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 302 · 48%
- Boys 331 · 52%
Language background
- Language other than English 7%
- English only 93%
- Not stated 0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
3% of enrolment
Heathcote High School has an ICSEA of 1028, above the national average of 1000 and higher than 59% of Australian schools. 13% 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 633 students in 2025 (302 girls, 331 boys), 3% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 7% with a language background other than English.
Show the data table
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| ICSEA | 1028 |
| ICSEA vs national average (1000) | +28 |
| ICSEA percentile | 59 |
| Bottom quarter of advantage | 22% |
| Lower-middle quarter of advantage | 37% |
| Upper-middle quarter of advantage | 28% |
| Top quarter of advantage | 13% |
| Total enrolment | 633 |
| Girls | 302 (48%) |
| Boys | 331 (52%) |
| Language other than English | 7% |
| English only | 93% |
| Not stated | 0% |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 3% |
School details
- Sector
- State school
- Type
- Secondary
- Enrolment
- 633 students
- ICSEA
- 1028 · 59th percentile
- Address
- Heathcote 2233
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 Heathcote - Waterfall, Woronora Heights.
Also parts of Douglas Park - Appin, Engadine, Menai - Lucas Heights - Woronora.
Heathcote High School: common questions
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Other schools in Heathcote - Waterfall
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).