State school · Secondary

Lurnea High School

Lurnea, 2170 — in Lurnea - Cartwright

SectorSchools

State

Secondary school

NSW school data

Year levels

—

official range

NSW school data

ICSEA

902

national average is 1000

ACARA 2025

Suburb

Lurnea - Cartwright

SA2 this campus sits in

ABS boundary

School information

Lurnea High School is a state secondary school in Lurnea - Cartwright, Sydney. It had 696 students, per NSW school data. Its state-school catchment covers Lurnea - Cartwright and parts of nearby suburbs. Its ICSEA is 902, below the national average of 1000 (11th percentile nationally). NAPLAN results for Lurnea High School are published on its My School profile (ACARA).

Student background

ACARA · 2025

ICSEA 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.

902ICSEA — 98 points below the national average of 1000, higher than 11% of Australian schools

−98

820national average · 10001180

vs avg

Socio-educational advantage

Bottom quarter 68%Lower-middle quarter 19%Upper-middle quarter 9%Top quarter 3%

68%19%9%

All Australian students — 25% in each quarter

Who’s enrolled

696students in 2025

Girls and boys

Girls 284 · 41%
Boys 412 · 59%

Language background

Language other than English 87%
English only 13%
Not stated 0%

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

4% of enrolment

Lurnea High School has an ICSEA of 902, below the national average of 1000 and higher than 11% of Australian schools. 3% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 68% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 696 students in 2025 (284 girls, 412 boys), 4% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 87% with a language background other than English.

Show the data table

Lurnea High School — student background, ACARA School Profile 2025
Measure	Value
ICSEA	902
ICSEA vs national average (1000)	-98
ICSEA percentile	11
Bottom quarter of advantage	68%
Lower-middle quarter of advantage	19%
Upper-middle quarter of advantage	9%
Top quarter of advantage	3%
Total enrolment	696
Girls	284 (41%)
Boys	412 (59%)
Language other than English	87%
English only	13%
Not stated	0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	4%

NAPLAN results and student progress for Lurnea High School are on My School, ACARA’s official site.

School details

Sector: State school
Type: Secondary
Enrolment: 696 students
ICSEA: 902 · 11th percentile
Address: Lurnea 2170

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.

Map

Secondary (Years 7–12)

Covers Lurnea - Cartwright.

Also parts of Ashcroft - Busby - Miller, Casula, Liverpool - East, Liverpool - West, Prestons.

Lurnea High School: common questions

Is Lurnea High School a public or private school?

Lurnea High School is a government (public) secondary school in Lurnea - Cartwright, Sydney. NSW government schools enrol students who live inside their catchment area.

How many students go to Lurnea High School?

Lurnea High School had 696 students enrolled, per NSW school data.

What suburbs are in the Lurnea High School catchment?

Lurnea High School's enrolment catchment covers Lurnea - Cartwright, plus parts of nearby suburbs. Catchments can split a street, so confirm your address on the NSW Department of Education's School Finder.

What is Lurnea High School's ICSEA?

Lurnea High School has an ICSEA of 902, below the national average of 1000 (11th percentile nationally), per the ACARA School Profile 2025. ICSEA reflects the socio-educational background of a school's students, not its results.

Where is Lurnea High School located?

Lurnea High School is at Lurnea 2170, in the Lurnea - Cartwright SA2.

Other schools in Lurnea - Cartwright

Cartwright Public SchoolState · Primary Lurnea Public SchoolState · Primary St Francis Xavier's Catholic Primary SchoolNon-Government · Primary

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).