Edmund Rice College
West Wollongong NSW 2500
Edmund Rice College is an independent secondary school in West Wollongong, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 1,054 students. Its ICSEA is 1,083, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
Sector, ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Year range, Teaching staff, School website: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Edmund Rice College is a Catholic boys' secondary school for Years 7-12 in West Wollongong, with about 1,050 students. It stands on nine hectares at the base of Mount Keira and is part of the Edmund Rice Education Australia network of 53 schools. Its history began as Christian Brothers College in 1926.
Often praised
- Edmund Rice tradition
- Nine hectare Mount Keira campus
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NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Edmund Rice College 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 | 0.35 | 50 |
| 2024 | 0.41 | 53 |
| 2023 | 0.54 | 76 |
| 2022 | 0.53 | 67 |
| 2021 | 0.30 | 40 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Illawarra Grammar School | Wollongong West | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.2 km | 1,159 | 970 |
| Figtree High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Figtree | Public high school | 2.2 km | 1,013 | 880 |
| Keira High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Fairy Meadow | Public high school | 2.8 km | 984 | 723 |
| Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow | Public high school | 2.8 km | 1,075 | 1,168 |
| Smiths Hill High SchoolFully | Wollongong | Public high school | 3.0 km | 1,186 | 735 |
| Elonera Montessori School | Mount Ousley | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.0 km | 1,108 | 187 |
| St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong | Independent high school | 3.6 km | 1,104 | 1,128 |
| Illawarra Christian School | Cordeaux Heights | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.0 km | 1,091 | 800 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevalier College | Burradoo | Independent high school · 7-12 | 951 | 1,081 |
| Calrossy Anglican School | Tamworth | Independent high school · K-12 | 1,033 | 1,079 |
| All Saints Grammar | Belmore | Independent high school · K-12 | 646 | 1,077 |
| Novoschool | Newcastle West | Independent high school · 7-9 | 79 | 1,077 |
| St Paul's International College | Moss Vale | Independent high school · 7-12 | 127 | 1,071 |
| St Edward's Christian Brothers' College | East Gosford | Independent high school · 7-12 | 971 | 1,068 |
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.