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Prairiewood High School

Prairiewood, 2176 — in Greenfield Park - Prairiewood

SectorSchools
State
Secondary school
NSW school data
Year levels
—
official range
NSW school data
ICSEA
978
national average is 1000
ACARA 2025
Suburb
Greenfield Park - Prairiewood
SA2 this campus sits in
ABS boundary

School information

Prairiewood High School is a state secondary school in Greenfield Park - Prairiewood, Sydney. It had 1,288 students, per NSW school data. Its state-school catchment covers Smithfield - Wetherill Park, Wetherill Park Industrial and Horsley Park - Kemps Creek and parts of nearby suburbs. Its ICSEA is 978, below the national average of 1000 (37th percentile nationally). NAPLAN results for Prairiewood 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.

978ICSEA — 22 points below the national average of 1000, higher than 37% of Australian schools
−22
820national average · 10001180
vs avg

Socio-educational advantage

Bottom quarter 44%Lower-middle quarter 26%Upper-middle quarter 19%Top quarter 11%

All Australian students — 25% in each quarter

Who’s enrolled

1,288students in 2025

Girls and boys

  • Girls 611 · 47%
  • Boys 677 · 53%

Language background

  • Language other than English 86%
  • English only 14%
  • Not stated 0%

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

2% of enrolment

Prairiewood High School has an ICSEA of 978, below the national average of 1000 and higher than 37% of Australian schools. 11% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 44% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 1,288 students in 2025 (611 girls, 677 boys), 2% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 86% with a language background other than English.

Show the data table
Prairiewood High School — student background, ACARA School Profile 2025
MeasureValue
ICSEA978
ICSEA vs national average (1000)-22
ICSEA percentile37
Bottom quarter of advantage44%
Lower-middle quarter of advantage26%
Upper-middle quarter of advantage19%
Top quarter of advantage11%
Total enrolment1,288
Girls611 (47%)
Boys677 (53%)
Language other than English86%
English only14%
Not stated0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander2%
NAPLAN results and student progress for Prairiewood High School are on My School, ACARA’s official site.

School details

Sector
State school
Type
Secondary
Enrolment
1,288 students
ICSEA
978 · 37th percentile
Address
Prairiewood 2176

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
Prairiewood High School Catchment area · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors
Secondary (Years 7–12)

Covers Horsley Park - Kemps Creek, Smithfield - Wetherill Park, Wetherill Park Industrial.

Also parts of Bossley Park - Abbotsbury, Fairfield - West, Greenfield Park - Prairiewood, Pemulwuy - Greystanes (North), Prospect Reservoir, St Johns Park - Wakeley.

Prairiewood High School: common questions

Is Prairiewood High School a public or private school?
Prairiewood High School is a government (public) secondary school in Greenfield Park - Prairiewood, Sydney. NSW government schools enrol students who live inside their catchment area.
How many students go to Prairiewood High School?
Prairiewood High School had 1,288 students enrolled, per NSW school data.
What suburbs are in the Prairiewood High School catchment?
Prairiewood High School's enrolment catchment covers Smithfield - Wetherill Park, Wetherill Park Industrial and Horsley Park - Kemps Creek, 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 Prairiewood High School's ICSEA?
Prairiewood High School has an ICSEA of 978, below the national average of 1000 (37th percentile nationally), per the ACARA School Profile 2025. ICSEA reflects the socio-educational background of a school's students, not its results.
Where is Prairiewood High School located?
Prairiewood High School is at Prairiewood 2176, in the Greenfield Park - Prairiewood SA2.

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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).