North East Public School of Distance Education

School St, Port Macquarie NSW 2444

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

North East Public School of Distance Education is a government primary school in Port Macquarie, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 45 students. Its ICSEA is 979, where the national average is 1000.

45students

979ICSEA · higher than 47% of NSW primary schools

13%language background other than English

18%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

10teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

-84%enrolment change over 5 years

97FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 45.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources, North East Public School of Distance Education is a NSW government K-6 school based in Port Macquarie, with a second campus at Casino. It serves primary students learning at home or while mobile, across a wide area of northern NSW. Students follow personalised programs based on the NSW syllabus. The school describes an inclusive community built on partnerships between teachers and families, and offers a parent portal.

Often praised

Personalised learning programs
Inclusive, welcoming community
Strong teacher-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 North East Public School of Distance Education 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
Port Macquarie Public SchoolOC	Port Macquarie	Public primary	0.1 km	932	451
Port Macquarie Steiner School	Port Macquarie	Independent primary	1.2 km	1,051	69
St Joseph's Primary School	Port Macquarie	Catholic primary	1.7 km	1,017	397
St Agnes' Primary School	Port Macquarie	Catholic primary	1.8 km	1,029	553
Westport Public School	Port Macquarie	Public primary	2.1 km	888	365
Hastings Public School	Port Macquarie	Public primary	2.6 km	1,019	526
Heritage Christian School	Port Macquarie	Independent k–12 / combined	3.1 km	1,032	345
St Peter's Primary School	Port Macquarie	Catholic primary	3.6 km	1,075	534

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
Bobs Farm Public School	Bobs Farm	Public primary · K-6	30	979
Bonville Public School	Bonville	Public primary · K-6	121	979
Broadwater Public School	Broadwater	Public primary · K-6	47	979
Croppa Creek Public School	Croppa Creek	Public primary · K-6	12	979
Cudal Public School	Cudal	Public primary · K-6	48	979
Eschol Park Public School	Eschol Park	Public primary · K-6	326	979

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.