GovernmentPrimary

Abermain Public School

Abermain, NSW, 2326

257 students enrolled

School details

Address: Goulburn St, Abermain, NSW, 2326
Phone: 4930 4210
Website: Visit website
Email: abermain-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 917
School code: 1003
ACARA ID: 41853

Location

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How this school compares

Benchmarks against nearby schools and similar peers (New South Wales government primary) using ICSEA, enrolments, staffing, and student background data.

ICSEA

20%

917 · Higher than 20% of peers

Enrolment

Top 48%

257 · Larger than 52% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

39%

15.4 · More than 61% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among New South Wales government primary schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (3% vs 27.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (21% vs average 14%).
Enrolment has grown 11.7% from 2008 to 2025 (230 → 257). Peer median change was -2.9% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 53% male / 47% female.

Enrolment trend

230 (2008) → 257 (2025) · +11.7%

Peer median change: -2.9%

Enrolment history

School profile data

Program and context details. Student and staffing benchmarks are in How this school compares above.

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Aecg Region: Hunter
Age Id: 49299
Remoteness (ASGS): Major Cities of Australia
Assets Unit: Hunter/Central Coast
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Hunter
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1905-08-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Hunter New England & Central Coast
Fax: 4930 4319

Nearby schools

Holy Spirit Infants School

Catholic1.6 km away

Weston Public School

Government3.2 km away

ICSEA

This school: 917 · higher than 20% of peers

vs Postcode 2326(2 schools)

20 below average

This school: 917
Average: 937

vs New South Wales government primary(1,601 schools)

71 below average

This school: 917
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 257 (2025) · larger than 52% of peers

vs Postcode 2326(2 schools)

61 above average

This school: 257
Average: 196

vs New South Wales government primary(1,601 schools)

25 below average

This school: 257
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 15.4 (2025) · more than 61% of peers

vs Postcode 2326(2 schools)

3 above average

This school: 15.4
Average: 12.4

vs New South Wales government primary(1,601 schools)

1.5 above average

This school: 15.4
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 21% (2025)

vs Postcode 2326(2 schools)

1 pts below average

This school: 21%
Average: 22%

vs New South Wales government primary(1,601 schools)

7 pts above average

This school: 21%
Average: 14%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 3% (2025)

vs Postcode 2326(2 schools)

about average

This school: 3%
Average: 3.5%

vs New South Wales government primary(1,601 schools)

24.5 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 2% (2025) · higher than 15% of peers

vs Postcode 2326(2 schools)

1.5 pts below average

This school: 2%
Average: 3.5%

vs New South Wales government primary(1,592 schools)

15.4 pts below average

This school: 2%
Average: 17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 62% (2025) · more than 86% of peers

vs Postcode 2326(2 schools)

14 pts above average

This school: 62%
Average: 48%

vs New South Wales government primary(1,592 schools)

26 pts above average

This school: 62%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 25 (2025)

vs Postcode 2326(2 schools)

7 above average

This school: 25
Average: 19

vs New South Wales government primary(1,601 schools)

5 above average

This school: 25
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 17 (2025)

vs Postcode 2326(2 schools)

1 above average

This school: 17
Average: 15

vs New South Wales government primary(1,601 schools)

2 below average

This school: 17
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 135 (0) · more than 80% of peers

vs New South Wales government primary(1,595 schools)

40 above average

This school: 135
Average: 95

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA describes socio-educational advantage of the school community, not school quality. Indigenous and LBOTE shares are context only (shown in the detail comparisons below, not as ranking tiles). Each comparison shows this school and the group average as two bars on one shared scale.

Federal Electorate

Hunter

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Paterson

Geolocation (2025)

Major Cities

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

https://education.nsw.gov.au/

Icsea Value

917.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Cessnock

Local Health District

Hunter New England

Operational Directorate

Regional North

Operational Directorate Office

Maitland

Operational Directorate Office Address

Level 1, 2 Caroline Place

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

N

Principal Network

Cessnock

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Kurri Kurri - Abermain

Sa3 Name (2026)

Lower Hunter

Sa4

Hunter Valley exc Newcastle

Sa4 Name (2026)

Hunter Valley exc Newcastle

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

https://abermain-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Cessnock

State Electorate

Cessnock

State Electorate 2015 2022

Cessnock

Year range (2025)

K-6

Enrolments by grade

Offers: one year before year 1, year 1, year 2, year 3, year 4, year 5, year 6

Enrolments · one year before year 1: 38
Enrolments · year 1: 36
Enrolments · year 2: 46
Enrolments · year 3: 37
Enrolments · year 4: 29
Enrolments · year 5: 36
Enrolments · year 6: 35