Tyalgum Public School

Coolman St, Tyalgum NSW 2484

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Tyalgum Public School is a government primary school in Tyalgum, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 13 students. Its ICSEA is 978, where the national average is 1000.

13students

978ICSEA · higher than 46% of NSW primary schools

0%language background other than English

0%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

2teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

91.4%attendance rate, 2024 · +8.8 pts over 3 years

-73%enrolment change over 5 years

140FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 13.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources, including the school's own website. Tyalgum Public School is a small rural government primary school, founded in 1907, about 25 minutes northwest of Murwillumbah. It describes itself as a community school that values strong relationships and inclusive, personalised learning. Published information mentions learning and wellbeing support teams, individual learning plans developed with families, environmental care, sport and fitness activities, and a Korean language program.

Often praised

Close-knit rural community school
Inclusive, personalised learning support
Korean language 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 Tyalgum 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
Chillingham Public School	Chillingham	Public primary	8.4 km	1,005	35
Bhaktivedanta Swami Gurukula School	Eungella	Independent k–12 / combined	11.5 km	1,028	93
Crystal Creek Public School	Crystal Creek	Public primary	12.7 km	939	80
Aetaomah School	Terragon	Independent k–12 / combined	13.2 km	1,057	55
Uki Public School	Uki	Public primary	14.3 km	977	86
Tweed Valley Adventist College	Murwillumbah	Independent k–12 / combined	16.6 km	1,039	381
Murwillumbah Public School	Murwillumbah	Public primary	18.4 km	959	149
Sathya Sai College	Murwillumbah	Independent primary	18.6 km	1,046	280

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
Blairmount Public School	Blairmount	Public primary · K-6	450	978
Blandford Public School	Blandford	Public primary · K-6	10	978
Goulburn West Public SchoolOC	Goulburn	Public primary · K-6	373	978
Medlow Public School	Upper Taylors Arm	Public primary · K-6	33	978
Raglan Public School	Raglan	Public primary · K-6	191	978
Ulladulla Public School	Ulladulla	Public primary · K-6	689	978

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.