Maryland Public School

John T Bell Drive, Maryland NSW 2287

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Maryland Public School is a government primary school in Maryland, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 368 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 996, where the national average is 1000.

368students

996ICSEA · higher than 56% of NSW primary schools

25%language background other than English

15%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

26teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

89.2%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.3 pts over 3 years

-9%enrolment change over 5 years

90FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 368.

About this school, from public sources

Based on the school's own website and public directory listings, Maryland Public School is a government primary school in Maryland, NSW, with around 388 students and a student-to-teacher ratio of about 1:15. The school highlights a structured transition program, including "Maryland Munchkins" kindergarten orientation sessions and partnership visits with Callaghan College Wallsend Campus for Year 6 students moving to high school, alongside a stated focus on student wellbeing, confidence-building, and a range of clubs, sports, and extracurricular activities.

Often praised

structured kindergarten transition program
high school transition partnerships
focus on student wellbeing

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 Maryland Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Maryland Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

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Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Glendore Public School	Maryland	Public primary	1.2 km	1,019	609
Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College	Fletcher	Independent k–12 / combined	1.5 km	1,085	860
Plattsburg Public School	Wallsend	Public primary	1.9 km	910	195
St Patrick's Primary School	Wallsend	Catholic primary	2.1 km	1,076	323
Wallsend Public School	Wallsend	Public primary	3.2 km	965	252
Our Lady of Victories Primary School	Shortland	Catholic primary	3.4 km	1,025	130
Shortland Public School	Shortland	Public primary	3.4 km	926	271
Elermore Vale Public School	Wallsend	Public primary	3.9 km	996	290

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
Boambee Public School	Boambee	Public primary · K-6	383	996
Broulee Public School	Broulee	Public primary · K-6	246	996
Carrington Public School	Carrington	Public primary · K-6	110	996
Collins Creek Public School	Collins Creek	Public primary · K-6	15	996
Elermore Vale Public School	Wallsend	Public primary · P-6	290	996
Iluka Public School	Iluka	Public primary · K-6	96	996

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.