ICSEA is 891, where the national average is 1000.

574students

891ICSEA · higher than 12% of NSW primary schools

3%language background other than English

27%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

39teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

85.9%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.5 pts over 3 years

-1%enrolment change over 5 years

146FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 574.

About this school, from public sources

Public information about Kurri Kurri Public School describes a large regional primary school in the NSW Hunter Valley, catering for around 640 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. The school runs literacy and numeracy programs such as L3, Quicksmart Maths and Reading Recovery, along with play-based learning in K-2 and project-based learning in 3-6, plus Gifted and Talented and Aboriginal education support. It operates as a Positive Behaviour for Learning school and is part of the Kurri Kurri Learning Community with neighbouring schools, supported by an active volunteer base and a Community Liaison Officer.

Often praised

Strong community and volunteer support
Range of targeted literacy/numeracy programs
Positive Behaviour for Learning focus

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 Kurri Kurri 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
Holy Spirit Primary School	Kurri Kurri	Catholic primary	0.7 km	994	186
Pelaw Main Public School	Pelaw Main	Public primary	1.3 km	901	115
Stanford Merthyr Infants School	Stanford Merthyr	Public primary	1.6 km	950	54
Weston Public School	Weston	Public primary	2.1 km	882	270
Holy Spirit Infants School	Abermain	Catholic primary	3.5 km	991	122
Abermain Public School	Abermain	Public primary	5.0 km	917	257
Kearsley Public School	Kearsley	Public primary	8.7 km	897	114
Mulbring Public School	Mulbring	Public primary	8.9 km	954	56

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
Middleton Public School	Parkes	Public primary · K-6	173	891
Warrawong Public School	Warrawong	Public primary · K-6	276	891
Aberdeen Public School	Aberdeen	Public primary · K-6	151	890
Bodalla Public School	Bodalla	Public primary · K-6	65	890
Busby Public School	Busby	Public primary · K-6	243	892
Frederickton Public School	Frederickton	Public primary · K-6	130	890

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.