Davidson High School
Mimosa St, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086
Davidson High School is a government secondary school in Frenchs Forest, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 789 students. Its ICSEA is 1,089, 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 790.
About this school, from public sources
Public information about Davidson High School, a comprehensive government secondary school in Frenchs Forest, NSW, highlights its performing arts program as a distinctive feature. The school runs selective High Performing Gifted Education streams in dance and drama alongside mainstream classes, and stages an annual "Season of Performing Arts" at the local Glen Street Theatre. It is also described as having a strong academic focus, with competitive HSC results and emphasis on higher-level mathematics and science.
Often praised
- performing arts program
- selective dance/drama stream
- strong HSC results
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 Davidson 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 | 0.28 | 29 |
| 2024 | 0.25 | 29 |
| 2023 | 0.43 | 50 |
| 2022 | 0.23 | 27 |
| 2021 | 0.46 | 46 |
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.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High School Campus for Yanginanook School | Forestville | Independent high school | 1.9 km | — | — |
| Killarney Heights High School | Killarney Heights | Public high school | 3.2 km | 1,132 | 969 |
| Killara High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Killara | Public high school | 3.2 km | 1,147 | 1,800 |
| Covenant Christian School | Belrose | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.6 km | 1,155 | 884 |
| St Ives High School | St Ives | Public high school | 3.6 km | 1,125 | 1,750 |
| Yanginanook School | Belrose | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.7 km | 1,051 | 65 |
| Oxford Falls Grammar School | Oxford Falls | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.8 km | 1,137 | 1,201 |
| The Forest High School | Allambie Heights | Public high school | 3.8 km | 1,062 | 768 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood High School | Glenwood | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,506 | 1,090 |
| Ku-ring-gai High School | North Turramurra | Public high school · 7-12 | 536 | 1,088 |
| Burwood Girls High School | Croydon | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,080 | 1,086 |
| Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and DesignGifted class: Gifted class | Dulwich Hill | Public high school · 7-12 | 804 | 1,092 |
| Kellyville High School | Kellyville | Public high school · 7-12 | 869 | 1,086 |
| Kirrawee High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Kirrawee | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,185 | 1,092 |
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.