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Every public school in Australia, on one honest page each.

Enrolments, ICSEA, selective entry and senior results for 6,792 government schools, drawn from state education departments and exam authorities, and shown with the caveats the raw numbers need.

NSW2,184VIC1,575QLD1,248SA509WA816TAS201NT156ACT 103

Public schools by state. Choose a state to browse.

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Each state runs its own system, its own senior certificate and its own selective pathway. Start where you live.

NSWNew South Wales2,184 public schoolsHSC · Selective, OC & HPGE classesVICVictoria1,575 public schoolsVCE · Selective-entry & SEALQLDQueensland1,248 public schoolsQCE · Academies & selective programsWAWestern Australia816 public schoolsWACE · GATE & PEAC programsSASouth Australia509 public schoolsSACE · IGNITE & special interestTASTasmania201 public schoolsTCE · Extension programsACTAustralian Capital Territory103 public schoolsACT Senior Secondary · Gifted & talentedNTNorthern Territory156 public schoolsNTCET · Gifted & talented

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Australian universities

All 42 universities, with their world ranks as published by THE, ARWU and QS, position in Australia and student numbers.

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  1. The University of Melbourne=34
  2. The University of Sydney=51
  3. Monash University61
  4. THE 2027 world rank. Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Senior results, public high schools

Each state publishes a different measure, so the lists are not comparable with each other. ICSEA and the similar-schools view on every profile tell you how much is intake.

NSW · HSC 2025

Top 10% by Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student, the only comparison NSW law permits

  1. James Ruse Agricultural High SchoolCarlingford · Agricultural selective · ICSEA 12224.46
  2. North Sydney Boys High SchoolNorth Sydney · Fully selective · ICSEA 11954.12
  3. North Sydney Girls High SchoolCrows Nest · Fully selective · ICSEA 12033.47
  4. Normanhurst Boys High SchoolNormanhurst · Fully selective · ICSEA 12073.38
  5. Sydney Boys High SchoolMoore Park · Fully selective · ICSEA 11893.08
  6. Hornsby Girls High SchoolHornsby · Fully selective · ICSEA 12092.95
Full NSW list

VIC · VCE 2025

Median VCE study score

  1. Clyde Secondary CollegeClyde · ICSEA 101339.0
  2. Cranbourne West Secondary CollegeCranbourne West · ICSEA 98539.0
  3. Nossal High SchoolBerwick · Fully selective · ICSEA 115537.0
  4. Melbourne High SchoolSouth Yarra · Fully selective · ICSEA 119536.0
  5. John Monash Science SchoolClayton · ICSEA 112735.0
  6. Suzanne Cory High SchoolWerribee · Fully selective · ICSEA 116535.0
Full VIC list

WA · WACE 2024

% of Year 12 students achieving WACE

  1. Denmark Senior High SchoolDenmark · ICSEA 1038100.0
  2. Melville Senior High SchoolMelville · GATE · ICSEA 1071100.0
  3. Duncraig Senior High SchoolDuncraig · GATE · ICSEA 107999.6
  4. Woodvale Secondary CollegeWoodvale · ICSEA 106699.5
  5. Leeming Senior High SchoolLeeming · ICSEA 107799.4
  6. Applecross Senior High SchoolArdross · GATE · ICSEA 112099.4
Full WA list

How to read the numbers

ICSEA

The Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage. 1000 is the national average; most schools sit between 900 and 1100. It describes the families a school serves, not how well it teaches.

NAPLAN

National tests in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. We show the school average scaled score per domain and compare it with schools of similar ICSEA, which tells you far more than the raw number.

Selective and OC

NSW runs fully and partially selective high schools and opportunity classes in Years 5 and 6. Other states have smaller equivalents. Entry scores change every year; we show the latest published.

Read the full methodology and data sources

Frequently asked questions

How do I find which public school my address is zoned for?
Use the official tool for your state, because catchment boundaries follow capacity and road networks rather than simple distance: School Finder in NSW, Find My School in Victoria, EdMap in Queensland and Schools Online in Western Australia. Boundaries are reviewed regularly, so check again close to when you enrol. Catchments explained
What is the difference between public, selective and private schools?
Public (government) schools are run by state and territory education departments, charge no tuition fees for Australian citizens and permanent residents, and mostly enrol by local catchment. Selective schools are public high schools that admit students through an academic entry test; NSW runs fully and partially selective schools, and Victoria has four selective-entry high schools. Private schools are Catholic or independent: they charge fees and set their own enrolment rules. Public vs Catholic vs independent
What is ICSEA?
ICSEA is the Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage, calculated by ACARA from parents' occupation and education, remoteness and Indigenous enrolment. The national average is 1000; higher values mean a more advantaged school community. It describes the families a school serves, not how well the school teaches, which is why SchoolList AU shows it beside every result. What is ICSEA?
Where does SchoolList AU's data come from?
School lists, locations, enrolments and contact details come from state and territory open-data portals under Creative Commons licences. ACARA's Australian Schools List and School Profile fill gaps where a state does not publish a figure, and senior results come from the state curriculum authorities. Every field is traced to its dataset and licence on the data sources page. Data sources and licences
How up to date is the information?
School lists are rebuilt from the latest published files each term, and senior results are added when each authority publishes them, usually between December and February. Published datasets can lag a school by a year or more, so confirm enrolment rules, fees and boundaries with the school or department before acting on them. Disclaimer