GovernmentUnknown level

Newcastle Middle School

Waratah, NSW, 2298

45 students enrolled

School details

Address: Christo Rd, Waratah, NSW, 2298
Phone: 4960 2122
Website: Visit website
Email: newcastlem-s.school@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Special
ICSEA: 967
School code: 5701
ACARA ID: 42079

Location

Loading map…

How this school compares

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

ICSEA

74%

967 · Higher than 74% of peers

Enrolment

27%

45 · Smaller than 73% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

52%

4.6 · Fewer than 52% of peers

ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
Indigenous enrolment share is lower than peers (9% vs average 28.1%).
Enrolment has grown 50% from 2008 to 2025 (30 → 45). Peer median change was -0.5% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 73% male / 27% female.

Enrolment trend

30 (2008) → 45 (2025) · +50%

Peer median change: -0.5%

ICSEA

Higher than 74% of peers

This school: 967
Waratah schoolsavg · 7 schools: 99427 below average
Postcode 2298avg · 8 schools: 99023 below average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 170 schools: 91057 above average

Enrolment

Smaller than 73% of peers · 2025

This school: 45
Waratah schoolsavg · 7 schools: 449404 below average
Postcode 2298avg · 8 schools: 407362 below average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 168 schools: 12075 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 52% of peers · 2025

This school: 4.6
Waratah schoolsavg · 7 schools: 9.95.3 below average
Postcode 2298avg · 8 schools: 9.85.2 below average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 167 schools: 5.61 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 9%
Waratah schoolsavg · 7 schools: 16.9%7.9 pts below average
Postcode 2298avg · 8 schools: 17.4%8.4 pts below average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 167 schools: 28.1%19.1 pts below average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 20%
Waratah schoolsavg · 7 schools: 14.3%5.7 pts above average
Postcode 2298avg · 8 schools: 16.4%3.6 pts above average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 167 schools: 24.7%4.7 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 84% of peers · 2025

This school: 17%
Waratah schoolsavg · 7 schools: 22.6%5.6 pts below average
Postcode 2298avg · 8 schools: 20.9%3.9 pts below average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 169 schools: 9.1%7.9 pts above average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 63% of peers · 2025

This school: 48%
Waratah schoolsavg · 7 schools: 32.4%15.6 pts above average
Postcode 2298avg · 8 schools: 32.3%15.7 pts above average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 169 schools: 53.4%5.4 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 9
Waratah schoolsavg · 7 schools: 4839 below average
Postcode 2298avg · 8 schools: 4334 below average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 169 schools: 189 below average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 10
Waratah schoolsavg · 7 schools: 4031 below average
Postcode 2298avg · 8 schools: 3727 below average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 169 schools: 189 below average

FOEI (NSW)

Fewer than 65% of peers · 0

This school: 123
Waratah schoolsavg · 3 schools: 10518 above average
Postcode 2298avg · 4 schools: 10419 above average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 179 schools: 14219 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 Middle School are published on the official My School website. SchoolGuide.au links there rather than republishing that data.

View on My School