3
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Freeburn Island · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Freeburn Island
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Three primary schools serve the small community of Freeburn Island, providing more local options than 70% of similar areas. This gives families easy access to early education, with these schools typically smaller than those in most other regions.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The three local schools are all primary schools, with the government sector making up 66.7% of the options. These schools are generally smaller than most others, yet they have an advantage score of 1,012, which is higher than most areas.
191
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,012
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Freeburn Island
3 schools — 573 students, average ICSEA 1,012.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Iluka Public School, Iluka | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 96 | 996 |
| St James' Primary School, Yamba | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 182 | 1,074 |
| Yamba Public School, Yamba | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 295 | 978 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Freeburn Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11565/freeburn-island/topic/education