Moss Vale Public School

Browley St, Moss Vale NSW 2577

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Moss Vale Public School is a government primary school in Moss Vale, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 442 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 985, where the national average is 1000.

442students

985ICSEA · higher than 50% of NSW primary schools

15%language background other than English

11%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

37teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.8 pts over 3 years

-9%enrolment change over 5 years

92FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 442.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and its P&C pages, Moss Vale Public School is a government K-6 primary in the Southern Highlands. It hosts the Southern Highlands Opportunity Class for gifted and talented students and runs mainstream and support classes for students with disability. The school describes trauma-informed wellbeing practices, an inclusive community, and an active P&C that supports resources and events.

Often praised

Southern Highlands Opportunity Class host
Inclusive mainstream and support classes
Active P&C and family partnerships

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 Moss Vale Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Moss Vale 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
St Paul's Catholic Primary School	Moss Vale	Catholic primary	0.7 km	1,063	188
The King's School, Tudor House	Moss Vale	Independent primary	3.2 km	—	—
Oxley College	Burradoo	Independent k–12 / combined	6.3 km	1,153	827
Berrima Public School	Berrima	Public primary	7.6 km	1,029	158
Exeter Public School	Exeter	Public primary	8.3 km	1,030	123
Southern Highlands Christian School	Bowral	Independent k–12 / combined	8.5 km	1,068	363
Bowral Public School	Bowral	Public primary	9.1 km	1,090	484
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School	Bowral	Catholic primary	9.6 km	1,103	219

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
Crabbes Creek Public School	Crabbes Creek	Public primary · K-6	37	985
Hoxton Park Public School	Hoxton Park	Public primary · K-6	531	985
Ingleburn Public School	Ingleburn	Public primary · K-6	424	985
Kearns Public School	Kearns	Public primary · K-6	178	985
King Park Public School	St Johns Park	Public primary · K-6	396	985
School of the Air	Broken Hill	Public primary · P-6	120	985

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.