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Palm Avenue School

Westmead, NSW, 2145

School details

Address: Dragonfly Drive, Westmead, NSW, 2145
Phone: 9687 0377
Website: Visit website
Email: NSWCER@det.nsw.edu.au
School type: Special
ICSEA: 1,048
School code: 5650
ACARA ID: 40712

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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

Top 7%

1,048 · Higher than 93% of peers

Enrolment

18 · Smaller than 96% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among New South Wales government unknown schools.
ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
Enrolment has grown 1700% from 2008 to 2009 (1 → 18). Peer median change was -0.5% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 72% male / 28% female.

Enrolment trend

1 (2008) → 18 (2009) · +1700%

Peer median change: -0.5%

ICSEA

Higher than 93% of peers

This school: 1,048
Westmead schoolsavg · 7 schools: 1,09143 below average
Postcode 2145avg · 24 schools: 1,06416 below average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 170 schools: 909139 above average

Enrolment

Smaller than 96% of peers · 2009

This school: 18
Westmead schoolsavg · 7 schools: 540522 below average
Postcode 2145avg · 24 schools: 576558 below average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 168 schools: 120102 below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Highest among peers · 2010

This school: 40%
Westmead schoolsavg · 7 schools: 40%about average
Postcode 2145avg · 24 schools: 33.2%6.8 pts above average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 169 schools: 8.9%31.1 pts above average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 83% of peers · 2010

This school: 30%
Westmead schoolsavg · 7 schools: 11.3%18.7 pts above average
Postcode 2145avg · 24 schools: 18.7%11.3 pts above average
New South Wales government unknownavg · 169 schools: 53.5%23.5 pts 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 Palm Avenue School are published on the official My School website. SchoolGuide.au links there rather than republishing that data.

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Enrolment history

School profile data

Program and context details. Student and staffing benchmarks are in How this school compares above.

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Aecg Region: Metropolitan West
Age Id: 57889
Remoteness (ASGS): Major Cities of Australia
Assets Unit: Western Sydney
Campus type (2010): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Parramatta
Date Extracted: 2026-09-04
Date First Teacher: 1972-01-01
Distance education: N
Facs District: Western Sydney & Nepean Blue Mountains
Fax: 9687 7288
Federal Electorate: Parramatta
Federal Electorate 2016 2024: Parramatta
Geolocation (2010): Major Cities
Governing Body (2010): NSW Department of Education
Governing Body Url (2010): https://education.nsw.gov.au/
Intensive English centre: N
Late Opening School: N
Lga Name (2026): Parramatta
Local Health District: Western Sydney
Operational Directorate: Metropolitan South
Operational Directorate Office: Quakers Hill
Operational Directorate Office Address: Building T3C, Nirimba Education Precinct, Eastern Road
Operational Directorate Office Phone: 131 536
Opportunity class: N
Preschool: N
Principal Network: Girraween
Rolled Reporting (2010): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Northmead
Sa3 Name (2026): Parramatta
Sa4: Sydney - Parramatta
Sa4 Name (2026): Sydney - Parramatta
School Gender: Coed
Specialty: Comprehensive
Subtype: Diagnostic remedial reading assesment
School Url (2010): https://cer.schools.nsw.gov.au
Selective school: Not Selective
Special school (2026): 1
State Electoral Division (2026): Parramatta
State Electorate: Parramatta
State Electorate 2015 2022: Seven Hills