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Gwandalan Public School

Gwandalan, NSW, 2259

351 students enrolled

School details

Address: Kanangra Drive, Gwandalan, NSW, 2259
Phone: 4976 1318
Website: Visit website
Email: gwandalan-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 953
School code: 4320
ACARA ID: 42035

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

36%

953 · Higher than 36% of peers

Enrolment

Top 33%

351 · Larger than 67% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

13%

17.6 · More than 87% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (6% vs 27.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (20% vs average 14%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (17.6 vs 13.9).
Enrolment has declined 16% from 2008 to 2025 (418 → 351). Peer median change was -2.8% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 45% male / 55% female.

Enrolment trend

418 (2008) → 351 (2025) · -16%

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): Major Cities
Aecg Region: Central Coast
Age Id: 48708
Remoteness (ASGS): Major Cities of Australia
Assets Unit: Hunter/Central Coast
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Shortland
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1961-09-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Hunter New England & Central Coast
Fax: 4972 5189

Nearby schools

Nords Wharf Public School

Government2.1 km away

Brightwaters Christian College

Independent4.4 km away

Mannering Park Public School

Government4.6 km away

This school: 953 · higher than 36% of peers

vs Postcode 2259(25 schools)

14 below average

This school: 953
Average: 967

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

35 below average

This school: 953
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 351 (2025) · larger than 67% of peers

vs Postcode 2259(25 schools)

141 below average

This school: 351
Average: 492

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

69 above average

This school: 351
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 17.6 (2025) · more than 87% of peers

vs Postcode 2259(25 schools)

3.5 above average

This school: 17.6
Average: 14.1

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

3.7 above average

This school: 17.6
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 20% (2025)

vs Postcode 2259(25 schools)

1.9 pts above average

This school: 20%
Average: 18.1%

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

6 pts above average

This school: 20%
Average: 14%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 6% (2025)

vs Postcode 2259(25 schools)

6.2 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 12.2%

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

21.5 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 4% (2025) · higher than 26% of peers

vs Postcode 2259(25 schools)

5.8 pts below average

This school: 4%
Average: 9.8%

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

13.4 pts below average

This school: 4%
Average: 17.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 43% (2025) · more than 61% of peers

vs Postcode 2259(25 schools)

4 pts above average

This school: 43%
Average: 39%

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

7 pts above average

This school: 43%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 26 (2025)

vs Postcode 2259(25 schools)

14 below average

This school: 26
Average: 40

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

6 above average

This school: 26
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 20 (2025)

vs Postcode 2259(25 schools)

16 below average

This school: 20
Average: 36

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

1 above average

This school: 20
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 113 (0) · more than 62% of peers

vs Postcode 2259(17 schools)

6 below average

This school: 113
Average: 119

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

18 above average

This school: 113
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

Shortland

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Shortland

Geolocation (2025)

Major Cities

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

953.0

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

Gateshead West

Operational Directorate Office Address

10 Coral Crescent

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

N

Principal Network

Lake Macquarie East

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Summerland Point - Gwandalan

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://gwandalan-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Swansea

State Electorate

Swansea

State Electorate 2015 2022

Swansea

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: 43
Enrolments · year 1: 49
Enrolments · year 2: 61
Enrolments · year 3: 53
Enrolments · year 4: 43
Enrolments · year 5: 54
Enrolments · year 6: 48