Smithfield Public School

20 O'Connell Street, Smithfield NSW 2164

PublicPrimaryYears P-6Opportunity class

Smithfield Public School is a government primary school in Smithfield, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 517 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 948, where the national average is 1000.

517students

948ICSEA · higher than 32% of NSW primary schools

81%language background other than English

6%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

44teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.9%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.3 pts over 3 years

-13%enrolment change over 5 years

143FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

3support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 517.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and NSW education pages. Smithfield Public School is a government primary school that describes itself as a supportive, inclusive community built around its GREAT values: grit, respect, empathy, achievement and trust. It offers academic, creative and sporting programs, language programs in Arabic, Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese, and strong English as a second language support. It also runs a selective opportunity class and support classes, and offers parent classes and an active P&C.

Often praised

Multiple community language programs
Inclusive, culturally diverse community
Parent classes and family partnerships

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 Smithfield Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Smithfield 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
St Gertrude's Catholic Primary School	Smithfield	Catholic primary	0.4 km	992	632
Smithfield West Public School	Wetherill Park	Public primary	1.5 km	900	300
Fairfield Heights Public School	Fairfield	Public primary	1.5 km	893	642
Fairfield West Public School	Fairfield West	Public primary	1.8 km	914	545
Widemere Public School	Greystanes	Public primary	2.2 km	1,036	169
Fairfield Public School	Fairfield	Public primary	2.5 km	901	386
William Stimson Public School	Wetherill Park	Public primary	2.6 km	973	459
Fairvale Public School	Fairfield	Public primary	2.7 km	919	503

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
Condong Public School	Condong	Public primary · K-6	49	948
Cooranbong Public School	Cooranbong	Public primary · K-6	330	948
Dorrigo Public School	Dorrigo	Public primary · K-6	72	948
Khancoban Public School	Khancoban	Public primary · K-6	19	948
Narranga Public School	Coffs Harbour	Public primary · K-6	669	948
Stroud Road Public School	Stroud Road	Public primary · K-6	9	948

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.