St Marys Public School

Princess Mary St, St Marys NSW 2760

PublicPrimaryYears P-6

School website9623 1968

St Marys Public School is a government primary school in St Marys, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 258 students. Its ICSEA is 954, where the national average is 1000.

258students

954ICSEA · higher than 35% of NSW primary schools

56%language background other than English

17%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

18teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

86.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.5 pts over 3 years

-12%enrolment change over 5 years

109FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 258.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website and NSW education pages. St Marys Public School is a small, friendly government primary in the centre of St Marys, with a history dating to 1861 and about 220 students. It offers a broad range of academic, sporting, cultural and performing arts activities. It also provides learning support, extension activities and wellbeing support. A co-located public preschool and before and after school care are on site.

Often praised

Small, friendly school community
Learning and wellbeing support
On-site preschool and after-school care

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: high. 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 Marys 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
Our Lady of The Rosary Primary School	St Marys	Catholic primary	0.5 km	1,032	368
St Marys South Public School	St Marys	Public primary	1.4 km	945	319
Wollemi College	Werrington	Independent k–12 / combined	1.4 km	1,107	565
Oxley Park Public School	St Marys	Public primary	1.7 km	953	601
St Marys North Public School	North St Marys	Public primary	1.7 km	873	345
Claremont Meadows Public School	Claremont Meadows	Public primary	2.3 km	1,012	687
Bennett Road Public School	Colyton	Public primary	2.6 km	912	646
Werrington Public School	Werrington	Public primary	2.8 km	963	519

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
Chifley Public School	Malabar	Public primary · K-6	227	954
Cumnock Public School	Cumnock	Public primary · K-6	47	954
Glossodia Public School	Glossodia	Public primary · K-6	184	954
Jerilderie Public School	Jerilderie	Public primary · K-6	14	954
Lake Illawarra South Public School	Lake Illawarra	Public primary · K-6	177	954
Mulbring Public School	Mulbring	Public primary · K-6	56	954

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.