Young Public School

Bruce St, Young NSW 2594

PublicPrimaryYears K-6

Young Public School is a government primary school in Young, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 6 with about 524 students. Its ICSEA is 969, where the national average is 1000.

524students

969ICSEA · higher than 42% of NSW primary schools

12%language background other than English

12%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

34teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

88.9%attendance rate, 2024 · -2.9 pts over 3 years

+5%enrolment change over 5 years

107FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

3support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 524.

About this school, from public sources

Drawn from public online sources: Young Public School teaches Kindergarten to Year 6 in a two hectare setting. Its values are respect, responsibility and integrity. The school describes a strong literacy focus with a range of intervention programs, along with academic, arts and sporting activities. It highlights partnerships with parents and the community and says it welcomes students from diverse backgrounds.

Often praised

Literacy support programs
Spacious two hectare grounds
Strong parent partnerships

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 Young 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
New Madinah College	Young	Independent k–12 / combined	1.1 km	931	100
St Mary's Primary School	Young	Catholic primary	1.7 km	1,016	222
Young North Public School	Young	Public primary	1.8 km	915	298
Maimuru Public School	Maimuru	Public primary	11.1 km	966	13
Wombat Public School	Wombat	Public primary	12.4 km	898	20
Monteagle Public School	Monteagle	Public primary	15.2 km	969	24
Murringo Public School	Murringo	Public primary	20.8 km	941	43
Trinity Catholic Primary School	Murrumburrah	Catholic primary	25.4 km	1,005	29

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
Bald Blair Public School	Guyra	Public primary · K-6	32	969
Burren Junction Public School	Burren Junction	Public primary · K-6	36	969
Culcairn Public School	Culcairn	Public primary · K-6	94	969
Edgeworth Heights Public School	Edgeworth	Public primary · K-6	305	969
Jindera Public School	Jindera	Public primary · K-6	164	969
Laguna Public School	Laguna	Public primary · K-6	52	969

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.