Inner Sydney High School
Cnr Cleveland St & Chalmers St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Inner Sydney High School is a government secondary school in Surry Hills, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 1,160 students. Its ICSEA is 1,104, 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, 2020–2025. Latest 1,161.
About this school, from public sources
Based on publicly available information, Inner Sydney High School is a comprehensive coeducational government secondary school in Surry Hills, opened in a redeveloped campus combining heritage buildings with a new high-rise featuring flexible, technology-rich learning spaces. The school offers a broad subject range spanning STEM, sport and creative arts, plus gifted education and competition opportunities. It promotes an inclusive community culture built around the values of Kindness, Excellence and Respect, with wellbeing support and strong HSC results reported in recent years.
Often praised
- modern flexible facilities
- inclusive community culture
- broad STEM/arts/sport offerings
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 Inner Sydney High School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | Moore Park | Public high school | 1.2 km | 1,189 | 1,202 |
| Australian Performing Arts Grammar School | Glebe | Independent high school | 1.2 km | 1,103 | 129 |
| Westbourne College Sydney | Ultimo | Independent high school | 1.3 km | 1,153 | 65 |
| Westbourne College Sydney - Macarthur St | Ultimo | Independent high school | 1.3 km | — | — |
| International Grammar School | Ultimo | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.3 km | 1,170 | 1,224 |
| Sydney Girls High SchoolFully | Surry Hills | Public high school | 1.4 km | 1,193 | 929 |
| Australian International High School | Sydney | Independent high school | 1.6 km | 1,028 | — |
| Alexandria Park Community SchoolPartiallyOC | Alexandria | Public k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 1,052 | 1,312 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunters Hill High SchoolGifted class: HPGE extension class | Hunters Hill | Public high school · 7-12 | 789 | 1,104 |
| Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt CampusPartiallyGifted class: Gifted class | Leichhardt | Public high school · 7-10 | 784 | 1,104 |
| Crestwood High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class (reported) | Baulkham Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,021 | 1,103 |
| Ryde Secondary CollegePartially | Ryde | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,486 | 1,102 |
| Rose Bay Secondary CollegePartiallyGifted class: Gifted class | Dover Heights | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,125 | 1,107 |
| Bradfield College | St Leonards | Public high school · 11-12 | 292 | 1,108 |
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.