Wallaroo Primary School
Hughes Street, Wallaroo SA 5556
Wallaroo Primary School is a government primary school in Wallaroo, SA from Reception to Year 6 with about 65 students. Its ICSEA is 865, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Wallaroo Primary School is a small South Australian government school on Hughes Street, Wallaroo, in the Copper Coast council area. It caters for Reception to Year 6 with a compulsory school uniform. Public listings note an on-site Out of School Hours Care service offering before and after school care and vacation care, which supports local working families.
Often praised
- On-site OSHC and vacation care
- Small school community
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NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Wallaroo Primary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary MacKillop School | Wallaroo | Catholic k–12 / combined | 0.7 km | 968 | 139 |
| Wallaroo Mines Primary School | Kadina | Public primary | 7.8 km | 899 | 92 |
| Harvest Christian College | Kadina | Independent k–12 / combined | 8.5 km | 983 | 302 |
| Kadina Memorial School | Kadina | Public k–12 / combined | 8.5 km | 951 | 1,184 |
| Moonta Area School | Moonta | Public k–12 / combined | 15.6 km | 924 | 253 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in SA
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackham West School | Hackham West | Public primary · R-6 | 110 | 867 |
| Elizabeth Park Primary School | Elizabeth Park | Public primary · R-6 | 312 | 862 |
| Elizabeth South Primary School | Elizabeth South | Public primary · R-6 | 144 | 860 |
| Penong Primary School | Penong | Public primary · R-7 | 36 | 870 |
| Fisk Street Primary School | Whyalla Norrie | Public primary · R-6 | 63 | 857 |
| Port Pirie West Primary School | Port Pirie | Public primary · R-6 | 201 | 873 |
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.