IndependentCombined (K–12)

Parkes Christian School

Parkes, NSW, 2870

402 students enrolled

School details

Address: Parkes, NSW, 2870
Website: Visit website
School type: Combined
ICSEA: 1,014
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 43965

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

23%

1,014 · Higher than 23% of peers

Enrolment

40%

402 · Smaller than 60% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

18%

13.4 · More than 82% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among New South Wales independent 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 (3% vs 30.9%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (15% vs average 6.2%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (13.4 vs 11.2).

Enrolment trend

91 (2008) → 402 (2025) · +341.8%

Peer median change: +31.1%

ICSEA

Higher than 23% of peers

This school: 1,014
Parkes schoolsavg · 5 schools: 92490 above average
Postcode 2870avg · 5 schools: 92490 above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 1,06450 below average

Enrolment

Smaller than 60% of peers · 2025

This school: 402
Parkes schoolsavg · 5 schools: 291111 above average
Postcode 2870avg · 5 schools: 291111 above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 728326 below average

Students per FTE teacher

More than 82% of peers · 2025

This school: 13.4
Parkes schoolsavg · 5 schools: 12.80.6 above average
Postcode 2870avg · 5 schools: 12.80.6 above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 11.22.2 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 15%
Parkes schoolsavg · 5 schools: 29.8%14.8 pts below average
Postcode 2870avg · 5 schools: 29.8%14.8 pts below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 6.2%8.8 pts above average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 3%
Parkes schoolsavg · 5 schools: 4.8%1.8 pts below average
Postcode 2870avg · 5 schools: 4.8%1.8 pts below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 30.9%27.9 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 29% of peers · 2025

This school: 19%
Parkes schoolsavg · 5 schools: 7.4%11.6 pts above average
Postcode 2870avg · 5 schools: 7.4%11.6 pts above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 326 schools: 33.7%14.7 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 73% of peers · 2025

This school: 22%
Parkes schoolsavg · 5 schools: 47.6%25.6 pts below average
Postcode 2870avg · 5 schools: 47.6%25.6 pts below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 326 schools: 17.6%4.4 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 31
Parkes schoolsavg · 5 schools: 283 above average
Postcode 2870avg · 5 schools: 283 above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 7039 below average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 30
Parkes schoolsavg · 5 schools: 264 above average
Postcode 2870avg · 5 schools: 264 above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 6333 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

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