Port Macquarie Public School

Grant St, Port Macquarie NSW 2444

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Port Macquarie Public School is a government primary school in Port Macquarie, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 451 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 932, where the national average is 1000.

451students

932ICSEA · higher than 25% of NSW primary schools

11%language background other than English

24%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

37teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

86.7%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.2 pts over 3 years

+4%enrolment change over 5 years

116FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 451.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, chiefly the school's own website. Port Macquarie Public School is a government K-6 primary of about 450 students on Birpai Land, working under the motto "Every Face Has a Place". It runs Little Dolphins transition programs for new Kindergarten students, including a supported learning version, and has learning and wellbeing support teams. It describes a welcoming, culturally diverse community, explicit-instruction teaching and close partnership with parents.

Often praised

Inclusive, welcoming school culture
Little Dolphins transition programs
Learning and wellbeing support teams

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 Port Macquarie Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Port Macquarie Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
North East Public School of Distance Education	Port Macquarie	Public primary	0.1 km	979	45
Port Macquarie Steiner School	Port Macquarie	Independent primary	1.3 km	1,051	69
St Joseph's Primary School	Port Macquarie	Catholic primary	1.8 km	1,017	397
St Agnes' Primary School	Port Macquarie	Catholic primary	1.9 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	3.2 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
Horsley Park Public School	Horsley Park	Public primary · K-6	84	932
Millfield Public School	Millfield	Public primary · K-6	101	932
Mount George Public School	Mount George	Public primary · K-6	23	932
Wattle Flat Public School	Wattle Flat	Public primary · K-6	9	932
Wiangaree Public School	Wiangaree	Public primary · K-6	17	932
Bligh Park Public School	Bligh Park	Public primary · K-6	283	933

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.