Lochinvar Public School

New England Hwy, Lochinvar NSW 2321

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Lochinvar Public School is a government primary school in Lochinvar, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 194 students. Its ICSEA is 965, where the national average is 1000.

194students

965ICSEA · higher than 40% of NSW primary schools

5%language background other than English

19%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

13teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

88.8%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.0 pts over 3 years

+19%enrolment change over 5 years

110FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 194.

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Lochinvar Public School as a small K-6 government primary school in the Lower Hunter Valley, serving Lochinvar and surrounding rural communities near expanding residential areas on the New England Highway. The school emphasises a family-centred, community atmosphere with small class sizes and individual attention from teachers. It offers school sport, athletics and inter-school competitions, creative and performing arts groups, cultural activities, excursions and incursions, and student leadership opportunities as part of its NSW curriculum program.

Often praised

small class sizes
family-centred community feel
range of extracurricular activities

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 Lochinvar 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 Patrick's Primary School	Lochinvar	Catholic primary	0.5 km	1,009	577
Greta Public School	Greta	Public primary	6.5 km	935	186
Rutherford Public SchoolOC	Rutherford	Public primary	7.2 km	933	1,007
St Paul's Primary School	Rutherford	Catholic primary	7.6 km	996	370
Telarah Public School	Maitland	Public primary	8.0 km	879	519
Gillieston Public School	Gillieston Heights	Public primary	9.3 km	922	404
The Heights Learning Community	Gillieston Heights	Independent primary	10.0 km	1,058	14
Maitland Public School	Maitland	Public primary	10.2 km	936	405

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
Bankstown Public School	Bankstown	Public primary · K-6	736	965
Cambridge Gardens Public School	Cambridge Park	Public primary · K-6	341	965
Chullora Public School	Greenacre	Public primary · K-6	430	965
Grenfell Public School	Grenfell	Public primary · K-6	173	965
Moulamein Public School	Moulamein	Public primary · K-6	61	965
Taralga Public School	Taralga	Public primary · K-6	11	965

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.