Secondary schools in Northern Territory, ranked by ICSEA

24 secondary schools in Northern Territory have a published ICSEA, and all of them are listed here. 15 more have no published ICSEA and are not ranked.

School typePrimarySecondaryCombined

SectorAll sectorsGovernmentCatholicIndependent

#	School	Suburb	Sector	ICSEA	Students	Students per teacher
1	Darwin Middle SchoolThe Gardens	The Gardens	Government	1065	663	16.5
2	Darwin High SchoolThe Gardens	The Gardens	Government	1050	1,286	14.6
3	St Philip's CollegeAlice Springs	Alice Springs	Independent	1031	502	10.5
4	O'Loughlin Catholic CollegeKarama	Karama	Catholic	1025	599	12.0
5	MacKillop Catholic CollegeJohnston	Johnston	Catholic	1001	795	10.4
6	Dripstone Middle SchoolTiwi	Tiwi	Government	994	605	14.2
7	NT Christian CollegeMarrara	Marrara	Independent	987	93	8.9
8	Nightcliff Middle SchoolNightcliff	Nightcliff	Government	986	409	13.6
9	SEDA College NTFannie Bay	Fannie Bay	Independent	980	150	13.2
10	St John's Catholic CollegeThe Gardens	The Gardens	Catholic	957	287	10.7
11	Casuarina Senior CollegeMoil	Moil	Government	949	690	14.4
12	Taminmin CollegeHumpty Doo	Humpty Doo	Government	937	1,049	12.3
13	Nhulunbuy High SchoolNhulunbuy	Nhulunbuy	Government	903	279	10.2
14	Palmerston CollegeDriver	Driver	Government	884	1,267	11.4
15	Centralian Senior CollegeAlice Springs	Alice Springs	Government	879	351	9.1
16	Sanderson Middle SchoolMalak	Malak	Government	863	328	11.0
17	Northern Territory School of Distance EducationThe Gardens	The Gardens	Government	837	252	2.8
18	Centralian Middle SchoolAlice Springs	Alice Springs	Government	816	338	9.0
19	Katherine High SchoolKatherine East	Katherine East	Government	797	468	12.5
20	Top End School of Flexible LearningMalak	Malak	Government	789	123	3.6
21	Tennant Creek High SchoolTennant Creek	Tennant Creek	Government	754	142	7.4
22	Nawarddeken Academy Kunmayali SchoolWest Arnhem Land	West Arnhem Land	Independent	687	34	8.9
23	Yirara CollegeAlice Springs	Alice Springs	Independent	654	190	10.8
24	Xavier Catholic CollegeBathurst Island	Bathurst Island	Catholic	636	92	6.6

Ranked by ICSEA, highest first, among secondary schools in Northern Territory 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.

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Secondary schools in Northern Territory, ranked by ICSEA

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