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 179 · 45%
- Boys 216 · 55%
Language background
- Language other than English 48%
- English only 52%
- Not stated 0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
20% of enrolment
James Meehan High School has an ICSEA of 884, below the national average of 1000 and higher than 8% of Australian schools. 2% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 71% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 395 students in 2025 (179 girls, 216 boys), 20% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 48% with a language background other than English.
Show the data table
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| ICSEA | 884 |
| ICSEA vs national average (1000) | -116 |
| ICSEA percentile | 8 |
| Bottom quarter of advantage | 71% |
| Lower-middle quarter of advantage | 20% |
| Upper-middle quarter of advantage | 7% |
| Top quarter of advantage | 2% |
| Total enrolment | 395 |
| Girls | 179 (45%) |
| Boys | 216 (55%) |
| Language other than English | 48% |
| English only | 52% |
| Not stated | 0% |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 20% |
School details
- Sector
- State school
- Type
- Secondary
- Enrolment
- 395 students
- ICSEA
- 884 · 8th percentile
- Address
- Macquarie Fields 2564
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 Glenfield.
Also parts of Casula, Denham Court - Bardia, Holsworthy - Wattle Grove, Ingleburn, Macquarie Fields.
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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).