James Sheahan Catholic High School Orange
Orange NSW 2800
James Sheahan Catholic High School Orange is a Catholic secondary school in Orange, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 1,030 students. Its ICSEA is 1,010, where the national average is 1000.
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: James Sheahan Catholic High School is a co-educational Catholic secondary day school in Orange for Years 7-12, with about 1,000 students. Founded in 1980 through the merger of a girls' school and a boys' school, it is the largest Catholic school in the Bathurst Diocese. It is named after a priest who served the Orange community for nearly 50 years.
Often praised
- Largest Catholic school in diocese
- Co-educational Years 7-12
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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 James Sheahan Catholic High School Orange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Christian School | Orange | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.6 km | 1,052 | 490 |
| Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.1 km | 1,128 | 1,018 |
| Kinross Wolaroi School, PLC Site | Orange | Independent high school | 2.3 km | — | — |
| Orange High School | Orange | Public high school | 2.5 km | 979 | 914 |
| Canobolas High School | Orange | Public high school | 2.8 km | 838 | 546 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Orange | East Orange | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.0 km | 977 | 109 |
| Orange Anglican Grammar School | Orange | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.1 km | 1,077 | 755 |
| Blayney High School | Blayney | Public high school | 29.4 km | 917 | 296 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Salle Catholic College | Bankstown | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 1,057 | 1,011 |
| Hennessy Catholic College | Young | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 426 | 1,012 |
| Marian Catholic College | Griffith | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 701 | 1,012 |
| St Clare's Catholic College | Taree | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 630 | 1,012 |
| Bede Polding College | South Windsor | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 1,101 | 1,007 |
| CathWest Innovation College | Mount Druitt | Catholic high school · 10-12 | 385 | 1,013 |
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.