Sandy Creek Primary School
Davies Road, Cockatoo Valley SA 5351
Sandy Creek Primary School is a government primary school in Cockatoo Valley, SA from Reception to Year 6 with about 93 students. Its ICSEA is 993, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Sandy Creek Primary School is a government school on Davies Road, Cockatoo Valley, offering education from Reception to Year 6 to its local community. Around 93 students were enrolled in 2025, with a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13 to 1. School uniforms are compulsory, and the school serves families in the Barossa region.
Often praised
- Small, friendly rural school
- Low student-to-teacher ratio
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NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Sandy Creek Primary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndoch Primary School | Lyndoch | Public primary | 5.1 km | 1,008 | 68 |
| St Jakobi Lutheran School | Lyndoch | Independent primary | 5.9 km | 1,031 | 148 |
| Gawler East Primary School | Gawler East | Public primary | 6.4 km | 987 | 374 |
| Immanuel Gawler | Gawler East | Independent primary | 7.3 km | 1,038 | 353 |
| Hewett Primary School | Hewett | Public primary | 8.2 km | 1,006 | 400 |
| Gawler Primary School | Gawler | Public primary | 8.2 km | 954 | 168 |
| Williamstown Primary School | Williamstown | Public primary | 8.5 km | 1,001 | 184 |
| Gawler and District College B-12 | Evanston | Public k–12 / combined | 8.6 km | 932 | 1,247 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in SA
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfview Heights Primary School | Gulfview Heights | Public primary · R-6 | 384 | 993 |
| Laura Primary School | Laura | Public primary · R-6 | 62 | 993 |
| East Para Primary School | Para Hills | Public primary · R-6 | 194 | 994 |
| Kersbrook Primary School | Kersbrook | Public primary · R-6 | 62 | 994 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School | Mount Pleasant | Public primary · R-6 | 58 | 994 |
| Myponga Primary School | Myponga | Public primary · R-6 | 87 | 994 |
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.