St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Hurstville NSW 2220
St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary school in Hurstville, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 408 students. Its ICSEA is 1,088, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the school's own page. About this link
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 Mary's Star of the Sea is a two-stream Catholic primary school in Hurstville for girls and boys from Kindergarten to Year 6, with over 400 students. It works in partnership with the local parish and describes a contemporary, creative and challenging curriculum. Its history dates to 1886, when the Sisters of Charity opened a parish school, and the community is strongly multicultural.
Often praised
- Contemporary creative curriculum
- Strong parish partnership
- Multicultural community
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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 St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurstville Public SchoolOC | Hurstville | Public primary | 0.5 km | 1,102 | 1,048 |
| Hurstville Adventist School | Hurstville | Independent primary | 0.6 km | 1,114 | 166 |
| Danebank - An Anglican School for Girls | Hurstville | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | 1,146 | 1,043 |
| Carlton Public School | Bexley | Public primary | 1.0 km | 1,041 | 599 |
| St George Christian School | Hurstville | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,159 | 845 |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School Bexley | Bexley | Catholic primary | 1.7 km | 1,089 | 179 |
| St Raphael's Catholic Primary School | South Hurstville | Catholic primary | 1.7 km | 1,130 | 210 |
| Arkana College | Kingsgrove | Independent primary | 1.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Innocents' Catholic Primary School | Croydon | Catholic primary · K-6 | 156 | 1,088 |
| St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School | Prestons | Catholic primary · K-6 | 646 | 1,088 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School | Wentworthville | Catholic primary · K-6 | 392 | 1,089 |
| St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School Bexley | Bexley | Catholic primary · K-6 | 179 | 1,089 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School | Mascot | Catholic primary · K-6 | 608 | 1,089 |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Miranda | Miranda | Catholic primary · K-6 | 396 | 1,090 |
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.