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Mount Keira Public School

255 Mount Keira Rd, Mount Keira NSW 2500

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Mount Keira Public School is a government primary school in Mount Keira, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 91 students. Its ICSEA is 1,072, where the national average is 1000.

91students
1,072ICSEA · higher than 80% of NSW primary schools
18%language background other than English
2%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
5teaching 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

91.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.0 pts over 3 years
+2%enrolment change over 5 years
53FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and education directories. Mount Keira Public School is a government, co-educational primary school for Kindergarten to Year 6, and it describes itself as a Demonstration School. It has served its community for over 150 years and has links with the University of Wollongong for pre-service teacher mentoring. It stresses respect, curiosity and teamwork, learning and wellbeing support, creative arts performances and an engaged parent community.

Often praised

  • Demonstration school with university links
  • Active creative arts program
  • Engaged, supportive parent community

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 Mount Keira 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
Keiraville Public SchoolKeiravillePublic primary1.6 km1,103297
Nareena Hills Public SchoolFigtreePublic primary1.8 km1,080209
Wollongong West Public SchoolWollongongPublic primary2.0 km991243
St Therese Catholic Primary SchoolMangertonCatholic primary2.1 km1,090368
Lindsay Park Public SchoolWollongongPublic primary2.1 km1,068334
Gwynneville Public SchoolGwynnevillePublic primary2.2 km1,065271
Figtree Heights Public SchoolFigtreePublic primary2.2 km1,061181
The Illawarra Grammar SchoolWollongong WestIndependent k–12 / combined2.3 km1,159970

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
Hambledon Public SchoolQuakers HillPublic primary · K-66331,072
Heathcote East Public SchoolHeathcotePublic primary · K-61061,072
Metella Road Public SchoolToongabbiePublic primary · K-66761,072
Oatlands Public SchoolOatlandsPublic primary · K-61591,072
Bexley North Public SchoolBexleyPublic primary · K-63401,071
Como Public SchoolComoPublic primary · K-61031,071

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.