Tamworth South Public School

Petra Ave, Tamworth NSW 2340

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

School website6765 8426

477students

828ICSEA · higher than 5% of NSW primary schools

9%language background other than English

46%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

Attendance and enrolment

84.5%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.3 pts over 3 years

-9%enrolment change over 5 years

169FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 477.

NAPLAN

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

Opportunity class

Tamworth South 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
Hillvue Public School	Tamworth	Public primary	1.5 km	761	449
Tamworth West Public School	West Tamworth	Public primary	1.7 km	908	370
Tamworth Public School	Tamworth	Public primary	3.2 km	997	891
Westdale Public School	Westdale	Public primary	3.8 km	870	370
Oxley Vale Public School	Tamworth	Public primary	5.4 km	870	377
Nemingha Public School	Nemingha	Public primary	9.1 km	996	193
Tintinhull Public School	Kootingal	Public primary	9.4 km	973	113
Timbumburi Public School	Timbumburi	Public primary	11.0 km	1,003	159

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
Bogan Gate Public School	Bogan Gate	Public primary · K-6	11	828
Delungra Public School	Delungra	Public primary · K-6	18	827
Drummond Memorial Public School	Armidale	Public primary · K-6	233	827
Ebor Public School	Ebor	Public primary · K-6	7	826
Quambone Public School	Quambone	Public primary · K-6	8	826
Wamoon Public School	Wamoon	Public primary · K-6	16	826

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.