Conservatorium High School
Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Conservatorium High School is a government secondary school in Sydney, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 153 students. Its ICSEA is 1,194, 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 156.
About this school, from public sources
Public information describes Conservatorium High School as NSW's only specialist music high school, a doubly selective government secondary school (academic testing plus musical audition) that is the secondary arm of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. It offers individualised learning, extension and acceleration, and pursues a 'Whole Musician' approach linking performance, creativity and academic study through partnerships with Sydney University's School of Music. The school is noted for consistently strong HSC results, gifted-education trained staff, and a supportive, culturally diverse community with dedicated wellbeing programs.
Often praised
- Specialist music education
- Strong HSC/academic results
- Supportive, inclusive community
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 Conservatorium High School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.50 | 100 |
| 2024 | 2.90 | 84 |
| 2023 | 3.09 | 71 |
| 2022 | 3.14 | 66 |
| 2021 | 2.86 | 83 |
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.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Cathedral College | Sydney | Catholic k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | 1,125 | 937 |
| Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo | Public high school | 1.1 km | 1,032 | 561 |
| Macquarie Grammar School | Sydney | Independent high school | 1.1 km | 1,027 | 84 |
| William Street Campus | Woolloomooloo | Catholic high school | 1.2 km | — | — |
| St Vincent's College | Potts Point | Independent high school | 1.2 km | 1,145 | 755 |
| Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst | Independent high school | 1.3 km | 1,274 | 1,925 |
| St Andrew's Cathedral School | Sydney | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.4 km | 1,189 | 1,436 |
| St Andrew's Cathedral School - Bishop Barry Senior College | Sydney | Independent high school | 1.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | North Sydney | Public high school · 7-12 | 933 | 1,195 |
| Sydney Girls High SchoolFully | Surry Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 929 | 1,193 |
| Girraween High SchoolFully | Girraween | Public high school · 7-12 | 782 | 1,199 |
| Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | Moore Park | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,202 | 1,189 |
| 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 |
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.