Wellington Public School

Percy St, Wellington NSW 2820

PublicPrimaryYears P-6

Wellington Public School is a government primary school in Wellington, NSW from Prep to Year 6 with about 405 students. Its ICSEA is 816, where the national average is 1000.

405students

816ICSEA · higher than 4% of NSW primary schools

5%language background other than English

60%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

31teaching 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 · +1.2 pts over 3 years

-19%enrolment change over 5 years

156FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 405.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources, Wellington Public School is a government, co-educational school in Wellington NSW, with preschool to Year 6 and about 520 students. It describes a caring environment with a focus on literacy and numeracy. Programs include a Kitchen Garden, a school music program, debating, chess and Positive Behaviour for Learning. Families can use before and after school care and a breakfast program. The school also has a long record in regional and state sporting competitions.

Often praised

Kitchen garden and music programs
Literacy and numeracy support
Strong sporting and debating record

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 Wellington 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 Mary's Catholic School Wellington	Wellington	Catholic k–12 / combined	0.8 km	956	196
Wellington Christian School	Wellington	Independent primary	2.3 km	859	78
Geurie Public School	Geurie	Public primary	20.8 km	860	33
Mumbil Public School	Mumbil	Public primary	21.0 km	807	10
Stuart Town Public School	Stuart Town	Public primary	29.7 km	722	11

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
Urana Public School	Urana	Public primary · K-6	9	816
Gilgandra Public School	Gilgandra	Public primary · K-6	198	815
Tregear Public School	Tregear	Public primary · K-6	325	817
Willmot Public School	Willmot	Public primary · K-6	162	817
Woodberry Public School	Woodberry	Public primary · K-6	221	817
Forbes North Public School	Forbes	Public primary · K-6	203	818

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.