Railway Town Public School

102-106 Wills Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Railway Town Public School is a government primary school in Broken Hill, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 124 students. Its ICSEA is 868, where the national average is 1000.

124students

868ICSEA · higher than 8% of NSW primary schools

8%language background other than English

30%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

11teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

85.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -0.6 pts over 3 years

-1%enrolment change over 5 years

164FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 124.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and official listings. Railway Town Public School is a small, co-educational government primary school in Broken Hill's Far West NSW, teaching Kindergarten to Year 6 with a multi-categorical support class. It describes a welcoming, inclusive community, strong literacy and numeracy programs, and wellbeing teams working with families on personalised learning plans. Its motto is Scholarship, Citizenship and Sportsmanship, and it has served the area since 1914.

Often praised

Welcoming, inclusive school community
Personalised learning plans with families
Focus on literacy and numeracy

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 Railway Town 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
Burke Ward Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	1.1 km	858	200
Broken Hill Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	2.2 km	881	162
Alma Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	2.5 km	875	255
Sacred Heart Parish School	Broken Hill	Catholic primary	2.7 km	990	190
Morgan Street Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	3.8 km	960	290
School of the Air	Broken Hill	Public primary	4.1 km	985	120
Broken Hill North Public School	Broken Hill	Public primary	4.2 km	864	206

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
Berkeley West Public School	Berkeley	Public primary · K-6	157	868
Ballina Public School	Ballina	Public primary · K-6	254	869
The Risk Public School	The Risk	Public primary · K-6	23	869
Tucabia Public School	Tucabia	Public primary · K-6	32	869
Buronga Public School	Buronga	Public primary · K-6	80	870
Darlington Point Public School	Darlington Point	Public primary · K-6	88	870

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.