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Ballina Public School

Ballina, NSW, 2478

254 students enrolled

School details

Address: 48 Crane St, Ballina, NSW, 2478
Phone: 6686 2205
Website: Visit website
Email: ballina-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 869
School code: 1112
ACARA ID: 42139

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

Bottom 8%

869 · Lower than 92% of peers

Enrolment

Top 49%

254 · Larger than 51% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

78%

11.3 · Fewer than 78% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among New South Wales government primary schools.
ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (17% vs 27.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (41% vs average 14%).
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (11.3 vs 13.9).

Enrolment trend

307 (2008) → 254 (2025) · -17.3%

Peer median change: -2.8%

ICSEA

Lower than 92% of peers

This school: 869
Ballina schoolsavg · 5 schools: 1,015146 below average
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 1,023154 below average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,601 schools: 988119 below average

Enrolment

Larger than 51% of peers · 2025

This school: 254
Ballina schoolsavg · 5 schools: 472218 below average
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 394140 below average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,601 schools: 28228 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 78% of peers · 2025

This school: 11.3
Ballina schoolsavg · 5 schools: 120.7 below average
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 11.80.5 below average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,601 schools: 13.92.6 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 41%
Ballina schoolsavg · 5 schools: 13%28 pts above average
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 11.4%29.6 pts above average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,601 schools: 14%27 pts above average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 17%
Ballina schoolsavg · 5 schools: 13.2%3.8 pts above average
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 12%5 pts above average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,601 schools: 27.5%10.5 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 31% of peers · 2025

This school: 5%
Ballina schoolsavg · 5 schools: 22.4%17.4 pts below average
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 23%18 pts below average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,592 schools: 17.4%12.4 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 86% of peers · 2025

This school: 62%
Ballina schoolsavg · 5 schools: 26.2%35.8 pts above average
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 24.6%37.4 pts above average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,592 schools: 36%26 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 34
Ballina schoolsavg · 5 schools: 417 below average
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 395 below average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,601 schools: 2014 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 22
Ballina schoolsavg · 5 schools: 3815 below average
Postcode 2478avg · 12 schools: 3412 below average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,601 schools: 194 above average

FOEI (NSW)

More than 89% of peers · 0

This school: 150
Postcode 2478avg · 6 schools: 9259 above average
New South Wales government primaryavg · 1,595 schools: 9555 above average

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 metric shows this school once, then peer-group averages on the same scale.

NAPLAN & official outcomes

NAPLAN results, attendance, and finance for Ballina Public School are published on the official My School website. SchoolGuide.au links there rather than republishing that data.

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