Wollongong Public School

67A Church Street, Wollongong NSW 2500

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

Wollongong Public School is a government primary school in Wollongong, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 579 students. It hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Its ICSEA is 1,084, where the national average is 1000.

579students

1,084ICSEA · higher than 83% of NSW primary schools

70%language background other than English

4%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

32teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

89.6%attendance rate, 2024 · -4.1 pts over 3 years

+11%enrolment change over 5 years

38FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 579.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources: Wollongong Public School's own website describes an inclusive school where every student is valued. It highlights evidence-based teaching in literacy and numeracy, a village culture of collaboration between teachers, families and students, and the values of Truth and Honour, with a focus on safety, growth and belonging.

Often praised

Inclusive school culture
Literacy and numeracy focus
Strong family collaboration

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 Wollongong Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Wollongong Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School	Gwynneville	Catholic primary	1.5 km	1,083	175
Gwynneville Public School	Gwynneville	Public primary	1.7 km	1,065	271
Coniston Public School	Coniston	Public primary	2.0 km	990	181
Elonera Montessori School	Mount Ousley	Independent k–12 / combined	2.3 km	1,108	187
Wollongong West Public School	Wollongong	Public primary	2.3 km	991	243
Keiraville Public School	Keiraville	Public primary	2.3 km	1,103	297
St Therese Catholic Primary School	Mangerton	Catholic primary	2.4 km	1,090	368
The Illawarra Grammar School	Wollongong West	Independent k–12 / combined	2.4 km	1,159	970

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
Eureka Public School	Eureka	Public primary · K-6	32	1,084
Laguna Street Public School	Caringbah	Public primary · K-6	440	1,084
Strathfield South Public School	Strathfield	Public primary · K-6	423	1,084
Berowra Public School	Berowra	Public primary · K-6	272	1,085
Mount Kuring-gai Public School	Mount Kuring-gai	Public primary · K-6	132	1,083
Pagewood Public School	Botany	Public primary · K-6	207	1,085

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.