Lake Albert Public School

Main St, Lake Albert NSW 2650

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Lake Albert Public School is a government primary school in Lake Albert, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 434 students. Its ICSEA is 963, where the national average is 1000.

434students

963ICSEA · higher than 39% of NSW primary schools

5%language background other than English

15%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

25teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.7%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.4 pts over 3 years

-14%enrolment change over 5 years

104FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 434.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Lake Albert Public School as a coeducational K-6 school on the foreshore of Lake Albert in Wagga Wagga, serving the local community since 1868 with around 535 students. The school's motto, "Strive and Succeed," underpins behaviour expectations built on respect, responsibility and resilience, and it offers students opportunities across academic, artistic, sporting and cultural pursuits. An active P&C association supports the school community.

Often praised

Long-standing community history
Broad academic, arts and sport offerings
Active parent (P&C) 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 Lake Albert 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
Mater Dei Primary School	Lake Albert	Catholic primary	1.5 km	1,075	322
Lutheran School Wagga Wagga	Wagga Wagga	Independent primary	2.7 km	1,120	332
Kooringal Public School	Wagga Wagga	Public primary	2.8 km	933	390
Sacred Heart Primary School	Kooringal	Catholic primary	4.0 km	1,033	338
Red Hill Public School	Wagga Wagga	Public primary	4.2 km	831	325
Sturt Public SchoolOC	Wagga Wagga	Public primary	4.2 km	966	306
Wagga Wagga Christian College	Wagga Wagga	Independent k–12 / combined	4.4 km	1,033	563
OneSchool Global NSW - Wagga Wagga	Wagga Wagga	Independent k–12 / combined	4.6 km	990	36

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
Armidale City Public SchoolOC	Armidale	Public primary · K-6	349	963
Crookwell Public School	Crookwell	Public primary · K-6	220	963
Edensor Park Public School	Edensor Park	Public primary · K-6	286	963
Killarney Vale Public School	Killarney Vale	Public primary · K-6	477	963
Rocky River Public School	Uralla	Public primary · K-6	39	963
Walla Walla Public School	Walla Walla	Public primary · K-6	40	963

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.