Independent secondary schools in New South Wales, ranked by ICSEA

32 independent secondary schools in New South Wales have a published ICSEA, and all of them are listed here. 80 more have no published ICSEA and are not ranked.

School typePrimarySecondaryCombined

SectorAll sectors Government CatholicIndependent

#	School	Suburb	ICSEA	Students	Students per teacher
1	Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy CollegeNorth Sydney	North Sydney	1179	1,186	10.0
2	Westbourne College SydneyUltimo	Ultimo	1153	65	12.0
3	Brigidine College St IvesSt Ives	St Ives	1148	793	10.4
4	Mount St Benedict CollegePennant Hills	Pennant Hills	1147	1,331	12.4
5	St Vincent's CollegePotts Point	Potts Point	1145	755	10.7
6	Our Lady of Mercy College ParramattaParramatta	Parramatta	1144	1,097	11.6
7	Sydney Science CollegeEpping	Epping	1140	20	2.4
8	St Scholastica's College Glebe PointGlebe	Glebe	1138	1,044	14.1
9	Frensham SchoolMittagong	Mittagong	1137	345	8.0
10	Stella Maris CollegeManly	Manly	1135	1,006	11.1
11	St Joseph's CollegeHunters Hill	Hunters Hill	1130	1,100	11.2
12	Rosebank CollegeFive Dock	Five Dock	1125	1,472	12.4
13	Oakhill CollegeCastle Hill	Castle Hill	1124	2,242	14.9
14	Alpha Omega Senior CollegeAuburn	Auburn	1111	822	13.5
15	St Mary Star of the Sea CollegeWollongong	Wollongong	1104	1,128	12.3
16	Australian Performing Arts Grammar SchoolGlebe	Glebe	1103	129	13.5
17	Edmund Rice CollegeWest Wollongong	West Wollongong	1083	1,054	13.3
18	Chevalier CollegeBurradoo	Burradoo	1081	951	12.8
19	NovoschoolNewcastle West	Newcastle West	1077	79	7.9
20	St Paul's International CollegeMoss Vale	Moss Vale	1071	127	6.8
21	St Edward's Christian Brothers' CollegeEast Gosford	East Gosford	1068	971	12.3
22	Trinity Catholic College LismoreEast Lismore	East Lismore	1055	816	12.7
23	St Patrick's College CampbelltownCampbelltown	Campbelltown	1049	698	13.2
24	St Stanislaus' CollegeBathurst	Bathurst	1038	713	12.2
25	St Paul's CollegeWalla Walla	Walla Walla	1030	312	9.9
26	Australian International High SchoolSydney	Sydney	1028	—	—
27	Macquarie Grammar SchoolSydney	Sydney	1027	84	7.2
28	St Dominic's CollegeKingswood	Kingswood	1008	1,010	11.9
29	Muslim Girls Grammar SchoolGranville	Granville	994	304	12.6
30	Red Bend Catholic CollegeForbes	Forbes	989	880	11.6
31	Hunter Trade CollegeTelarah	Telarah	978	257	16.5
32	St Narsai Assyrian Christian CollegeHorsley Park	Horsley Park	923	713	11.8

Ranked by ICSEA, highest first, among independent secondary schools in New South Wales with a published figure; tied values share a rank. ICSEA describes the socio-educational background of a school's students, not how the school performs. ACARA 2025 data; students per teacher calculated by BetterSchool.

NAPLAN results are published school by school on My School.

The same ranking in other states

Queensland31