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 677 · 59%
- Boys 468 · 41%
Language background
- Language other than English 29%
- English only 71%
- Not stated 0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
2% of enrolment
Newtown High School of Performing Arts has an ICSEA of 1127, above the national average of 1000 and higher than 91% of Australian schools. 53% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 4% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 1,145 students in 2025 (677 girls, 468 boys), 2% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 29% with a language background other than English.
Show the data table
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| ICSEA | 1127 |
| ICSEA vs national average (1000) | +127 |
| ICSEA percentile | 91 |
| Bottom quarter of advantage | 4% |
| Lower-middle quarter of advantage | 13% |
| Upper-middle quarter of advantage | 30% |
| Top quarter of advantage | 53% |
| Total enrolment | 1,145 |
| Girls | 677 (59%) |
| Boys | 468 (41%) |
| Language other than English | 29% |
| English only | 71% |
| Not stated | 0% |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 2% |
School details
- Sector
- State school
- Type
- Secondary
- Enrolment
- 1,145 students
- ICSEA
- 1127 · 91st percentile
- Address
- Newtown 2042
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 Newtown (NSW).
Also parts of Camperdown - Darlington, Erskineville - Alexandria, Marrickville - North, Petersham - Stanmore, Redfern, Sydenham - Tempe - St Peters.
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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).