Schools in Kotara South

There are 20 schools in and around Kotara South: 14 primary, 3 secondary and 3 special. Their ICSEA scores run from 816 to 1104 (ACARA).

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Kotara South schools by ICSEA

ICSEA describes the socio-educational background of a school’s students (the national average is 1000). It is not a measure of teaching quality, so visit, and read each school’s results on My School.

School	Type	Sector	Years	ICSEA	Enrolment
St James' Primary School	Primary	Catholic	K-6	1104	334
Belair Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1103	409
St Joseph's Primary School	Primary	Catholic	K-6	1102	361
New Lambton Heights Infants School	Primary	Government	K-2	1100	55
Trinity Catholic College	Secondary	Catholic	7-11	1090	849
Kahibah Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1076	291
Charlestown South Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1075	235
St Kevin's Primary School	Primary	Catholic	K-6	1071	130
Kotara South Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1069	309
Kotara High School	Secondary	Government	7-12	1066	1,130
Garden Suburb Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1045	227
Charlestown Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1037	234
Charlestown East Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1036	319
Hillsborough Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1020	164
Cardiff South Public School	Primary	Government	P-6	1017	298
Cardiff North Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1014	149
Cardiff High School	Secondary	Government	7-12	986	778
Newcastle Junior School	Special	Government	U	940	63
Lakeside School	Special	Government	U	910	58
Kotara School	Special	Government	U	816	25

St James' Primary School
Primary · Catholic · K-6
1104
Belair Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1103
St Joseph's Primary School
Primary · Catholic · K-6
1102
New Lambton Heights Infants School
Primary · Government · K-2
1100
Trinity Catholic College
Secondary · Catholic · 7-11
1090
Kahibah Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1076
Charlestown South Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1075
St Kevin's Primary School
Primary · Catholic · K-6
1071
Kotara South Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1069
Kotara High School
Secondary · Government · 7-12
1066
Garden Suburb Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1045
Charlestown Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1037
Charlestown East Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1036
Hillsborough Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1020
Cardiff South Public School
Primary · Government · P-6
1017
Cardiff North Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1014
Cardiff High School
Secondary · Government · 7-12
986
Newcastle Junior School
Special · Government · U
940
Lakeside School
Special · Government · U
910
Kotara School
Special · Government · U
816

1100 and above1000 to 1099Below 1000School data licensed from ACARA under CC BY 4.0.

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