Mittagong Public School

21 Pioneer St, Mittagong NSW 2575

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Mittagong Public School is a government primary school in Mittagong, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 536 students. Its ICSEA is 992, where the national average is 1000.

536students

992ICSEA · higher than 54% of NSW primary schools

20%language background other than English

11%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

32teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.9 pts over 3 years

-6%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 536.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and education directories. Mittagong Public School is a co-educational government primary in the Southern Highlands, surrounded by bushland. It describes itself as a welcoming place where every student belongs, with the motto "Strive to Achieve". It offers mainstream and support classes, individualised and enrichment programs, a senior choir, and a school canteen run by an active Parents and Citizens Association.

Often praised

Welcoming, inclusive school community
Performing arts and sport tradition
Active parent and community involvement

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 Mittagong 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 Michael's Catholic Primary School	Mittagong	Catholic primary	0.5 km	1,035	180
Frensham Junior School	Mittagong	Independent primary	1.6 km	1,157	103
Aurora Southern Highlands Steiner School	Bowral	Independent k–12 / combined	3.5 km	1,052	131
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School	Bowral	Catholic primary	3.8 km	1,103	219
Bowral Public School	Bowral	Public primary	4.3 km	1,090	484
Colo Vale Public School	Colo Vale	Public primary	6.0 km	952	144
Southern Highlands Christian School	Bowral	Independent k–12 / combined	6.2 km	1,068	363
Oxley College	Burradoo	Independent k–12 / combined	7.3 km	1,153	827

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 West Public School	Bankstown	Public primary · K-6	317	992
Banora Point Public School	Banora Point	Public primary · K-6	390	992
Blacktown West Public SchoolOC	Blacktown	Public primary · K-6	443	992
Borenore Public School	Borenore	Public primary · K-6	22	992
Burringbar Public School	Burringbar	Public primary · K-6	93	992
Campbellfield Public School	Minto	Public primary · K-6	351	992

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.