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Candelo Public School

Candelo, NSW, 2550

84 students enrolled

School details

Address: William St, Candelo, NSW, 2550
Phone: 6493 2236
Website: Visit website
Email: candelo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 982
School code: 1490
ACARA ID: 42747

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

50%

982 · Higher than 50% of peers

Enrolment

25%

84 · Smaller than 75% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

27%

16.5 · More than 73% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (2% vs 27.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is lower than peers (6% vs average 14%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (16.5 vs 13.9).
Enrolment has declined 14.3% from 2008 to 2025 (98 → 84). Peer median change was -2.8% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 50% male / 50% female.

Enrolment trend

98 (2008) → 84 (2025) · -14.3%

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): Outer Regional
Aecg Region: Lower South Coast
Age Id: 50186
Remoteness (ASGS): Outer Regional Australia
Assets Unit: Southern NSW
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Eden-Monaro
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1869-01-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Illawarra Shoalhaven & Southern NSW
Fax: 6493 2035

This school: 982 · higher than 50% of peers

vs Postcode 2550(14 schools)

6 below average

This school: 982
Average: 988

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

6 below average

This school: 982
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 84 (2025) · smaller than 75% of peers

vs Postcode 2550(14 schools)

82 below average

This school: 84
Average: 166

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

198 below average

This school: 84
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 16.5 (2025) · more than 73% of peers

vs Postcode 2550(14 schools)

4.8 above average

This school: 16.5
Average: 11.7

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

2.6 above average

This school: 16.5
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 6% (2025)

vs Postcode 2550(14 schools)

5.2 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 11.2%

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

8 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 14%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 2% (2025)

vs Postcode 2550(14 schools)

7.6 pts below average

This school: 2%
Average: 9.6%

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

25.5 pts below average

This school: 2%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 10% (2025) · higher than 50% of peers

vs Postcode 2550(14 schools)

5.9 pts below average

This school: 10%
Average: 15.9%

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

7.4 pts below average

This school: 10%
Average: 17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 39% (2025) · more than 56% of peers

vs Postcode 2550(14 schools)

3.9 pts above average

This school: 39%
Average: 35.1%

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

3 pts above average

This school: 39%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 5 (2025)

vs Postcode 2550(15 schools)

10 below average

This school: 5
Average: 15

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

15 below average

This school: 5
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 5 (2025)

vs Postcode 2550(15 schools)

8 below average

This school: 5
Average: 13

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

14 below average

This school: 5
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 104 (0) · more than 55% of peers

vs Postcode 2550(10 schools)

1 below average

This school: 104
Average: 105

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

9 above average

This school: 104
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

Eden-monaro

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Eden-Monaro

Geolocation (2025)

Outer Regional

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

982.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Bega Valley

Local Health District

Southern NSW

Operational Directorate

Regional South and Connected Communities

Operational Directorate Office

Batemans Bay

Operational Directorate Office Address

Unit 2, 30B Orient Street

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

N

Principal Network

Batemans Bay

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Bega-Eden Hinterland

Sa3 Name (2026)

South Coast

Sa4

Capital Region

Sa4 Name (2026)

Capital Region

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

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

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Bega

State Electorate

Bega

State Electorate 2015 2022

Bega

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: 14
Enrolments · year 1: 8
Enrolments · year 2: 10
Enrolments · year 3: 18
Enrolments · year 4: 14
Enrolments · year 5: 11
Enrolments · year 6: 9