Nowra East Public School

Jervis St, Nowra East NSW 2541

PublicPrimaryYears P-6

Nowra East Public School is a government primary school in Nowra East, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 420 students. Its ICSEA is 784, where the national average is 1000.

420students

784ICSEA · higher than 2% of NSW primary schools

6%language background other than English

53%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

41teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

81.9%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.8 pts over 3 years

-1%enrolment change over 5 years

195FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

3support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 420.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and NSW Government pages. Nowra East Public School is a community-based government primary school on the NSW South Coast, with roughly 460 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. It has mainstream and support classes, an on-site Department of Education preschool and a wellbeing hub. Its programs focus on literacy, numeracy, wellbeing, sport and performing arts, and it works closely with local Aboriginal community groups.

Often praised

Strong Aboriginal community partnerships
On-site preschool and wellbeing hub
Support classes alongside mainstream

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 Nowra East 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
Nowra Public School	Nowra	Public primary	0.7 km	904	517
St Michael's Catholic Primary School	Nowra	Catholic primary	1.4 km	994	537
Nowra Christian School	Nowra	Independent k–12 / combined	2.6 km	1,033	572
Terara Public School	Terara	Public primary	2.7 km	1,009	96
Nowra Anglican College	Bomaderry	Independent k–12 / combined	2.9 km	1,094	1,152
Illaroo Road Public SchoolOC	North Nowra	Public primary	3.1 km	992	451
Bomaderry Public School	Bomaderry	Public primary	3.9 km	908	406
North Nowra Public School	North Nowra	Public primary	4.1 km	908	223

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
Gunnedah Public School	Gunnedah	Public primary · K-6	175	785
Buninyong Public School	Dubbo	Public primary · K-6	436	787
Binda Public School	Binda	Public primary · K-6	11	788
Cullen Bullen Public School	Cullen Bullen	Public primary · K-6	8	790
Old Bonalbo Public School	Old Bonalbo	Public primary · K-6	13	776
Baryulgil Public School	Baryulgil	Public primary · K-6	14	775

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.