Ashford Central School
Albury St, Ashford NSW 2361
Ashford Central School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Ashford, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 119 students. Its ICSEA is 808, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 119.
About this school, from public sources
Based on publicly available information, Ashford Central School is a small K-12 government school serving the rural community of Ashford in northern NSW, near the Queensland border. It is supported by the Country Areas Program and Priority Schools Program, reflecting its remote, close-knit setting. The school describes a focus on literacy and numeracy across all years, a broad curriculum, and strong student welfare structures, with its own materials emphasising community involvement and inclusive enrolment for local families.
Often praised
- strong community involvement
- small-school personalised support
- K-12 continuity on one site
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: low. 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 Ashford Central School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binnaway Central School | Binnaway | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 44 | 815 |
| Peak Hill Central School | Peak Hill | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 126 | 815 |
| Mungindi Central School | Mungindi | Public k–12 / combined · P-12 | 62 | 795 |
| Bonalbo Central School | Bonalbo | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 84 | 791 |
| Lightning Ridge Central School | Lightning Ridge | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 311 | 790 |
| Baradine Central School | Baradine | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 101 | 785 |
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.