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Telegraph Point Public School

Pacific Hwy, Telegraph Point NSW 2441

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Telegraph Point Public School is a government primary school in Telegraph Point, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 126 students. Its ICSEA is 968, where the national average is 1000.

126students
968ICSEA · higher than 42% of NSW primary schools
3%language background other than English
15%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
8teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

89.8%attendance rate, 2024 · +2.8 pts over 3 years
-6%enrolment change over 5 years
106FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

This note draws on public online sources, including the school's own website and education directories. Telegraph Point Public School is a small government primary school for Kindergarten to Year 6, about 18km north of Port Macquarie. It draws students from Telegraph Point and nearby localities. The school promotes the values of respect, responsibility and resilience, along with learning and wellbeing support, individual planning done with families, and an inclusive environment. An active P&C supports its facilities and resources.

Often praised

  • Inclusive, family-focused support
  • Active P&C and community backing
  • Wide extracurricular offering for size

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 Telegraph Point 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
Heritage Christian SchoolPort MacquarieIndependent k–12 / combined13.5 km1,032345
St Joseph's Primary SchoolPort MacquarieCatholic primary14.3 km1,017397
Wauchope Public SchoolWauchopePublic primary14.8 km900624
Westport Public SchoolPort MacquariePublic primary14.9 km888365
St Joseph's Primary SchoolWauchopeCatholic primary15.1 km1,011277
St Agnes' Primary SchoolPort MacquarieCatholic primary15.4 km1,029553
Beechwood Public SchoolWauchopePublic primary15.5 km959184
Port Macquarie Steiner SchoolPort MacquarieIndependent primary15.6 km1,05169

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Brocklesby Public SchoolBrocklesbyPublic primary · K-621968
Castlereagh Public SchoolCastlereaghPublic primary · K-6126968
Condell Park Public SchoolCondell ParkPublic primary · K-6586968
Marulan Public SchoolMarulanPublic primary · K-6140968
Plunkett Street Public SchoolWoolloomoolooPublic primary · P-673968
Regents Park Public SchoolRegents ParkPublic primary · K-6268968

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.