# Goonellabah Public School

Goonellabah Public School is a NSW government primary school in Goonellabah, New South Wales, Australia.

- **Sector**: NSW government school
- **Type**: Primary School
- **Gender**: Co-ed
- **Year levels**: Kindergarten to Year 6
- **Enrolments**: 226 (2025)
- **Address**: 595 Ballina Road, Goonellabah NSW 2480
- **Phone**: (02) 6624 1444
- **Website**: https://goonellaba-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
- **Email**: goonellaba-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
- **ACARA AGE ID**: 49803
- **Established**: 1879-09-01

## About

Goonellabah Public School is situated in the Northern Ridge residential area of Lismore and serves a diverse student population of 275. The school provides a caring, happy, and safe educational environment where each child can grow and develop as individuals. Valuing mutually respectful relationships, the school fosters shared concern and individual responsibility, ensuring that every student is known, valued, and cared for.

The school accesses various equity programs that enhance learning outcomes, including the Early Action for Success strategy, which aids staff and students from Kindergarten to Year 4 in literacy and numeracy. Goonellabah Public School is committed to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to match or exceed the outcomes of the broader student population, with personalised learning pathways developed in consultation with their families. The school also facilitates a district opportunity class for academically gifted and talented students in Years 5 and 6.

Goonellabah Public School believes in the importance of community involvement in the educational environment. By building meaningful relationships grounded in honesty, respect, and integrity, the school collaborates with families and the broader community. High expectations are set to provide quality education, where students are engaged in active learning processes. The school's focus on supportive teacher-student relationships encourages self-directed learning and adapts to the evolving needs of the whole child. With Before and After School Care along with Vacation Care available on-site, Goonellabah Public School continuously reflects on its teaching practices to embrace innovative and creative learning methodologies.

## Mission

At Goonellabah Public School, we believe our community is an important part of the school learning environment. We work collaboratively with colleagues, students and families and the wider community by building meaningful, respectful relationships based on honesty, respect and integrity. Through high expectations, we provide quality education where individual children are known, valued and cared for. We focus on supportive teacher-student relationships and promote student engagement through active participation in the learning process.

Motto: "We help every student to learn, grow and succeed."

## Enrolment history

| Year | Enrolments |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | 226 |
| 2024 | 219 |
| 2023 | 203 |
| 2022 | 196 |
| 2021 | 240 |
| 2020 | 266 |
| 2019 | 289 |
| 2018 | 284 |
| 2017 | 266 |
| 2016 | 269 |
| 2015 | 267 |
| 2014 | 258 |
| 2013 | 234 |
| 2012 | 226 |
| 2011 | 217 |
| 2010 | 223 |
| 2009 | 230 |
| 2008 | 254 |

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Source: SchoolAtlas (https://www.schoolatlas.com.au/schools/49803-goonellabah-public-school), compiled from ACARA and NSW Department of Education data, reference year 2025. SchoolAtlas does not rank schools.