School information
Student background
ACARA · 2025ICSEA measures the socio-educational advantage of a school's intake against the national average of 1000. The quarters bar shows how its students spread across the four national bands; an average school sits at 25% in each.
Socio-educational advantage
All Australian students — 25% in each quarter
Who’s enrolled
Girls and boys
- Girls 82 · 56%
- Boys 65 · 44%
Language background
- Language other than English 39%
- English only 61%
- Not stated 0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
18% of enrolment
Darlington Public School has an ICSEA of 1030, above the national average of 1000 and higher than 60% of Australian schools. 30% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 22% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 147 students in 2025 (82 girls, 65 boys), 18% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 39% with a language background other than English.
Show the data table
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| ICSEA | 1030 |
| ICSEA vs national average (1000) | +30 |
| ICSEA percentile | 60 |
| Bottom quarter of advantage | 22% |
| Lower-middle quarter of advantage | 20% |
| Upper-middle quarter of advantage | 29% |
| Top quarter of advantage | 30% |
| Total enrolment | 147 |
| Girls | 82 (56%) |
| Boys | 65 (44%) |
| Language other than English | 39% |
| English only | 61% |
| Not stated | 0% |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 18% |
School details
- Sector
- State school
- Type
- Primary
- Enrolment
- 147 students
- ICSEA
- 1030 · 60th percentile
- Address
- Chippendale 2008
Catchment area
NSW government schools enrol students who live inside their catchment. This is a simplified outline — catchments can split a street, so confirm your exact address on the NSW Department of Education’s School Finder.
Covers Chippendale.
Also parts of Camperdown - Darlington, Newtown (NSW), Redfern, Sydney (South) - Haymarket, Ultimo.
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School list: NSW Government open data — ACARA Schools NSW, via the NSW data portal, CC BY 4.0. Catchments: NSW Department of Education “School intake zones” dataset, CC BY 4.0. ICSEA & student background: ACARA School Profile 2025. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).