Cessnock West Public School

Wollombi & Campbell Sts, Cessnock NSW 2325

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

School website4990 1637

399students

884ICSEA · higher than 11% of NSW primary schools

9%language background other than English

30%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

Attendance and enrolment

85.2%attendance rate, 2024 · -4.4 pts over 3 years

+4%enrolment change over 5 years

152FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

1support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 399.

NAPLAN

School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Cessnock West Public School on My School · Why some data is missing

Opportunity class

Cessnock West Public School hosts an opportunity class for Years 5 and 6. Placement is by the opportunity class placement test sat in Year 4.

All selective and OC schools

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Cessnock Public School	Cessnock	Public primary	1.8 km	876	276
Cessnock East Public School	Cessnock	Public primary	2.6 km	835	215
Nulkaba Public School	Nulkaba	Public primary	3.1 km	931	389
Bellbird Public School	Bellbird	Public primary	3.5 km	907	355
Kitchener Public School	Kitchener	Public primary	5.0 km	930	113
Kearsley Public School	Kearsley	Public primary	5.2 km	897	114
Abermain Public School	Abermain	Public primary	8.3 km	917	257
Paxton Public School	Paxton	Public primary	8.9 km	926	80

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

School	Suburb	Type	Students	ICSEA
Narrandera East Infants School	Narrandera	Public primary · K-2	25	884
Curran Public School	Macquarie Fields	Public primary · K-6	275	883
Mount Warrigal Public School	Warilla	Public primary · P-6	185	885
Sadleir Public School	Sadleir	Public primary · P-6	351	883
Smithtown Public School	Smithtown	Public primary · K-6	54	885
Central Mangrove Public School	Central Mangrove	Public primary · K-6	23	886

About this data

Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.