GovernmentPrimary

Helensburgh Public School

Helensburgh, NSW, 2508

460 students enrolled

School details

Address: Fletcher Street, Helensburgh, NSW, 2508
Phone: 4294 1332
Website: Visit website
Email: helensburg-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,057
School code: 2153
ACARA ID: 42774

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

76%

1,057 · Higher than 76% of peers

Enrolment

Top 20%

460 · Larger than 80% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

24%

16.7 · More than 76% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among New South Wales government primary schools.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (9% vs 27.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is lower than peers (3% vs average 14.1%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (16.7 vs 13.9).
Enrolment has declined 3% from 2008 to 2025 (474 → 460). Peer median change was -2.8% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

474 (2008) → 460 (2025) · -3%

Peer median change: -2.8%

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: Upper South Coast
Age Id: 49977
Remoteness (ASGS): Major Cities of Australia
Assets Unit: Southern NSW
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Cunningham
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1887-07-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Illawarra Shoalhaven & Southern NSW
Fax: 4294 3676

Nearby schools

Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

Catholic290 m away

Otford Public School

Government3.3 km away

Stanwell Park Public School

Government4.9 km away

ICSEA

This school: 1,057 · higher than 76% of peers

vs Postcode 2508(4 schools)

8 below average

This school: 1,057
Average: 1,065

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

69 above average

This school: 1,057
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 460 (2025) · larger than 80% of peers

vs Postcode 2508(4 schools)

325 above average

This school: 460
Average: 135

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

178 above average

This school: 460
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 16.7 (2025) · more than 76% of peers

vs Postcode 2508(4 schools)

2 above average

This school: 16.7
Average: 14.7

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

2.8 above average

This school: 16.7
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 3% (2025)

vs Postcode 2508(4 schools)

1 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 4%

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: 9% (2025)

vs Postcode 2508(4 schools)

about average

This school: 9%
Average: 9.8%

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

18.5 pts below average

This school: 9%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

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

vs Postcode 2508(4 schools)

6.8 pts below average

This school: 25%
Average: 31.8%

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: 16% (2025) · fewer than 74% of peers

vs Postcode 2508(4 schools)

3 pts below average

This school: 16%
Average: 19%

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

20 pts below average

This school: 16%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 29 (2025)

vs Postcode 2508(4 schools)

17 above average

This school: 29
Average: 12

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

9 above average

This school: 29
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 28 (2025)

vs Postcode 2508(4 schools)

18 above average

This school: 28
Average: 10

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

9 above average

This school: 28
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 60 (0) · fewer than 75% of peers

vs Postcode 2508(2 schools)

33 above average

This school: 60
Average: 27

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

35 below average

This school: 60
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

Cunningham

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Cunningham

Geolocation (2025)

Major Cities

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

1057.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Wollongong

Local Health District

Illawarra Shoalhaven

Operational Directorate

Regional South and Connected Communities

Operational Directorate Office

Wollongong

Operational Directorate Office Address

84 Crown Street

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

N

Principal Network

Wollongong North

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Helensburgh

Sa3 Name (2026)

Wollongong

Sa4

Illawarra

Sa4 Name (2026)

Illawarra

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Kindergarten to Year 6

School Url (2025)

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

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Heathcote

State Electorate

Heathcote

State Electorate 2015 2022

Heathcote

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: 68
Enrolments · year 1: 79
Enrolments · year 2: 74
Enrolments · year 3: 70
Enrolments · year 4: 62
Enrolments · year 5: 58
Enrolments · year 6: 49