Orchard Hills Public School

79-101 Kingswood Rd, Orchard Hills NSW 2748

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Orchard Hills Public School is a government primary school in Orchard Hills, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 242 students. Its ICSEA is 995, where the national average is 1000.

242students

995ICSEA · higher than 55% of NSW primary schools

40%language background other than English

7%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

15teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.1%attendance rate, 2024 · -0.9 pts over 3 years

+67%enrolment change over 5 years

102FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 242.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, mainly the school's own website. Orchard Hills Public School is a government K-6 primary that describes an inclusive, caring environment built on the values Respect, Safe and Participate. It highlights literacy and numeracy, sport, art, music and dance, enrichment for gifted students, learning support, interschool sport, debating and public speaking for Years 3-6, and a peer support program. It also stresses partnerships with families.

Often praised

Inclusive, caring school culture
Sport, arts and music programs
Debating and peer support

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 Orchard Hills 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
Montgrove College	Orchard Hills	Independent k–12 / combined	1.1 km	1,106	675
Penrith Christian School	Orchard Hills	Independent k–12 / combined	1.2 km	1,047	744
St Mary MacKillop Primary School	South Penrith	Catholic primary	1.4 km	1,040	398
Kingswood South Public School	Kingswood	Public primary	1.8 km	956	304
Penrith Anglican College	Orchard Hills	Independent k–12 / combined	1.9 km	1,101	1,214
Kingswood Public SchoolOC	Kingswood	Public primary	2.0 km	1,048	499
York Public School	South Penrith	Public primary	2.2 km	973	515
Claremont Meadows Public School	Claremont Meadows	Public primary	2.6 km	1,012	687

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
Bexhill Public School	Bexhill	Public primary · K-6	113	995
Ebenezer Public School	Ebenezer	Public primary · K-6	85	995
Illabo Public School	Illabo	Public primary · K-6	12	995
Niangala Public School	Niangala	Public primary · K-6	11	995
St Andrews Public SchoolOC	St Andrews	Public primary · K-6	761	995
William Dean Public School	Dean Park	Public primary · K-6	382	995

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.