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Cowan Public School

Cowan, NSW, 2081

24 students enrolled

School details

Address: Chandler Ave, Cowan, NSW, 2081
Phone: 9456 1065
Website: Visit website
Email: cowan-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,063
School code: 1668
ACARA ID: 41205

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

77%

1,063 · Higher than 77% of peers

Enrolment

12%

24 · Smaller than 88% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

93%

7.7 · Fewer than 93% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among New South Wales government primary schools.
No Indigenous enrolments reported, versus a peer average of 14.1%.
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (7.7 vs 13.9).
Enrolment has declined 68.8% from 2008 to 2025 (77 → 24). Peer median change was -2.8% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 63% male / 37% female.

Enrolment trend

77 (2008) → 24 (2025) · -68.8%

Peer median change: -2.8%

ICSEA

This school: · higher than 77% 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: Metropolitan North
Age Id: 48693
Remoteness (ASGS): Inner Regional Australia
Assets Unit: Northern Sydney
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Berowra
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1939-10-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: South Eastern Sydney, Northern Sydney & Sydney
Fax: 9456 3026

Nearby schools

Wideview Public School

Government3.3 km away

St Bernard's Catholic Primary School

Catholic3.6 km away

Berowra Public School

Government3.8 km away

Pacific Berowra Christian School

Independent4.1 km away

1,063

vs Postcode 2081(2 schools)

48 below average

This school: 1,063
Average: 1,111

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

75 above average

This school: 1,063
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 24 (2025) · smaller than 88% of peers

vs Postcode 2081(2 schools)

143 below average

This school: 24
Average: 167

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

258 below average

This school: 24
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 7.7 (2025) · fewer than 93% of peers

vs Postcode 2081(2 schools)

6.2 below average

This school: 7.7
Average: 13.9

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

6.2 below average

This school: 7.7
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 0% (2025)

vs Postcode 2081(2 schools)

none reported

This school: 0%
Average: 1.5%

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

none reported

This school: 0%
Average: 14.1%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 26% (2025)

vs Postcode 2081(2 schools)

6 pts above average

This school: 26%
Average: 20%

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

1.5 pts below average

This school: 26%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 17% (2025) · higher than 65% of peers

vs Postcode 2081(2 schools)

26.5 pts below average

This school: 17%
Average: 43.5%

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

about average

This school: 17%
Average: 17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 3% (2025) · fewer than 94% of peers

vs Postcode 2081(2 schools)

2.5 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 5.5%

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

33 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 3 (2025)

vs Postcode 2081(2 schools)

10 below average

This school: 3
Average: 13

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

17 below average

This school: 3
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 3 (2025)

vs Postcode 2081(2 schools)

8 below average

This school: 3
Average: 11

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

16 below average

This school: 3
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 39 (0) · fewer than 84% of peers

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

56 below average

This school: 39
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

Berowra

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Berowra

Geolocation (2025)

Inner Regional

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

1063.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Hornsby

Local Health District

Northern Sydney

Operational Directorate

Regional North

Operational Directorate Office

Tuggerah

Operational Directorate Office Address

14 Pioneer Avenue

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

N

Principal Network

Mooney Mooney

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Berowra - Brooklyn - Cowan

Sa3 Name (2026)

Hornsby

Sa4

Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby

Sa4 Name (2026)

Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

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

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Hornsby

State Electorate

Hornsby

State Electorate 2015 2022

Hornsby

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: 5
Enrolments · year 1: 1
Enrolments · year 2: 8
Enrolments · year 3: 4
Enrolments · year 4: 2
Enrolments · year 5: 4