State school · Secondary

Sydney Girls High School

Surry Hills, 2010 — in Paddington - Moore Park

SectorSchools

State

Secondary school

NSW school data

Year levels

—

official range

NSW school data

ICSEA

1193

national average is 1000

ACARA 2025

Suburb

Paddington - Moore Park

SA2 this campus sits in

ABS boundary

School information

Sydney Girls High School is a state secondary school in Paddington - Moore Park, Sydney. It had 929 students, per NSW school data. Its ICSEA is 1193, above the national average of 1000 (99th percentile nationally). NAPLAN results for Sydney Girls 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.

1193ICSEA — 193 points above the national average of 1000, higher than 99% of Australian schools

+193

820national average · 10001180

vs avg

Socio-educational advantage

Bottom quarter 2%Lower-middle quarter 6%Upper-middle quarter 20%Top quarter 71%

20%71%

All Australian students — 25% in each quarter

Who’s enrolled

929students in 2025

Language background

Language other than English 91%
English only 9%
Not stated 0%

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

0% of enrolment

Sydney Girls High School has an ICSEA of 1193, above the national average of 1000 and higher than 99% of Australian schools. 71% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 2% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 929 students in 2025, 0% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 91% with a language background other than English.

Show the data table

Sydney Girls High School — student background, ACARA School Profile 2025
Measure	Value
ICSEA	1193
ICSEA vs national average (1000)	+193
ICSEA percentile	99
Bottom quarter of advantage	2%
Lower-middle quarter of advantage	6%
Upper-middle quarter of advantage	20%
Top quarter of advantage	71%
Total enrolment	929
Language other than English	91%
English only	9%
Not stated	0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	0%

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

School details

Sector: State school
Type: Secondary
Enrolment: 929 students
ICSEA: 1193 · 99th percentile
Address: Surry Hills 2010

Sydney Girls High School: common questions

Is Sydney Girls High School a public or private school?

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

How many students go to Sydney Girls High School?

Sydney Girls High School had 929 students enrolled, per NSW school data.

What is Sydney Girls High School's ICSEA?

Sydney Girls High School has an ICSEA of 1193, above the national average of 1000 (99th percentile nationally), per the ACARA School Profile 2025. ICSEA reflects the socio-educational background of a school's students, not its results.

Where is Sydney Girls High School located?

Sydney Girls High School is at Surry Hills 2010, in the Paddington - Moore Park SA2.

Other schools in Paddington - Moore Park

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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).