Tathra Public School

Bega St, Tathra NSW 2550

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Tathra Public School is a government primary school in Tathra, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 171 students. Its ICSEA is 1,048, where the national average is 1000.

171students

1,048ICSEA · higher than 73% of NSW primary schools

7%language background other than English

5%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

11teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

89.1%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.2 pts over 3 years

-18%enrolment change over 5 years

74FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 171.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources, Tathra Public School is a coastal K-6 government primary on the NSW Far South Coast, with around 200 students. It describes a personalised, nurturing approach that values wellbeing and inclusion. Programs include performing and creative arts, sport, Japanese language and culture, robotics, environmental education, kitchen and bush tucker gardening, and Aboriginal education featuring local Yuin language and culture. It belongs to local learning communities.

Often praised

Japanese and Yuin language programs
Kitchen and bush tucker gardens
Wellbeing-focused, inclusive culture

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 Tathra 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
Tanja Public School	Tanja	Public primary	10.3 km	1,085	6
Sapphire Coast Anglican College	Bega	Independent k–12 / combined	13.0 km	1,057	454
Thomas More Christian Montessori School	Bega	Independent primary	13.2 km	1,033	26
St Patrick's Primary School	Bega	Catholic primary	13.5 km	977	175
Mumbulla School for Rudolf Steiner Education	Bega	Independent primary	13.6 km	1,056	176
Bega Valley Public School	Bega	Public primary	14.3 km	917	291
Merimbula Public School	Merimbula	Public primary	18.0 km	1,001	428
Wolumla Public School	Wolumla	Public primary	18.6 km	931	109

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
Goonengerry Public School	Goonengerry	Public primary · K-6	57	1,048
Kingswood Public SchoolOC	Kingswood	Public primary · K-6	499	1,048
Macquarie Fields Public School	Macquarie Fields	Public primary · K-6	828	1,048
Wamberal Public School	Wamberal	Public primary · K-6	475	1,048
Albury Public School	Albury	Public primary · K-6	637	1,049
Blakehurst Public School	Blakehurst	Public primary · K-6	256	1,049

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.