Oaklands Central School
Coreen St, Oaklands NSW 2646
Oaklands Central School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Oaklands, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 36 students. Its ICSEA is 962, where the national average is 1000.
Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 36.
About this school, from public sources
Based on publicly available information, Oaklands Central School is a small K-12 government central school serving the rural Oaklands township and surrounding farms in the NSW Riverina, drawing students from within roughly a 20km radius. With a small enrolment and a low student-to-teacher ratio, the school emphasises literacy and numeracy across all years and runs a K-12 intensive swim program at the start of each school year. Its stated motto and ethos centre on inclusion and recognising every student's individual strengths.
Often praised
- small classes, low student-teacher ratio
- K-12 swim program
- strong literacy/numeracy focus
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 Oaklands Central School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullibigeal Central School | Tullibigeal | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 33 | 958 |
| Nimbin Central School | Nimbin | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 243 | 956 |
| Evans River Community School | Evans Head | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 530 | 955 |
| The Rock Central School | The Rock | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 169 | 953 |
| Coolamon Central School | Coolamon | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 383 | 974 |
| Ariah Park Central School | Ariah Park | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 123 | 947 |
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.