Tuggerah Public School

1 Pacific Hwy, Tuggerah NSW 2259

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Tuggerah Public School is a government primary school in Tuggerah, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 359 students. Its ICSEA is 993, where the national average is 1000.

359students

993ICSEA · higher than 55% of NSW primary schools

21%language background other than English

13%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

21teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

90.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.6 pts over 3 years

-20%enrolment change over 5 years

96FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 359.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, chiefly the school's own website and NSW Government pages. Tuggerah Public School is a government K-6 primary on the NSW Central Coast, with the motto "Believe - Strive - Achieve". It describes a caring, inclusive environment. Listed offerings include high-potential and gifted programs, wellbeing initiatives, kindergarten and high school transition programs, and extra-curricular sport and performing arts. It has an active P&C and a parent portal.

Often praised

Inclusive, caring school environment
High-potential and gifted programs
Sport and performing arts opportunities

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 Tuggerah 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
Chittaway Bay Public School	Chittaway Bay	Public primary	2.1 km	992	479
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School	Wyong	Catholic primary	2.7 km	1,022	335
Central Coast Steiner School	Fountaindale	Independent k–12 / combined	2.7 km	1,092	330
Wyong Christian Community School	Wyong	Independent k–12 / combined	3.9 km	1,057	904
Berkeley Vale Public School	Berkeley Vale	Public primary	4.6 km	988	524
Wyong Public SchoolOC	Wyong	Public primary	4.7 km	931	433
Tacoma Public School	Tacoma	Public primary	5.2 km	938	186
Ourimbah Public School	Ourimbah	Public primary	6.4 km	1,018	332

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
Bourke-Walgett School of Distance Education	Bourke	Public primary · K-6	47	993
Emu Plains Public School	Emu Plains	Public primary · K-6	406	993
Tregeagle Public School	Tregeagle	Public primary · K-6	103	993
Bankstown West Public School	Bankstown	Public primary · K-6	317	992
Banora Point Public School	Banora Point	Public primary · K-6	390	992
Blacktown West Public SchoolOC	Blacktown	Public primary · K-6	443	992

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.