Warrawong Public School

127 Cowper Street, Warrawong NSW 2502

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Warrawong Public School is a government primary school in Warrawong, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 276 students. Its ICSEA is 891, where the national average is 1000.

276students

891ICSEA · higher than 12% of NSW primary schools

38%language background other than English

18%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

21teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

86.8%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.7 pts over 3 years

+0%enrolment change over 5 years

162FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 276.

About this school, from public sources

This note draws on publicly available online sources, chiefly the school's own website and official directory pages. Warrawong Public School, established in 1949, is a government K-6 primary that describes itself as friendly and inclusive. It offers sport, performing arts and community service activities, a permaculture garden, and a Macedonian community language program. Families can join weekly English classes and play groups, and the school works with the wider Warrawong Community of Schools.

Often praised

Inclusive, welcoming school community
Permaculture garden learning
Macedonian community 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 Warrawong 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
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School	Warrawong	Catholic primary	0.3 km	1,013	149
Cringila Public School	Cringila	Public primary	1.3 km	936	163
Lake Heights Public School	Lake Heights	Public primary	1.3 km	941	147
Kemblawarra Public School	Port Kembla	Public primary	1.7 km	892	153
Berkeley Public School	Berkeley	Public primary	2.0 km	926	259
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	Port Kembla	Catholic primary	2.1 km	1,058	177
Primbee Public School	Primbee	Public primary	2.3 km	943	88
Port Kembla Public School	Port Kembla	Public primary	3.4 km	1,014	278

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
Kurri Kurri Public School	Kurri Kurri	Public primary · K-6	574	891
Middleton Public School	Parkes	Public primary · K-6	173	891
Aberdeen Public School	Aberdeen	Public primary · K-6	151	890
Bodalla Public School	Bodalla	Public primary · K-6	65	890
Busby Public School	Busby	Public primary · K-6	243	892
Frederickton Public School	Frederickton	Public primary · K-6	130	890

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.