Wallerawang Public School

Barton Ave, Wallerawang NSW 2845

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Wallerawang Public School is a government primary school in Wallerawang, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 186 students. Its ICSEA is 909, where the national average is 1000.

186students

909ICSEA · higher than 18% of NSW primary schools

4%language background other than English

27%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

13teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

89.9%attendance rate, 2024 · +0.5 pts over 3 years

-31%enrolment change over 5 years

132FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 186.

About this school, from public sources

This note is drawn from public online sources. Wallerawang Public School is a government K-6 primary serving a former coal mining village near Lithgow. It stresses that every student is known, valued and cared for, with a data-informed focus on reading and numeracy growth. Programs include sport, creative arts and public speaking, plus learning and wellbeing support teams that work with families. It received a 2023 NSW Secretary's Award for School Achievement and keeps parents informed through a portal and social media.

Often praised

Every student known and valued
Broad arts and sport programs
2023 state school achievement award

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 Wallerawang 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
Cooerwull Public School	Lithgow	Public primary	10.0 km	906	258
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Portland	Portland	Catholic primary	10.4 km	924	50
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Lithgow	Lithgow	Catholic primary	10.7 km	993	287
Portland Central School	Portland	Public k–12 / combined	10.9 km	845	203
Lithgow Public SchoolOC	Lithgow	Public primary	11.0 km	919	324
Zig Zag Public School	Lithgow	Public primary	11.8 km	934	120
Cullen Bullen Public School	Cullen Bullen	Public primary	13.5 km	790	8
Meadow Flat Public School	Meadow Flat	Public primary	14.0 km	1,000	30

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
Sanctuary Point Public School	Sanctuary Point	Public primary · K-6	408	909
Attunga Public School	Attunga	Public primary · K-6	39	908
Boggabri Public School	Boggabri	Public primary · K-6	96	908
Bomaderry Public School	Bomaderry	Public primary · K-6	406	908
Glen Alice Public School	Glen Alice	Public primary · K-6	6	908
Krambach Public School	Krambach	Public primary · K-6	40	908

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.