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Coorabell Public School

Coorabell, NSW, 2479

92 students enrolled

School details

Address: Mango Lane, Coorabell, NSW, 2479
Phone: 6684 7281
Website: Visit website
Email: coorabell-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,066
School code: 1634
ACARA ID: 42183

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

78%

1,066 · Higher than 78% of peers

Enrolment

25%

92 · Smaller than 75% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

9%

18 · More than 91% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among New South Wales government primary schools.
Indigenous enrolment share is lower than peers (3% vs average 14.1%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (18 vs 13.9).
Enrolment has grown 9.5% from 2008 to 2025 (84 → 92). Peer median change was -2.9% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 48% male / 52% female.

Enrolment trend

84 (2008) → 92 (2025) · +9.5%

Peer median change: -2.9%

ICSEA

This school: · higher than 78% of peers

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: Upper North Coast
Age Id: 49771
Remoteness (ASGS): Inner Regional Australia
Assets Unit: North Coast
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Richmond
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1891-01-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Mid North Coast & Northern NSW
Fax: 6684 7161

1,066

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

1 below average

This school: 1,066
Average: 1,067

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

78 above average

This school: 1,066
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 92 (2025) · smaller than 75% of peers

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

38 below average

This school: 92
Average: 130

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

190 below average

This school: 92
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

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

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

2.8 above average

This school: 18
Average: 15.2

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

4.1 above average

This school: 18
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 3% (2025)

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

2.3 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 5.3%

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

11.1 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 14.1%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 33% (2025)

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

17 pts above average

This school: 33%
Average: 16%

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

5.5 pts above average

This school: 33%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 25% (2025) · higher than 75% of peers

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

4 pts below average

This school: 25%
Average: 29%

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

7.6 pts above average

This school: 25%
Average: 17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 8% (2025) · fewer than 84% of peers

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

3.3 pts below average

This school: 8%
Average: 11.3%

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

28 pts below average

This school: 8%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 6 (2025)

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

2 below average

This school: 6
Average: 8

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

14 below average

This school: 6
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 5 (2025)

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

3 below average

This school: 5
Average: 8

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

14 below average

This school: 5
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 47 (0) · fewer than 81% of peers

vs Postcode 2479(3 schools)

3 below average

This school: 47
Average: 50

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

48 below average

This school: 47
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

Richmond

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Richmond

Geolocation (2025)

Inner Regional

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

1066.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Byron

Local Health District

Northern NSW

Operational Directorate

Rural North

Operational Directorate Office

Murwillumbah

Operational Directorate Office Address

Level 2, 12 King Street

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

N

Principal Network

Wollumbin

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Bangalow

Sa3 Name (2026)

Richmond Valley - Coastal

Sa4

Richmond - Tweed

Sa4 Name (2026)

Richmond - Tweed

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

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

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Ballina

State Electorate

Ballina

State Electorate 2015 2022

Ballina

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: 6
Enrolments · year 1: 21
Enrolments · year 2: 13
Enrolments · year 3: 12
Enrolments · year 4: 12
Enrolments · year 5: 15
Enrolments · year 6: 13