IndependentCombined (K–12)

St Mary Star of the Sea College

Wollongong, NSW, 2500

1,128 students enrolled

School details

Address: Wollongong, NSW, 2500
Website: Visit website
School type: Secondary
ICSEA: 1,104
School code: Not available
ACARA ID: 43658

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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

66%

1,104 · Higher than 66% of peers

Enrolment

Top 24%

1,128 · Larger than 76% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

36%

12.3 · More than 64% of peers

ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (11% vs 30.8%).
Enrolment has grown 2.2% from 2008 to 2025 (1,104 → 1,128). Peer median change was +31.5% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 0% male / 100% female.

Enrolment trend

1,104 (2008) → 1,128 (2025) · +2.2%

Peer median change: +31.5%

ICSEA

Higher than 66% of peers

This school: 1,104
Wollongong schoolsavg · 6 schools: 1,06440 above average
Postcode 2500avg · 15 schools: 1,06539 above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 1,06341 above average

Enrolment

Larger than 76% of peers · 2025

This school: 1,128
Wollongong schoolsavg · 6 schools: 382746 above average
Postcode 2500avg · 15 schools: 387741 above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 726402 above average

Students per FTE teacher

More than 64% of peers · 2025

This school: 12.3
Wollongong schoolsavg · 6 schools: 14.11.8 below average
Postcode 2500avg · 15 schools: 13.91.6 below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 11.21.1 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 3%
Wollongong schoolsavg · 6 schools: 6.2%3.2 pts below average
Postcode 2500avg · 15 schools: 5.7%2.7 pts below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 6.2%3.2 pts below average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 11%
Wollongong schoolsavg · 6 schools: 33.8%22.8 pts below average
Postcode 2500avg · 15 schools: 33.8%22.8 pts below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 30.8%19.8 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 67% of peers · 2025

This school: 42%
Wollongong schoolsavg · 6 schools: 33.7%8.3 pts above average
Postcode 2500avg · 15 schools: 33.3%8.7 pts above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 326 schools: 33.7%8.3 pts above average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 59% of peers · 2025

This school: 7%
Wollongong schoolsavg · 6 schools: 18.8%11.8 pts below average
Postcode 2500avg · 15 schools: 17.3%10.3 pts below average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 326 schools: 17.7%10.7 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 101
Wollongong schoolsavg · 6 schools: 2774 above average
Postcode 2500avg · 15 schools: 3269 above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 7031 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 91
Wollongong schoolsavg · 6 schools: 2666 above average
Postcode 2500avg · 15 schools: 3062 above average
New South Wales independent combinedavg · 327 schools: 6329 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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