Merewether High School
130 Chatham St, Broadmeadow NSW 2292
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 1,080.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Merewether High School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
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
Merewether 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.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow | Public k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | 1,085 | 1,090 |
| Lambton High School | Lambton | Public high school | 1.8 km | 1,057 | 1,172 |
| Newcastle High School | Hamilton | Public high school | 2.2 km | 1,027 | 1,072 |
| Callaghan College Waratah Campus | Waratah | Public high school | 2.8 km | 957 | 848 |
| Kotara High School | Adamstown | Public high school | 3.2 km | 1,066 | 1,126 |
| Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus | Jesmond | Public high school | 4.8 km | 980 | 647 |
| Whitebridge High School | Whitebridge | Public high school | 5.1 km | 1,022 | 908 |
| Cardiff High School | Cardiff | Public high school | 6.5 km | 986 | 776 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanhurst Boys High SchoolFully | Normanhurst | Public high school · 7-12 | 752 | 1,207 |
| Baulkham Hills High SchoolFully | Baulkham Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,222 | 1,203 |
| Hornsby Girls High SchoolFully | Hornsby | Public high school · 7-12 | 720 | 1,209 |
| North Sydney Girls High SchoolFully | Crows Nest | Public high school · 7-12 | 911 | 1,203 |
| Girraween High SchoolFully | Girraween | Public high school · 7-12 | 782 | 1,199 |
| North Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | North Sydney | Public high school · 7-12 | 933 | 1,195 |
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.