Kempsey High School
Broughton St, Kempsey NSW 2440
Kempsey High School is a government secondary school in Kempsey, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 579 students. Its ICSEA is 848, 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, 2016–2025. Latest 584.
About this school, from public sources
Public information from the school's own website describes Kempsey High School as a Year 7-12 comprehensive, coeducational Connected Communities school on Dunghutti Country with around 584 students, including a significant proportion of Aboriginal students. The school highlights strong programs in Agriculture, Visual Arts and Drama, plus vocational courses in hospitality, construction, business and primary industries. It runs an Enterprise Centre linking students with local employers, HSC and homework tutoring support, and Aboriginal education initiatives such as Clontarf and NASCA, alongside close ties to local primary schools and community elders.
Often praised
- Agriculture and Visual Arts programs
- Enterprise Centre employer partnerships
- Aboriginal student support programs
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: low. 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 Kempsey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's College | West Kempsey | Catholic high school | 0.8 km | 999 | 641 |
| Melville High School | Kempsey | Public high school | 2.4 km | 849 | 355 |
| Kempsey Adventist School | Kempsey | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.3 km | 953 | 458 |
| Newington College - Eungai Creek Campus | Eungai Creek | Independent high school | 24.8 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.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes High School | Forbes | Public high school · 7-12 | 287 | 848 |
| Bankstown Senior College | Bankstown | Public high school · 10-12 | 544 | 847 |
| Chifley College Bidwill Campus | Bidwill | Public high school · 7-12 | 720 | 849 |
| Gilgandra High School | Gilgandra | Public high school · 7-12 | 184 | 849 |
| Melville High School | Kempsey | Public high school · 7-12 | 355 | 849 |
| Nyngan High School | Nyngan | Public high school · 7-12 | 141 | 845 |
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.