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Ettalong Public School

Ettalong Beach, NSW, 2257

490 students enrolled

School details

Address: Karingi St, Ettalong Beach, NSW, 2257
Phone: 4341 3550
Website: Visit website
Email: ettalong-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 975
School code: 1864
ACARA ID: 41894

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

46%

975 · Higher than 46% of peers

Enrolment

Top 17%

490 · Larger than 83% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

35%

15.8 · More than 65% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (13% vs 27.5%).
Enrolment has declined 18.5% from 2008 to 2025 (601 → 490). Peer median change was -2.8% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 52% male / 48% female.

Enrolment trend

601 (2008) → 490 (2025) · -18.5%

Peer median change: -2.8%

ICSEA

This school: 975 · higher than 46% of peers

vs Postcode 2257

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Aecg Region: Central Coast
Age Id: 48703
Remoteness (ASGS): Major Cities of Australia
Assets Unit: Hunter/Central Coast
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Robertson
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1928-05-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Hunter New England & Central Coast
Fax: 4343 1517

Nearby schools

Woy Woy South Public School

Government1.5 km away

Umina Beach Public School

Government2.2 km away

Pretty Beach Public School

Government2.3 km away

Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus

Government2.4 km away

(4 schools)

54 below average

This school: 975
Average: 1,029

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

13 below average

This school: 975
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 490 (2025) · larger than 83% of peers

vs Postcode 2257(4 schools)

3 below average

This school: 490
Average: 493

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

209 above average

This school: 490
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 15.8 (2025) · more than 65% of peers

vs Postcode 2257(4 schools)

about average

This school: 15.8
Average: 15.8

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

1.9 above average

This school: 15.8
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 13% (2025)

vs Postcode 2257(4 schools)

4 pts above average

This school: 13%
Average: 9%

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

1 pts below average

This school: 13%
Average: 14%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 13% (2025)

vs Postcode 2257(4 schools)

1 pts above average

This school: 13%
Average: 12%

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

14.5 pts below average

This school: 13%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 9% (2025) · higher than 48% of peers

vs Postcode 2257(4 schools)

12 pts below average

This school: 9%
Average: 21%

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

8.4 pts below average

This school: 9%
Average: 17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

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

vs Postcode 2257(4 schools)

15.5 pts above average

This school: 39%
Average: 23.5%

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

3 pts above average

This school: 39%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 40 (2025)

vs Postcode 2257(4 schools)

4 above average

This school: 40
Average: 36

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

20 above average

This school: 40
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 31 (2025)

vs Postcode 2257(4 schools)

3 below average

This school: 31
Average: 34

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

12 above average

This school: 31
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 107 (0) · more than 57% of peers

vs Postcode 2257(4 schools)

31 above average

This school: 107
Average: 76

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

12 above average

This school: 107
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

Robertson

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Robertson

Geolocation (2025)

Major Cities

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

975.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Central Coast (NSW)

Local Health District

Central Coast

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

Brisbane Water

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga

Sa3 Name (2026)

Gosford

Sa4

Central Coast

Sa4 Name (2026)

Central Coast

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

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

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Gosford

State Electorate

Gosford

State Electorate 2015 2022

Gosford

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: 57
Enrolments · year 1: 68
Enrolments · year 2: 68
Enrolments · year 3: 69
Enrolments · year 4: 79
Enrolments · year 5: 70
Enrolments · year 6: 79