Matthew Pearce Public School

Astoria Park Rd, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Matthew Pearce Public School is a government primary school in Baulkham Hills, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 1,270 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,177, where the national average is 1000.

1,270students

1,177ICSEA · higher than 99% of NSW primary schools

91%language background other than English

0%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

68teaching staff (FTE)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

92.8%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.1 pts over 3 years

-8%enrolment change over 5 years

0FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 1,270.

About this school, from public sources

Based on publicly available information, Matthew Pearce Public School is a large K-6 government primary school in Baulkham Hills, NSW, serving a highly multicultural community. The school hosts two Opportunity Classes for academically gifted students in Years 5-6 and reports NAPLAN literacy and numeracy results, including growth rates, above the state average. Beyond academics, it offers a broad range of extracurricular activities spanning sport, choir, dance, band, and technology clubs, alongside student leadership programs.

Often praised

Opportunity Classes for gifted students
Strong NAPLAN results
Wide range of extracurricular 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 Matthew Pearce Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

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

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

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

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Seven Hills North Public School	Seven Hills	Public primary	0.8 km	1,066	246
Crestwood Public School	Baulkham Hills	Public primary	1.3 km	1,139	633
Jasper Road Public School	Baulkham Hills	Public primary	1.8 km	1,132	803
Winston Heights Public School	Winston Hills	Public primary	1.9 km	1,103	304
Vardys Road Public School	Seven Hills	Public primary	1.9 km	1,038	437
St Michael's Primary School	Baulkham Hills	Catholic primary	2.2 km	1,113	696
Winston Hills Public School	Winston Hills	Public primary	2.3 km	1,104	636
St Paul the Apostle Primary School	Winston Hills	Catholic primary	2.4 km	1,100	385

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
Balgowlah Heights Public SchoolOC	Balgowlah	Public primary · K-6	651	1,177
Bronte Public School	Bronte	Public primary · K-6	257	1,176
Glenmore Road Public School	Paddington	Public primary · K-6	263	1,176
Lane Cove Public School	Lane Cove	Public primary · K-6	688	1,178
Pymble Public School	Pymble	Public primary · K-6	519	1,176
Greenwich Public School	Greenwich	Public primary · K-6	367	1,175

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.