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Gorokan Public School

Gorokan, NSW, 2263

620 students enrolled

School details

Address: Dudley St, Gorokan, NSW, 2263
Phone: 0243924200
Website: Visit website
Email: gorokan-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 913
School code: 4517
ACARA ID: 42053

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

19%

913 · Higher than 19% of peers

Enrolment

Top 8%

620 · Larger than 92% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

36%

15.7 · More than 64% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among New South Wales government primary schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (12% vs 27.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (25% vs average 14%).
Enrolment has grown 9.7% from 2008 to 2025 (565 → 620). Peer median change was -2.9% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 52% male / 48% female.

Enrolment trend

565 (2008) → 620 (2025) · +9.7%

Peer median change: -2.9%

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: 48731
Remoteness (ASGS): Major Cities of Australia
Assets Unit: Hunter/Central Coast
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Dobell
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1980-01-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Hunter New England & Central Coast
Fax: 4393 1698

Nearby schools

Gorokan High School

Government1.2 km away

Kanwal Public School

Government2.6 km away

Woongarrah Public School

Government2.7 km away

Tuggerawong Public School

Government3.8 km away

ICSEA

This school: 913 · higher than 19% of peers

vs Postcode 2263(3 schools)

36 below average

This school: 913
Average: 949

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

75 below average

This school: 913
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 620 (2025) · larger than 92% of peers

vs Postcode 2263(3 schools)

53 below average

This school: 620
Average: 673

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

339 above average

This school: 620
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 15.7 (2025) · more than 64% of peers

vs Postcode 2263(3 schools)

0.9 above average

This school: 15.7
Average: 14.8

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

1.8 above average

This school: 15.7
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 25% (2025)

vs Postcode 2263(3 schools)

5.3 pts above average

This school: 25%
Average: 19.7%

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

11 pts above average

This school: 25%
Average: 14%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 12% (2025)

vs Postcode 2263(3 schools)

3 pts above average

This school: 12%
Average: 9%

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: 3% (2025) · higher than 21% of peers

vs Postcode 2263(3 schools)

5 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 8%

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

14.4 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 59% (2025) · more than 83% of peers

vs Postcode 2263(3 schools)

13.3 pts above average

This school: 59%
Average: 45.7%

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

23 pts above average

This school: 59%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 43 (2025)

vs Postcode 2263(3 schools)

4 below average

This school: 43
Average: 47

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

23 above average

This school: 43
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 40 (2025)

vs Postcode 2263(3 schools)

9 below average

This school: 40
Average: 48

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

21 above average

This school: 40
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 139 (0) · more than 83% of peers

vs Postcode 2263(2 schools)

2 below average

This school: 139
Average: 141

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

44 above average

This school: 139
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

Dobell

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Dobell

Geolocation (2025)

Major Cities

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

913.0

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

Tuggerah Lakes

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven

Sa3 Name (2026)

Wyong

Sa4

Central Coast

Sa4 Name (2026)

Central Coast

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

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

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Wyong

State Electorate

Wyong

State Electorate 2015 2022

Wyong

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: 100
Enrolments · year 1: 74
Enrolments · year 2: 98
Enrolments · year 3: 93
Enrolments · year 4: 95
Enrolments · year 5: 82
Enrolments · year 6: 78