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Tumut Public School

175-181 Wynyard St, Tumut NSW 2720

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Tumut Public School is a government primary school in Tumut, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 288 students. Its ICSEA is 976, where the national average is 1000.

288students
976ICSEA · higher than 45% of NSW primary schools
13%language background other than English
11%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
17teaching 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 · -1.4 pts over 3 years
-17%enrolment change over 5 years
99FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources, mainly the school's own website. Tumut Public School is a government K-6 primary in central Tumut, established in 1859 and set on Wiradjuri land. It describes an inclusive, nurturing environment with smaller class sizes and evidence-based teaching. Programs include Curiosity and Powerful Learning, Kagan cooperative learning, Berry Street wellbeing strategies and a Ready, Set, Kinder transition program. An active P&C welcomes parent involvement.

Often praised

  • Long-established local school
  • Warm, inclusive school community
  • Kindergarten transition program

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 Tumut 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
McAuley Catholic CollegeTumutCatholic k–12 / combined0.4 km1,001473
Franklin Public SchoolTumutPublic primary1.8 km900239
St Joseph's Primary SchoolAdelongCatholic primary13.8 km98058
Adelong Public SchoolAdelongPublic primary14.2 km92924
Brungle Public SchoolBrunglePublic primary16.2 km64616
St Mary's Primary SchoolBatlowCatholic primary25.2 km95842
Batlow Central SchoolBatlowPublic k–12 / combined25.3 km904103
Gundagai South Public SchoolSouth GundagaiPublic primary26.7 km91647

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
Eastern Creek Public SchoolEastern CreekPublic primary · P-6246976
Elands Public SchoolElandsPublic primary · K-615976
Leeton Public SchoolLeetonPublic primary · K-6258976
Punchbowl Public SchoolPunchbowlPublic primary · P-6528976
Belmore North Public SchoolBelmorePublic primary · K-6252977
Centaur Public SchoolBanora PointPublic primary · K-6424975

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.