GovernmentPrimary

Batemans Bay Public School

Surfside, NSW, 2536

494 students enrolled

School details

Address: Mundarra Way, Surfside, NSW, 2536
Phone: 4472 4059
Website: Visit website
Email: batemansba-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 896
School code: 1149
ACARA ID: 42722

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

14%

896 · Higher than 14% of peers

Enrolment

Top 17%

494 · Larger than 83% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

49%

14.7 · More than 51% 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 (5% vs 27.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (30% vs average 14%).
Enrolment has grown 3.1% from 2008 to 2025 (479 → 494). Peer median change was -2.9% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 49% male / 51% female.

Enrolment trend

479 (2008) → 494 (2025) · +3.1%

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): Inner Regional
Aecg Region: Lower South Coast
Age Id: 50056
Remoteness (ASGS): Inner Regional Australia
Assets Unit: Southern NSW
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Gilmore
Date Extracted: 2026-08-03
Date First Teacher: 1869-07-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Illawarra Shoalhaven & Southern NSW
Fax: 4472 8457

Nearby schools

Batemans Bay High School

Government3.3 km away

St Bernard's Primary School, Batemans Bay

Catholic4.6 km away

Sunshine Bay Public School

Government4.9 km away

ICSEA

This school: 896 · higher than 14% of peers

vs Postcode 2536(4 schools)

8 below average

This school: 896
Average: 904

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

92 below average

This school: 896
Average: 988

Enrolment

This school: 494 (2025) · larger than 83% of peers

vs Postcode 2536(4 schools)

205 above average

This school: 494
Average: 290

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

213 above average

This school: 494
Average: 282

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 14.7 (2025) · more than 51% of peers

vs Postcode 2536(4 schools)

2.9 above average

This school: 14.7
Average: 11.8

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

0.8 above average

This school: 14.7
Average: 13.9

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 30% (2025)

vs Postcode 2536(4 schools)

about average

This school: 30%
Average: 30.3%

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

16 pts above average

This school: 30%
Average: 14%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 5% (2025)

vs Postcode 2536(4 schools)

2 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 7%

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

22.5 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 27.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

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

vs Postcode 2536(4 schools)

1.3 pts below average

This school: 4%
Average: 5.3%

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: 60% (2025) · more than 84% of peers

vs Postcode 2536(4 schools)

5.5 pts above average

This school: 60%
Average: 54.5%

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

24 pts above average

This school: 60%
Average: 36%

Teaching staff

This school: 39 (2025)

vs Postcode 2536(4 schools)

9 above average

This school: 39
Average: 30

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

19 above average

This school: 39
Average: 20

FTE teaching staff

This school: 34 (2025)

vs Postcode 2536(4 schools)

8 above average

This school: 34
Average: 26

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

15 above average

This school: 34
Average: 19

FOEI (NSW)

This school: 136 (0) · more than 81% of peers

vs Postcode 2536(3 schools)

13 below average

This school: 136
Average: 149

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

41 above average

This school: 136
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

Gilmore

Federal Electorate 2016 2024

Gilmore

Geolocation (2025)

Inner Regional

Governing Body (2025)

NSW Department of Education

Governing Body Url (2025)

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

Icsea Value

896.0

Intensive English centre

N

Late Opening School

N

Lga Name (2026)

Eurobodalla

Local Health District

Southern NSW

Operational Directorate

Regional South and Connected Communities

Operational Directorate Office

Batemans Bay

Operational Directorate Office Address

Unit 2, 30B Orient Street

Operational Directorate Office Phone

131 536

Opportunity class

N

Preschool

Y

Principal Network

Batemans Bay

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Batemans Bay

Sa3 Name (2026)

South Coast

Sa4

Capital Region

Sa4 Name (2026)

Capital Region

School Gender

Coed

Specialty

Comprehensive

Subtype

Preschool to Year 6

School Url (2025)

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

Selective school

Not Selective

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Bega

State Electorate

Bega

State Electorate 2015 2022

Bega

Year range (2025)

P-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: 72
Enrolments · year 1: 64
Enrolments · year 2: 66
Enrolments · year 3: 76
Enrolments · year 4: 74
Enrolments · year 5: 70
Enrolments · year 6: 72