Waitara Public School

64-68 Edgeworth David Avenue, Wahroonga NSW 2076

PublicPrimaryYears K-6Opportunity class

School website9489 3105

972students

1,148ICSEA · higher than 96% of NSW primary schools

91%language background other than English

0%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

Attendance and enrolment

92.6%attendance rate, 2024 · -3.2 pts over 3 years

-9%enrolment change over 5 years

4FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 972.

NAPLAN

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

Opportunity class

Waitara 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
Hornsby South Public School	Hornsby	Public primary	1.6 km	1,110	534
Wahroonga Public School	Wahroonga	Public primary	1.8 km	1,156	508
Normanhurst Public School	Normanhurst	Public primary	2.1 km	1,139	372
Asquith Public School	Asquith	Public primary	2.5 km	1,102	384
Warrawee Public School	Turramurra	Public primary	2.5 km	1,170	622
Normanhurst West Public School	Thornleigh	Public primary	2.6 km	1,136	363
Hornsby North Public School	Hornsby	Public primary	3.1 km	1,148	937
Turramurra North Public School	North Turramurra	Public primary	3.4 km	1,170	196

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
Annandale North Public School	Annandale	Public primary · K-6	359	1,148
Hornsby North Public School	Hornsby	Public primary · K-6	937	1,148
Killara Public School	Killara	Public primary · K-6	273	1,148
Anzac Park Public School	Cammeray	Public primary · K-6	720	1,147
Bella Vista Public School	Bella Vista	Public primary · K-6	1,104	1,147
Dobroyd Point Public School	Haberfield	Public primary · K-6	116	1,149

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.