CatholicCombined (K–12)

James Sheahan Catholic High School Orange

Orange, NSW, 2800

1,030 students enrolled

School details

Address: Orange, NSW, 2800
Website: Visit website
School type: Secondary
ICSEA: 1,010
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 43580

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

24%

1,010 · Higher than 24% of peers

Enrolment

Top 34%

1,030 · Larger than 66% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

34%

13.2 · More than 66% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among New South Wales catholic combined schools.
ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (13% vs 34.2%).
Enrolment has grown 25.3% from 2008 to 2025 (822 → 1,030). Peer median change was +14.2% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 48% male / 52% female.

Enrolment trend

822 (2008) → 1,030 (2025) · +25.3%

Peer median change: +14.2%

ICSEA

Higher than 24% of peers

This school: 1,010
Orange schoolsavg · 15 schools: 97238 above average
Postcode 2800avg · 22 schools: 96941 above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 1,04333 below average

Enrolment

Larger than 66% of peers · 2025

This school: 1,030
Orange schoolsavg · 15 schools: 497533 above average
Postcode 2800avg · 22 schools: 360670 above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 880150 above average

Students per FTE teacher

More than 66% of peers · 2025

This school: 13.2
Orange schoolsavg · 15 schools: 13.3about average
Postcode 2800avg · 22 schools: 13.4about average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 12.40.8 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 7%
Orange schoolsavg · 15 schools: 20.5%13.5 pts below average
Postcode 2800avg · 22 schools: 20.5%13.5 pts below average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 5.3%1.7 pts above average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 13%
Orange schoolsavg · 15 schools: 9.6%3.4 pts above average
Postcode 2800avg · 22 schools: 7.5%5.5 pts above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 34.2%21.2 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 22% of peers · 2025

This school: 12%
Orange schoolsavg · 15 schools: 18.2%6.2 pts below average
Postcode 2800avg · 22 schools: 15.9%3.9 pts below average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 22.1%10.1 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 76% of peers · 2025

This school: 26%
Orange schoolsavg · 15 schools: 38%12 pts below average
Postcode 2800avg · 22 schools: 38.2%12.2 pts below average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 18.6%7.4 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 84
Orange schoolsavg · 15 schools: 4242 above average
Postcode 2800avg · 22 schools: 3153 above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 786 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 78
Orange schoolsavg · 15 schools: 3938 above average
Postcode 2800avg · 22 schools: 2949 above average
New South Wales catholic combinedavg · 124 schools: 708 above 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

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