St Declan's Catholic Primary School
Penshurst NSW 2222
St Declan's Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary school in Penshurst, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 539 students. Its ICSEA is 1,108, where the national average is 1000.
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, 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: St Declan's is a Catholic co-educational primary school in Penshurst, Sydney, teaching Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 540 students. The church and school were opened on the present site in 1907. It is described as a welcoming faith community where children care for one another, with collaborative, hard-working staff, and serves a linguistically diverse community.
Often praised
- Welcoming faith community
- Linguistically diverse
- Century-old history
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penshurst Public School | Penshurst | Public primary | 0.1 km | 1,061 | 458 |
| Beverly Hills Public School | Beverly Hills | Public primary | 1.1 km | 1,051 | 320 |
| Hurstville Grove Infants School | Penshurst | Public primary | 1.1 km | 1,097 | 59 |
| Mortdale Public School | Mortdale | Public primary | 1.2 km | 1,096 | 350 |
| Penshurst West Public School | Mortdale | Public primary | 1.4 km | 1,047 | 220 |
| Danebank - An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.4 km | 1,146 | 1,043 |
| Hurstville South Public School | Hurstville | Public primary | 1.5 km | 1,077 | 453 |
| Arkana College | Kingsgrove | Independent primary | 1.8 km | 1,092 | 231 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Primary School | Schofields | Catholic primary · K-6 | 724 | 1,108 |
| St Catherine Labouré Catholic Primary School | Gymea | Catholic primary · K-6 | 596 | 1,109 |
| St Columba's Primary School | Adamstown | Catholic primary · K-6 | 168 | 1,107 |
| St Mary - St Joseph Catholic Primary School | Maroubra | Catholic primary · K-6 | 388 | 1,109 |
| Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School | Caringbah | Catholic primary · K-6 | 599 | 1,110 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School | Earlwood | Catholic primary · K-6 | 374 | 1,110 |
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.