Waitara Public School
64-68 Edgeworth David Avenue, Wahroonga NSW 2076
Waitara Public School is a government primary school in Wahroonga, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 972 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,148, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 972.
About this school, from public sources
This note is drawn from public online sources, mainly the school's own website and NSW Government pages. Waitara Public School is a large government primary school in Wahroonga with students from more than 50 cultural backgrounds. It offers project-based learning, STEM and creative arts, and hosts two Opportunity Classes for Years 5 and 6. The school describes a wellbeing focus, individual learning support, and close partnerships with families through a parent portal.
Often praised
- Two Opportunity Classes
- Culturally diverse school community
- Strong wellbeing and family partnership focus
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 Waitara Public School on My School · Why some data is missing
Opportunity class
Waitara Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Grammar School - Wahroonga Preparatory Campus | Wahroonga | Independent primary | 0.8 km | — | — |
| Abbotsleigh Junior School | Wahroonga | Independent primary | 0.9 km | — | — |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | Waitara | Catholic primary | 0.9 km | 1,153 | 337 |
| Barker College Junior School | Waitara | Independent primary | 1.2 km | — | — |
| Prouille Catholic Primary School | Wahroonga | Catholic primary | 1.3 km | 1,156 | 262 |
| Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,217 | 1,634 |
| Knox Grammar Preparatory School | Wahroonga | Independent primary | 1.4 km | — | — |
| Hornsby South Public School | Hornsby | Public primary | 1.6 km | 1,110 | 534 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annandale North Public School | Annandale | Public primary · K-6 | 359 | 1,148 |
| Hornsby North Public School | Hornsby | Public primary · K-6 | 937 | 1,148 |
| Killara Public School | Killara | Public primary · K-6 | 273 | 1,148 |
| Anzac Park Public School | Cammeray | Public primary · K-6 | 720 | 1,147 |
| Bella Vista Public School | Bella Vista | Public primary · K-6 | 1,104 | 1,147 |
| Dobroyd Point Public School | Haberfield | Public primary · K-6 | 116 | 1,149 |
About this data
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- school-website
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.