Nixon Street Primary School
60 Nixon St, Devonport TAS 7310
Nixon Street Primary School is a government primary school in Devonport, TAS from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 414 students. Its ICSEA is 921, where the national average is 1000.
ICSEA, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Nixon Street Primary School is a government school in Devonport, Tasmania, established in 1959 and celebrating its 60th year in 2019. Listed facilities include a library, gymnasium, indoor heated pool, adventure play areas and large outdoor spaces. Students have regular specialist lessons in music, Japanese and physical education, and the school has several hundred students.
Often praised
- Indoor heated pool
- Japanese and music specialists
- Large outdoor spaces
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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 Nixon Street Primary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonport Christian School | Don | Independent primary | 1.5 km | 1,009 | 377 |
| Hillcrest Primary School | Devonport | Public primary | 1.6 km | 912 | 206 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School | Devonport | Catholic primary | 1.7 km | 1,014 | 385 |
| Devonport Primary School | Devonport | Public primary | 1.9 km | 914 | 258 |
| Miandetta Primary School | Devonport | Public primary | 2.6 km | 950 | 338 |
| East Devonport Primary School | East Devonport | Public primary | 3.0 km | 834 | 229 |
| Spreyton Primary School | Spreyton | Public primary | 4.3 km | 946 | 388 |
| Forth Primary School | Forth | Public primary | 7.7 km | 1,025 | 209 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in TAS
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longford Primary School | Longford | Public primary · K-6 | 261 | 921 |
| Table Cape Primary School | Wynyard | Public primary · K-6 | 358 | 921 |
| Natone Primary School | Natone | Public primary · K-6 | 25 | 922 |
| Edith Creek Primary School | Edith Creek | Public primary · K-6 | 56 | 923 |
| Zeehan Primary School | Zeehan | Public primary · K-6 | 63 | 919 |
| Beaconsfield Primary School | Beaconsfield | Public primary · K-6 | 232 | 924 |
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.