Wiripaang Public School

Pacific Hwy, Gateshead NSW 2290

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Wiripaang Public School is a government primary school in Gateshead, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 182 students. Its ICSEA is 853, where the national average is 1000.

182students

853ICSEA · higher than 7% of NSW primary schools

13%language background other than English

37%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

17teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

88.3%attendance rate, 2024 · -0.7 pts over 3 years

-8%enrolment change over 5 years

177FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

2support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 182.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources: Wiripaang Public School in Gateshead is a K-6 public school. Its website highlights the values of courage and character, a welcoming and inclusive environment for students from diverse backgrounds, and strong partnerships with families and the wider community. It offers a range of academic subjects, sporting and cultural opportunities, plus learning support and wellbeing resources.

Often praised

Courage and character values
Inclusive, welcoming environment
Learning support and wellbeing

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 Wiripaang 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 Paul's Primary School	Gateshead	Catholic primary	0.6 km	1,023	294
St Pius X Primary School	Windale	Catholic primary	1.2 km	847	54
Windale Public School	Windale	Public primary	1.5 km	793	252
Charlestown South Public School	Charlestown	Public primary	1.9 km	1,075	235
Charlestown East Public School	Charlestown	Public primary	1.9 km	1,036	319
Charlestown Public School	Charlestown	Public primary	2.2 km	1,037	234
St Joseph's Primary School	Charlestown	Catholic primary	2.2 km	1,102	361
Mount Hutton Public School	Mount Hutton	Public primary	2.3 km	940	166

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
Narrandera Public School	Narrandera	Public primary · K-6	267	853
Lethbridge Park Public School	Lethbridge Park	Public primary · P-6	437	855
Tharbogang Public School	Tharbogang	Public primary · K-6	11	855
Wanaaring Public School	Wanaaring	Public primary · K-6	7	851
Coonabarabran Public SchoolOC	Coonabarabran	Public primary · K-6	200	856
Dubbo North Public School	Dubbo	Public primary · K-6	276	850

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.