Lambton Public School

18-30 Croudace St, Lambton NSW 2299

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Lambton Public School is a government primary school in Lambton, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 339 students. Its ICSEA is 1,065, where the national average is 1000.

339students

1,065ICSEA · higher than 78% of NSW primary schools

20%language background other than English

9%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

21teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.6%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.2 pts over 3 years

-7%enrolment change over 5 years

53FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 339.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Lambton Public School as a long-established government primary school, founded in 1865 to serve the local mining community and now teaching a culturally and socio-economically diverse student body in Lambton and North Lambton. The school is noted for its visual arts, music, sport and environmental programs alongside literacy and numeracy, with additional support for gifted and talented students and those needing extra help. Sources describe strong community ownership, with the school seen as central to local identity, and an inclusive, values-based approach built around courtesy and respect.

Often praised

visual arts and music
strong community ties
gifted and support programs

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 Lambton 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 John's Primary School	Lambton	Catholic primary	0.3 km	1,083	200
Jesmond Public School	Jesmond	Public primary	1.2 km	923	216
New Lambton Public School	New Lambton	Public primary	1.5 km	1,108	538
Heaton Public School	Jesmond	Public primary	1.6 km	955	162
Waratah Public School	Waratah	Public primary	1.9 km	1,019	351
Waratah West Public School	Waratah West	Public primary	1.9 km	963	113
St Therese's Primary School	New Lambton	Catholic primary	1.9 km	1,100	543
St Philip's Christian College - Waratah	Waratah	Independent k–12 / combined	1.9 km	1,138	1,466

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
Arcadia Public School	Arcadia	Public primary · K-6	60	1,065
Biddabah Public School	Warners Bay	Public primary · K-6	348	1,065
Coal Point Public School	Coal Point	Public primary · K-6	245	1,065
Gwynneville Public School	Gwynneville	Public primary · K-6	271	1,065
Brighton-Le-Sands Public School	Brighton-Le-Sands	Public primary · K-6	433	1,064
Brooklyn Public School	Brooklyn	Public primary · K-6	79	1,064

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.