Lewisham Public School

49 THE BOULEVARDE, Lewisham NSW 2049

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Lewisham Public School is a government primary school in Lewisham, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 198 students. Its ICSEA is 1,121, where the national average is 1000.

198students

1,121ICSEA · higher than 91% of NSW primary schools

37%language background other than English

4%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

12teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.8 pts over 3 years

-17%enrolment change over 5 years

24FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 198.

About this school, from public sources

According to publicly available information, including the school's own website, Lewisham Public School is a K-6 government primary school in Sydney's inner west. It describes itself as a welcoming, inclusive and rapidly growing school offering differentiated learning programs, with particular focus on personalised learning and high potential and gifted education. The school is noted for initiatives in the arts, talent development and enrichment, project-based and inquiry learning, and digital citizenship.

Often praised

Focus on gifted education
Strong arts programs
Project-based inquiry learning

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 Lewisham 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
Christian Brothers' High School Lewisham	Lewisham	Independent k–12 / combined	0.0 km	1,074	1,231
Petersham Public School	Petersham	Public primary	0.4 km	1,137	232
Wilkins Public SchoolOC	Marrickville	Public primary	1.0 km	1,135	508
Summer Hill Public SchoolOC	Summer Hill	Public primary	1.0 km	1,167	662
Dulwich Hill Public School	Dulwich Hill	Public primary	1.1 km	1,099	358
St Maroun's College	Marrickville	Independent k–12 / combined	1.2 km	1,051	567
Kegworth Public School	Leichhardt	Public primary	1.2 km	1,117	252
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	Summer Hill	Catholic primary	1.3 km	1,136	163

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
Bilgola Plateau Public School	Bilgola Plateau	Public primary · K-6	344	1,121
Bondi Beach Public School	Bondi Beach	Public primary · K-6	348	1,120
Caddies Creek Public School	Glenwood	Public primary · K-6	868	1,120
Darcy Road Public School	Wentworthville	Public primary · K-6	576	1,122
Glenbrook Public SchoolOC	Glenbrook	Public primary · K-6	338	1,120
Green Square Public School	Zetlands	Public primary · K-6	107	1,122

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.