Balranald Central School
We St, Balranald NSW 2715
Balranald Central School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Balranald, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 179 students. Its ICSEA is 876, 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 179.
About this school, from public sources
According to publicly available information, including the school's own website and NSW Department of Education annual reports, Balranald Central School is a K-12 public school serving the Balranald community. It offers a wellbeing program, breakfast club, and an Aboriginal youth group and 'Dreaming Hub' supporting cultural identity, alongside a Rural Learning Exchange connecting classes across isolated areas and a PreLit program for kindergarten transition, aiming to help students move into work or further study.
Often praised
- strong wellbeing and breakfast club support
- Dreaming Hub for Aboriginal students
- Rural Learning Exchange connects isolated classes
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 Balranald 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundarra Central School | Bundarra | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 99 | 874 |
| Lockhart Central School | Lockhart | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 87 | 874 |
| Merriwa Central School | Merriwa | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 221 | 879 |
| Ardlethan Central School | Ardlethan | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 66 | 867 |
| Emmaville Central School | Emmaville | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 94 | 886 |
| Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo | Public k–12 / combined · P-12 | 182 | 888 |
About this data
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- school-website
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.