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Orara High School

Joyce St, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450

PublicHigh schoolYears 7-12
856students
896ICSEA · higher than 13% of NSW high schools
20%language background other than English
24%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

Attendance and enrolment

76.7%attendance rate, 2024 · -7.0 pts over 3 years
+32%enrolment change over 5 years
142FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)
3support classes

NAPLAN

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

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1Band 6 / E4 results (count)

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.

Location and nearby schools

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

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
Coffs Harbour High SchoolCoffs HarbourPublic high school3.3 km957782
Coffs Harbour Senior CollegeCoffs HarbourPublic high school5.3 km1,038450
Toormina High SchoolToorminaPublic high school8.0 km941738
Woolgoolga High SchoolWoolgoolgaPublic high school21.6 km969867
Bellingen High SchoolBellingenPublic high school27.4 km1,006582

Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW

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

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Southern Cross School of Distance EducationEast BallinaPublic high school · 7-1277896
Chifley College Senior CampusMount DruittPublic high school · 11-12499894
Coonabarabran High SchoolCoonabarabranPublic high school · 7-12298898
Kurri Kurri High SchoolKurri KurriPublic high school · 7-12915894
Lake Illawarra High SchoolLake IllawarraPublic high school · 7-12542894
Parkes High SchoolParkesPublic high school · 7-12467894

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.