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Ivanhoe Central School

Columbus St, Ivanhoe NSW 2878

PublicK–12 / combinedYears K-12

Ivanhoe Central School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Ivanhoe, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 29 students. Its ICSEA is 747, where the national average is 1000.

29students
747ICSEA · higher than 9% of NSW primary schools
3%language background other than English
62%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
7teaching staff (FTE)

Language background, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

76.8%attendance rate, 2024 · -5.8 pts over 3 years
+32%enrolment change over 5 years
169FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

Public online sources describe Ivanhoe Central School as a small K-12 rural NSW public school with around 40 students taught in multi-age classes, with senior years supported through the Wilvandee Access Program. The school is best known for its Outback Adventure Farm, a hands-on program covering farming, aquaponics, crop production and farm-to-table cooking, which won a National Junior Landcare Award in 2022. It also offers VET options, creative and performing arts, sport and an Early Childhood (B4K) program, alongside modern learning spaces and sporting facilities.

Often praised

  • Award-winning Outback Adventure Farm
  • Small multi-age class sizes
  • Range of VET pathways

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 Ivanhoe Central School on My School · Why some data is missing

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Menindee Central SchoolMenindeePublic k–12 / combined · K-1274760

About this data

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