Ettalong Public School

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Respect. Responsibility. Ready To Learn.

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About the school

Ettalong Public School prides itself on delivering outstanding quality education to the Ettalong community on the Central Coast for over 80 years. The school is situated in beautiful, well-maintained grounds adjacent to the Ettalong Beach town centre, fostering a welcoming and friendly community with strong relationships among staff, students, and parents.

Facilities and Resources

Ettalong Public School is well-resourced for learning, featuring two technology rooms and access to state-of-the-art technologies that enhance student learning. The school boasts a constantly growing library, spacious hall, canteen, and comfortable classrooms that provide flexible and innovative learning environments. In 2010, six new classrooms were constructed and two classrooms were refurbished, significantly improving the school's facilities.

Educational Programs

The school delivers quality educational programs by highly qualified and dedicated teachers, with a strong academic focus alongside various outstanding sporting and cultural activities. These flexible and innovative programmes are tailored to meet the individual learning styles and needs of students.

Students thrive in a safe, inclusive, and nurturing environment guided by core values of strength, respect, and excellence. The expectations of respect, responsibility, and readiness to learn—known as the 3Rs—coupled with the school's 'strong and smart' ethos, underpin effective welfare and discipline programs. A strong emphasis is placed on resilience, social skills, anti-bullying, and student leadership. Further, the creative arts program provides opportunities in music, dance, drama, and art, nurturing the creative talents of all students. Daily physical education is provided for all students, resulting in highly successful sporting teams coached by specialist teachers.

Through its commitment to care, opportunity, and success, Ettalong Public School aims to provide every student with the best educational experience possible.

Mission

Happy, safe and respectful children; learning to the best of their abilities to become responsible citizens!

Location & Catchment Area

Profile (2025)

Total enrolments
490 (234 girls, 256 boys)
Enrolments (FTE) What does this mean?
490
ICSEA What does this mean?
975 (percentile 35)
SEA quarters What does this mean?
39% / 32% / 20% / 9%
Indigenous students
13%
Teaching staff (FTE) What does this mean?
31
Non-teaching staff (FTE) What does this mean?
7.8

Enrolments by grade (2025)

Grade Headcount
Kindergarten 57
Year 1 68
Year 2 68
Year 3 69
Year 4 79
Year 5 70
Year 6 79
Total 490

Year by year

Attendance data for 2020 is unavailable — NSW schools were disrupted by COVID-19 and the Department of Education did not publish figures for that year.

Year Enrolments Girls Boys Attendance % ICSEA Teaching staff (FTE)
2025 490 234 256 - 975 31
2024 507 236 271 86.9 976 34
2023 518 241 277 89.4 972 34
2022 516 239 277 85.4 973 33.2
2021 536 252 284 90.5 972 34.3
2020 535 253 282 - 966 34.3
2019 527 239 288 91 959 34.4
2018 537 245 292 90.8 958 35.4
2017 551 252 299 92.9 955 34.9
2016 532 246 286 91.3 958 34.8
2015 543 257 286 92.4 958 33.5
2014 524 248 276 92.5 951 33.6
2013 528 243 285 91.8 957 32.4
2012 542 259 283 92.6 946 30.8
2011 576 274 302 92.9 940 31.8
2010 593 283 310 - 938 31.9
2009 612 297 315 - 950 31.9
2008 601 289 312 - 950 32.1

Attendance data for 2020 is unavailable — NSW schools were disrupted by COVID-19 and the Department of Education did not publish figures for that year.

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