IndependentPrimary

Blue Gum Community School

Hornsby, NSW, 2077

21 students enrolled

School details

Address: Hornsby, NSW, 2077
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,105
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 53041

Location

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How this school compares

Benchmarks against nearby schools and similar peers (New South Wales independent primary) using ICSEA, enrolments, staffing, and student background data.

ICSEA

60th

1,105 · peer percentile

Enrolment

11th

21 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

14th

6.2 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

62th

86% · peer percentile

Indigenous enrolment share is 5% vs peer average 12.7%.
Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (6.2 vs 11.1).
Enrolment has grown 200% from 2023 to 2025 (7 → 21). Peer schools averaged +116.1% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 43% male / 57% female.

Enrolment trend

7 (2023) → 21 (2025) · +200%

Peer average change: +116.1%

Enrolment history

School profile data

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Berowra
FTE non-teaching staff (2025): 1
FTE teaching staff (2025): 3.4
Geolocation (2025): Major Cities
Governing Body (2025): Independent Schools NSW
Governing Body Url (2025): https://www.isnsw.edu.au/
ICSEA percentile (2025): 86
Indigenous enrolments (%) (2025): 5
LBOTE — No (%) (2025): 55
LBOTE — Not stated (%) (2025)

Nearby schools

Hornsby Girls High School

Government1.1 km away

Barker College

Independent1.1 km away

Clarke Road School

Government1.2 km away

Hornsby South Public School

Government1.3 km away

ICSEA

This school: 1,105 · 60th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

7 below average

School

1,105

Average

1,112

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

3 below average

School

1,105

Average

1,108

vs New South Wales independent primary (69 schools)

49 above average

School

1,105

Average

1,056

Enrolment

This school: 21 (2025) · 11th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

773 below average

School

21

Average

794

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

622 below average

School

21

Average

643

vs New South Wales independent primary (69 schools)

104 below average

School

21

Average

125

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 6.2 (2025) · 14th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

6.9 below average

School

6.2

Average

13.1

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

7.6 below average

School

6.2

Average

13.8

vs New South Wales independent primary (69 schools)

4.9 below average

School

6.2

Average

11.1

ICSEA percentile

This school: 86% (2025) · 62th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

3.7 pts above average

School

86%

Average

82.3%

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

3.3 pts above average

School

86%

Average

82.7%

vs New South Wales independent primary (67 schools)

18.5 pts above average

School

86%

Average

67.5%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 5% (2025) · 70th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

4.4 pts above average

School

5%

Average

0.6%

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

4.1 pts above average

School

5%

Average

0.9%

vs New South Wales independent primary (69 schools)

7.7 pts below average

School

5%

Average

12.7%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 45% (2025) · 63th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

19.4 pts below average

School

45%

Average

64.4%

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

12.3 pts below average

School

45%

Average

57.3%

vs New South Wales independent primary (69 schools)

4.8 pts above average

School

45%

Average

40.2%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 40% (2025) · 59th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

5.9 pts below average

School

40%

Average

45.9%

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

3.7 pts below average

School

40%

Average

43.7%

vs New South Wales independent primary (67 schools)

4.2 pts above average

School

40%

Average

35.8%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 3% (2025) · 38th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

8.4 pts below average

School

3%

Average

11.4%

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

6.9 pts below average

School

3%

Average

9.9%

vs New South Wales independent primary (67 schools)

15.1 pts below average

School

3%

Average

18.1%

Teaching staff

This school: 4 (2025) · 17th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

68 below average

School

4

Average

72

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

50 below average

School

4

Average

54

vs New South Wales independent primary (69 schools)

9 below average

School

4

Average

13

FTE teaching staff

This school: 3 (2025) · 21th percentile among peers

vs Hornsby schools (7 schools)

62 below average

School

3

Average

65

vs Postcode 2077 (12 schools)

48 below average

School

3

Average

51

vs New South Wales independent primary (69 schools)

7 below average

School

3

Average

10

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA and SEA describe socio-educational advantage, not school quality. LBOTE / Indigenous shares and FOEI are context, not rankings. Bars in each metric share one scale so this school's length stays comparable across rows.

0

LBOTE — Yes (%) (2025)

45

Lga Name (2026)

Hornsby

Non-teaching staff (2025)

1

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Hornsby - West

Sa3 Name (2026)

Hornsby

Sa4 Name (2026)

Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby

School Url (2025)

https://bluegum.nsw.edu.au/

SEA bottom quarter (%) (2025)

3

SEA lower-middle quarter (%) (2025)

15

SEA top quarter (%) (2025)

40

SEA upper-middle quarter (%) (2025)

42

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Hornsby

Teaching staff (2025)

4

Year range (2025)

K-2

Enrolments by grade

Offers: one year before year 1, year 1, year 2

Enrolments · one year before year 1: 8
Enrolments · year 1: 7
Enrolments · year 2: 6