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Batlow Central School

Pioneer St, Batlow NSW 2730

PublicK–12 / combinedYears K-12

Batlow Central School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Batlow, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 103 students. Its ICSEA is 904, where the national average is 1000.

103students
904ICSEA · higher than 60% of NSW primary schools
9%language background other than English
7%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
13teaching staff (FTE)

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

Attendance and enrolment

77.0%attendance rate, 2024 · -8.6 pts over 3 years
-21%enrolment change over 5 years
155FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

Based on public information, Batlow Central School is a K-12 government school in the rural Riverina town of Batlow, providing quality public education since 1868. Also known as Batlow Technology School, it serves both primary and high school stages within one campus, following the NSW curriculum across six learning stages. The school describes itself as a caring, inclusive community committed to student learning and wellbeing, with families invited to take part in school life.

Often praised

  • long-standing community school
  • K-12 combined campus
  • inclusive, supportive culture

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 Batlow 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeDistanceICSEAStudents
McAuley Catholic CollegeTumutCatholic k–12 / combined25.7 km1,001473

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
Bulahdelah Central SchoolBulahdelahPublic k–12 / combined · K-12289902
Tooleybuc Central SchoolTooleybucPublic k–12 / combined · K-12118902
Walcha Central SchoolWalchaPublic k–12 / combined · K-12230906
Uralla Central SchoolUrallaPublic k–12 / combined · K-12264901
Hillston Central SchoolHillstonPublic k–12 / combined · K-12211911
Coolah Central SchoolCoolahPublic k–12 / combined · K-12148896

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.