Westport Public School

WIDDERSON ST, Port Macquarie NSW 2444

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Westport Public School is a government primary school in Port Macquarie, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 365 students. Its ICSEA is 888, where the national average is 1000.

365students

888ICSEA · higher than 12% of NSW primary schools

7%language background other than English

33%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

26teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

84.3%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.9 pts over 3 years

-13%enrolment change over 5 years

137FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 365.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources: Westport Public School serves Kindergarten to Year 6 students in Port Macquarie. Its website describes excellence in an inclusive and caring environment, with learning and wellbeing support teams working with families to plan for individual students. Families can use a parent portal for payments and attendance, and a canteen offers online ordering.

Often praised

Inclusive, caring environment
Learning and wellbeing support

This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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: low. 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 Westport 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 Agnes' Primary School	Port Macquarie	Catholic primary	0.6 km	1,029	553
St Joseph's Primary School	Port Macquarie	Catholic primary	0.9 km	1,017	397
Port Macquarie Steiner School	Port Macquarie	Independent primary	1.0 km	1,051	69
Heritage Christian School	Port Macquarie	Independent k–12 / combined	1.4 km	1,032	345
North East Public School of Distance Education	Port Macquarie	Public primary	2.1 km	979	45
Port Macquarie Public SchoolOC	Port Macquarie	Public primary	2.1 km	932	451
St Peter's Primary School	Port Macquarie	Catholic primary	2.1 km	1,075	534
Hastings Public School	Port Macquarie	Public primary	3.0 km	1,019	526

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
Congewai Public School	Congewai	Public primary · K-6	11	888
Mount Kanwary Public School	Osterley	Public primary · K-6	38	888
Ashcroft Public School	Ashcroft	Public primary · P-6	284	887
Bullarah Public School	Bullarah	Public primary · K-6	24	887
Fennell Bay Public School	Fennell Bay	Public primary · K-6	159	889
Long Flat Public School	Long Flat	Public primary · K-6	36	887

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.