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Blackheath Public School

Blackheath, NSW, 2785

254 students enrolled

School details

Address: Leichhardt St, Blackheath, NSW, 2785
Phone: 4787 8253
Website: Visit website
Email: blackheath-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,050
School code: 1246
ACARA ID: 41617

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

74%

1,050 · Higher than 74% of peers

Enrolment

Top 49%

254 · Larger than 51% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

9%

18 · More than 91% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (12% vs 27.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is lower than peers (9% vs average 14%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (18 vs 13.9).
Enrolment has declined 7.6% from 2008 to 2025 (275 → 254). Peer median change was -2.8% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 49% male / 51% female.

Enrolment trend

275 (2008) → 254 (2025) · -7.6%

Peer median change: -2.8%

ICSEA

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Inner Regional
Aecg Region: Metropolitan West
Age Id: 50873
Remoteness (ASGS): Inner Regional Australia
Assets Unit: Western Sydney
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Macquarie
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1885-07-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Western Sydney & Nepean Blue Mountains
Fax: 4787 8320

Nearby schools

Mountains Christian College

Independent1.2 km away

This school: 1,050 · higher than 74% of peers

vs Postcode 2785(2 schools)

7 above average

This school: 1,050
Average: 1,043

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

62 above average

This school: 1,050
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 254 (2025) · larger than 51% of peers

vs Postcode 2785(2 schools)

168 above average

This school: 254
Average: 86

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

28 below average

This school: 254
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 18 (2025) · more than 91% of peers

vs Postcode 2785(2 schools)

12.3 above average

This school: 18
Average: 5.7

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

4.1 above average

This school: 18
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 9% (2025)

vs Postcode 2785(2 schools)

3 pts above average

This school: 9%
Average: 6%

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

5 pts below average

This school: 9%
Average: 14%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 12% (2025)

vs Postcode 2785(2 schools)

3.5 pts above average

This school: 12%
Average: 8.5%

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

15.5 pts below average

This school: 12%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 27% (2025) · higher than 77% of peers

vs Postcode 2785(2 schools)

8.5 pts above average

This school: 27%
Average: 18.5%

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

9.6 pts above average

This school: 27%
Average: 17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 19% (2025) · fewer than 70% of peers

vs Postcode 2785(2 schools)

4 pts above average

This school: 19%
Average: 15%

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

17 pts below average

This school: 19%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 19 (2025)

vs Postcode 2785(2 schools)

7 above average

This school: 19
Average: 12

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

1 below average

This school: 19
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 14 (2025)

vs Postcode 2785(2 schools)

4 above average

This school: 14
Average: 10

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

5 below average

This school: 14
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 65 (0) · fewer than 72% of peers

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

30 below average

This school: 65
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

Macquarie

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Macquarie

Geolocation (2025)

Inner Regional

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

1050.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Blue Mountains

Local Health District

Nepean Blue Mountains

Operational Directorate

Regional North

Operational Directorate Office

Quakers Hill

Operational Directorate Office Address

Building T3C, Nirimba Education Precinct, Eastern Road

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

N

Principal Network

Blue Mountains

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Blackheath - Megalong Valley

Sa3 Name (2026)

Blue Mountains

Sa4

Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains

Sa4 Name (2026)

Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

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

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Blue Mountains

State Electorate

Blue Mountains

State Electorate 2015 2022

Blue Mountains

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: 21
Enrolments · year 1: 28
Enrolments · year 2: 33
Enrolments · year 3: 39
Enrolments · year 4: 44
Enrolments · year 5: 52
Enrolments · year 6: 37