Queanbeyan South Public School

Cameron Rd, Queanbeyan NSW 2620

PublicPrimaryYears P-6Opportunity class

Queanbeyan South Public School is a government primary school in Queanbeyan, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 419 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 939, where the national average is 1000.

419students

939ICSEA · higher than 28% of NSW primary schools

22%language background other than English

26%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

33teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

85.6%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.1 pts over 3 years

-1%enrolment change over 5 years

128FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 419.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and NSW education listings. Queanbeyan South Public School is a government primary school that describes itself as friendly, inclusive and culturally diverse. Its stated focus areas include reading and numeracy, wellbeing, Aboriginal education, high potential and gifted education, sport and performing arts. Listings mention district Opportunity classes, an on-site transition-to-school program, a school garden and a kitchen program. A parent portal supports communication with families.

Often praised

Inclusive, culturally diverse community
Opportunity classes and gifted education
School garden and kitchen program

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 Queanbeyan South Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Queanbeyan South 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
Queanbeyan Public School	Queanbeyan	Public primary	1.1 km	997	361
St Gregory's Primary School - Lowe Street Campus	Queanbeyan	Catholic primary	1.1 km	—	—
Finigan School of Distance Education	Queanbeyan	Public k–12 / combined	1.4 km	1,067	83
St Gregory's Primary School	Queanbeyan	Catholic primary	1.8 km	1,056	730
Queanbeyan West Public School	Queanbeyan	Public primary	2.2 km	988	387
Queanbeyan East Public School	Queanbeyan	Public primary	2.8 km	1,031	280
Jerrabomberra Public School	Jerrabomberra	Public primary	3.5 km	1,107	865
The Anglican School Googong	Googong	Independent k–12 / combined	6.3 km	1,129	455

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
Crystal Creek Public School	Crystal Creek	Public primary · K-6	80	939
Dora Creek Public School	Dora Creek	Public primary · K-6	139	939
Londonderry Public School	Londonderry	Public primary · K-6	235	939
Rollands Plains Upper Public School	Rollands Plains	Public primary · K-6	24	939
Wattawa Heights Public School	Bankstown	Public primary · K-6	196	939
Awaba Public School	Awaba	Public primary · K-6	29	940

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.