Riverwood Public School
Union St, Riverwood NSW 2210
Riverwood Public School is a government primary school in Riverwood, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 126 students. Its ICSEA is 958, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 126.
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources, Riverwood Public School is a small government school in south-western Sydney serving preschool to Year 6. It is built around four shared values: trusting relationships, high expectations, growth and a student-focused approach. The school reports strong growth in reading, writing and maths, offers an Inspire program for high-potential learners, and runs a multilingual choir reflecting its culturally diverse community. Wellbeing routines, school gardens and an active P&C support families.
Often praised
- Strong reported literacy and numeracy growth
- Culturally diverse, multilingual community
- Inspire program for high-potential learners
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 Riverwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Montessori School | Riverwood | Independent primary | 0.6 km | 1,110 | 32 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Riverwood | Catholic primary | 0.9 km | 1,083 | 450 |
| Hannans Road Public School | Riverwood | Public primary | 1.0 km | 987 | 106 |
| Padstow North Public School | Padstow | Public primary | 1.4 km | 1,036 | 305 |
| Peakhurst West Public School | Peakhurst | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,023 | 291 |
| Padstow Park Public School | Padstow | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,019 | 334 |
| Peakhurst Public School | Peakhurst | Public primary | 1.7 km | 1,043 | 412 |
| Bankstown South Infants School | Bankstown | Public primary | 1.9 km | 999 | 141 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Hill Public School | Chester Hill | Public primary · K-6 | 578 | 958 |
| Penrith South Public School | Penrith | Public primary · K-6 | 441 | 958 |
| Towamba Public School | Towamba | Public primary · K-6 | 23 | 958 |
| Warragamba Public School | Warragamba | Public primary · K-6 | 434 | 958 |
| Beechwood Public School | Wauchope | Public primary · K-6 | 184 | 959 |
| Blaxcell Street Public SchoolOC | Granville | Public primary · K-6 | 948 | 957 |
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.