Schools in Surry Hills

There are 20 schools in and around Surry Hills: 6 secondary, 6 primary, 5 combined and 3 special. Their ICSEA scores run from 667 to 1274 (ACARA).

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Surry Hills 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
Sydney Grammar School	Combined	Independent	K-12	1274	1,925
SCEGGS Darlinghurst	Combined	Independent	K-12	1209	936
Sydney Girls High School	Secondary	Government	7-12	1193	929
Sydney Boys High School	Secondary	Government	7-12	1189	1,205
St Andrew's Cathedral School	Combined	Independent	K-12	1189	1,436
International Grammar School	Combined	Independent	K-12	1170	1,224
Darlinghurst Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1156	210
Westbourne College Sydney	Secondary	Independent	10-12	1153	65
Bourke Street Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1135	381
St Mary's Cathedral College	Combined	Catholic	K-12	1125	937
Crown Street Public School	Primary	Government	K-6	1114	288
Inner Sydney High School	Secondary	Government	7-12	1104	1,161
Australian Performing Arts Grammar School	Secondary	Independent	7-12	1103	129
Sydney Distance Education Primary School	Primary	Government	K-6	1094	124
Australian International High School	Secondary	Independent	–	1028	–
GOAL College	Special	Independent	11-12	1027	204
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School	Primary	Catholic	K-6	938	76
Key College	Special	Independent	9-12	909	70
St Andrew's Cathedral Gawura School	Primary	Independent	K-6	817	38
Redfern Jarjum College	Special	Independent	K-6	667	25

Sydney Grammar School
Combined · Independent · K-12
1274
SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Combined · Independent · K-12
1209
Sydney Girls High School
Secondary · Government · 7-12
1193
Sydney Boys High School
Secondary · Government · 7-12
1189
St Andrew's Cathedral School
Combined · Independent · K-12
1189
International Grammar School
Combined · Independent · K-12
1170
Darlinghurst Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1156
Westbourne College Sydney
Secondary · Independent · 10-12
1153
Bourke Street Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1135
St Mary's Cathedral College
Combined · Catholic · K-12
1125
Crown Street Public School
Primary · Government · K-6
1114
Inner Sydney High School
Secondary · Government · 7-12
1104
Australian Performing Arts Grammar School
Secondary · Independent · 7-12
1103
Sydney Distance Education Primary School
Primary · Government · K-6
1094
Australian International High School
Secondary · Independent
1028
GOAL College
Special · Independent · 11-12
1027
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School
Primary · Catholic · K-6
938
Key College
Special · Independent · 9-12
909
St Andrew's Cathedral Gawura School
Primary · Independent · K-6
817
Redfern Jarjum College
Special · Independent · K-6
667

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

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