GovernmentSecondary

Newcastle High School

Hamilton, NSW, 2303

1,072 students enrolled

School details

Address: 160/200 Park Way Ave, HAMILTON, NSW, 2303
Phone: 4969 3177
Website: Visit website
Email: newcastle-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Secondary
ICSEA: 1,027
School code: 8509
ACARA ID: 42123

Location

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How this school compares

Benchmarks against nearby schools and similar peers (New South Wales government secondary) using ICSEA, enrolments, staffing, and student background data.

ICSEA

70%

1,027 · Higher than 70% of peers

Enrolment

Top 15%

1,072 · Larger than 85% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

52%

11.3 · Fewer than 52% of peers

ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (15% vs 34.3%).
Enrolment has grown 7.2% from 2008 to 2025 (1,000 → 1,072). Peer median change was -4.5% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 52% male / 48% female.

Enrolment trend

1,000 (2008) → 1,072 (2025) · +7.2%

Peer median change: -4.5%

ICSEA

Higher than 70% of peers

This school: 1,027
Hamilton schoolsavg · 2 schools: 1,10174 below average
Postcode 2303avg · 2 schools: 1,10174 below average
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 397 schools: 98245 above average

Enrolment

Larger than 85% of peers · 2025

This school: 1,072
Hamilton schoolsavg · 2 schools: 633440 above average
Postcode 2303avg · 2 schools: 633440 above average
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 397 schools: 748324 above average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 52% of peers · 2025

This school: 11.3
Hamilton schoolsavg · 2 schools: 14.73.4 below average
Postcode 2303avg · 2 schools: 14.73.4 below average
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 397 schools: 11.2about average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 13%
Hamilton schoolsavg · 2 schools: 4%9 pts above average
Postcode 2303avg · 2 schools: 4%9 pts above average
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 397 schools: 12.9%about average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 15%
Hamilton schoolsavg · 2 schools: 19.5%4.5 pts below average
Postcode 2303avg · 2 schools: 19.5%4.5 pts below average
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 397 schools: 34.3%19.3 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 79% of peers · 2025

This school: 25%
Hamilton schoolsavg · 2 schools: 41.5%16.5 pts below average
Postcode 2303avg · 2 schools: 41.5%16.5 pts below average
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 397 schools: 15.9%9.1 pts above average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 70% of peers · 2025

This school: 23%
Hamilton schoolsavg · 2 schools: 8%15 pts above average
Postcode 2303avg · 2 schools: 8%15 pts above average
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 397 schools: 39.3%16.3 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 96
Hamilton schoolsavg · 2 schools: 5938 above average
Postcode 2303avg · 2 schools: 5938 above average
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 397 schools: 6334 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 95
Hamilton schoolsavg · 2 schools: 5441 above average
Postcode 2303avg · 2 schools: 5441 above average
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 397 schools: 6431 above average

FOEI (NSW)

Fewer than 72% of peers · 0

This school: 74
New South Wales government secondaryavg · 396 schools: 10329 below average

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA describes socio-educational advantage of the school community, not school quality. Indigenous and LBOTE shares are context only (shown in the detail comparisons below, not as ranking tiles). Each metric shows this school once, then peer-group averages on the same scale.

NAPLAN & official outcomes

NAPLAN results, attendance, and finance for Newcastle High School are published on the official My School website. SchoolGuide.au links there rather than republishing that data.

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