Gosford High School

Racecourse Rd, Gosford NSW 2250

PublicHigh schoolYears 7-12Fully selective

School website4325 2048

1,058students

1,157ICSEA · higher than 96% of NSW high schools

63%language background other than English

1%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

#14 of 34 NSW public schools with published HSC results, on HSC Band 6 / E4 results, top 10% list (NESA merit lists)Top 10%See the full list

Attendance and enrolment

93.4%attendance rate, 2024 · -0.8 pts over 3 years

+1%enrolment change over 5 years

14FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 1,067.

NAPLAN

School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Gosford High School on My School · Why some data is missing

HSC 2025

336Band 6 / E4 results (count)

299Band 6 / E4 results 2024

222Band 6 / E4 results 2023

9All-round achievers 2025

4All-round achievers 2024

Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown, apart from the permitted top-10% list, which this school is on.

Selective entry

Gosford High School is a fully selective school. Entry is by the state placement test in the year before starting; applications open early in the year. The department no longer publishes per-school minimum entry scores.

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Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Henry Kendall High School	Gosford	Public high school	0.8 km	1,030	789
Narara Valley High School	Narara	Public high school	2.2 km	974	629
Lisarow High School	Lisarow	Public high school	4.4 km	1,014	728
Kariong Mountains High School	Kariong	Public high school	4.4 km	968	419
Erina High School	Erina	Public high school	4.5 km	996	781
Kincumber High School	Kincumber	Public high school	6.5 km	1,045	1,002
Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus	Woy Woy	Public high school	8.5 km	974	639
Terrigal High School	Terrigal	Public high school	8.6 km	1,044	847

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.

School	Suburb	Type	Students	ICSEA
Willoughby Girls High School	Willoughby	Public high school · 7-12	1,035	1,152
St George Girls High SchoolFully	Kogarah	Public high school · 7-12	908	1,148
Hurlstone Agricultural High SchoolAgricultural	Glenfield	Public high school · 7-12	934	1,147
Killara High School	Killara	Public high school · 7-12	1,800	1,147
Cherrybrook Technology High School	Cherrybrook	Public high school · 7-12	2,097	1,146
Caringbah High SchoolFully	Caringbah	Public high school · 7-12	900	1,172

About this data

Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.