Caringbah High School
85 Willarong Rd, Caringbah NSW 2229
Caringbah High School is a government secondary school in Caringbah, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 900 students. It is a fully selective school. Its ICSEA is 1,172, where the national average is 1000.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 908.
About this school, from public sources
Based on the school's own website and public information, Caringbah High School is a co-educational, academically selective NSW government secondary school for Years 7-12 in Sydney's Sutherland Shire, with an enrolment of roughly 900 students. Established in the early 1960s, it describes itself as a school of high expectations and strong values, focused on academic achievement, student wellbeing support, and giving students opportunities to pursue their personal best.
Often praised
- academically selective entry
- strong focus on high expectations
- dedicated student wellbeing support
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 Caringbah High School on My School · Why some data is missing
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Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.98 | 301 |
| 2024 | 1.19 | 189 |
| 2023 | 1.64 | 260 |
| 2022 | 1.79 | 276 |
| 2021 | 1.55 | 238 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown, apart from the permitted top-10% list, which this school is on.
Selective entry
Caringbah High School is a fully selective school. Entry is by the state placement test in the year before starting; applications open early in the year. The department no longer publishes per-school minimum entry scores.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endeavour Sports High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Caringbah | Public high school | 0.6 km | 1,040 | 1,378 |
| De La Salle Catholic College, Caringbah | Caringbah | Catholic high school | 1.2 km | 1,078 | 536 |
| Port Hacking High SchoolGifted class: HPGE extension class | Miranda | Public high school | 2.1 km | 1,050 | 950 |
| Woolooware High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Woolooware | Public high school | 2.4 km | 1,063 | 788 |
| Sylvania High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Sylvania | Public high school | 2.5 km | 1,039 | 750 |
| Our Lady of Mercy Catholic College Burraneer | Cronulla | Catholic high school | 2.5 km | 1,086 | 421 |
| Sydney Montessori School | Gymea | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.0 km | 1,118 | 147 |
| St Aloysius College Cronulla | Cronulla | Catholic high school | 3.1 km | 1,089 | 482 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Street High SchoolFully | Petersham | Public high school · 7-12 | 916 | 1,176 |
| Penrith High SchoolFully | Penrith | Public high school · 7-12 | 928 | 1,186 |
| Smiths Hill High SchoolFully | Wollongong | Public high school · 7-12 | 735 | 1,186 |
| Gosford High SchoolFully | Gosford | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,058 | 1,157 |
| Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | Moore Park | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,202 | 1,189 |
| Willoughby Girls High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Willoughby | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,035 | 1,152 |
About this data
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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.