Anson Street School

94 Anson St, Orange NSW 2800

PublicSpecial

Anson Street School is a government special school in Orange, NSW with about 134 students. Its ICSEA is 882, where the national average is 1000.

134students

882ICSEA · higher than 29% of NSW primary schools

9%language background other than English

27%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

30teaching staff (FTE)

Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

81.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -1.9 pts over 3 years

+4%enrolment change over 5 years

159FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

4support classes

Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 134.

About this school, from public sources

Publicly available information describes Anson Street School as a NSW government special school in Orange catering for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 with physical, intellectual, and complex support needs. The purpose-built campus features full wheelchair accessibility, a sensory gym, hydrotherapy spa, gymnasium, library, and an on-site farm used for viticulture, horticulture, and agricultural technology programs. On-site allied health services including speech pathology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and counselling support students' learning.

Often praised

purpose-built accessible facilities
on-site allied health services
farm-based vocational programs

This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.

NAPLAN

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

Location and nearby schools

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

School	Suburb	Type	Distance	ICSEA	Students
Orange Christian School	Orange	Independent k–12 / combined	0.9 km	1,052	490
Kinross Wolaroi School	Orange	Independent k–12 / combined	1.6 km	1,128	1,018
OneSchool Global NSW - Orange	East Orange	Independent k–12 / combined	2.3 km	977	109
Orange Anglican Grammar School	Orange	Independent k–12 / combined	4.8 km	1,077	755

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
G S Kidd Memorial School	Gunnedah	Public special	35	881
Rowland Hassall School	Chester Hill	Public special	63	889
Verona School	Fairfield East	Public special	89	889
Campbell House School	Glenfield	Public special	60	890
Five Islands School	Booragul	Public special	51	890
Gralee School	Leeton	Public special	28	874

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.