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Miranda Public School

3 Sylva Avenue, Miranda NSW 2228

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Miranda Public School is a government primary school in Miranda, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 300 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,024, where the national average is 1000.

300students
1,024ICSEA · higher than 66% of NSW primary schools
54%language background other than English
4%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

92.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -0.7 pts over 3 years
+14%enrolment change over 5 years
75FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)
2support classes

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, chiefly the school's own website and NSW Department of Education pages. Miranda Public School is a co-educational K-6 government primary, established in 1893. Its motto is "Growing together, learning forever". It emphasises wellbeing, belonging and explicit, differentiated teaching. Offerings include high-potential and gifted education, performing arts and sport, student leadership, a Positive Behaviour for Learning framework, an integrated special education unit, and before and after school care.

Often praised

  • Inclusive, welcoming school culture
  • Integrated special education unit
  • Gifted, arts and sport opportunities

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

Opportunity class

Miranda 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School MirandaMirandaCatholic primary0.6 km1,090396
Sydney Montessori SchoolGymeaIndependent k–12 / combined0.9 km1,118147
Gymea North Public SchoolGymeaPublic primary1.2 km1,075362
St Catherine Labouré Catholic Primary SchoolGymeaCatholic primary1.3 km1,109596
Miranda North Public SchoolMirandaPublic primary1.4 km1,046291
Yowie Bay Public SchoolYowie BayPublic primary1.6 km1,093329
Kirrawee Public SchoolKirraweePublic primary1.8 km1,050326
Gymea Bay Public SchoolGymea BayPublic primary1.9 km1,091763

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Gunning Public SchoolGunningPublic primary · K-61251,024
Milton Public SchoolMiltonPublic primary · K-68231,024
Brunswick Heads Public SchoolBrunswick HeadsPublic primary · K-62221,025
Glendenning Public SchoolGlendenningPublic primary · K-64401,025
Morpeth Public SchoolMorpethPublic primary · K-62621,023
Nords Wharf Public SchoolNords WharfPublic primary · K-61801,023

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.