La Salle Academy Lithgow
Lithgow NSW 2790
La Salle Academy Lithgow is a Catholic secondary school in Lithgow, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 230 students. Its ICSEA is 980, 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: La Salle Academy is a coeducational Catholic secondary school in Lithgow, in the Diocese of Bathurst, teaching Years 7 to 12 in the Lasallian tradition. The property was acquired in 1953 for the De La Salle Brothers, became coeducational in 1968 and has had lay administration since 1995. It has about 230 students and a low student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 7 to 1.
Often praised
- Lasallian Catholic tradition
- Small class sizes
- Years 7-12 community
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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: high. 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 La Salle Academy Lithgow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithgow High School | Lithgow | Public high school | 3.3 km | 918 | 654 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Mount Victoria | Mount Victoria | Independent k–12 / combined | 15.2 km | 976 | 87 |
| Mountains Christian College | Blackheath | Independent k–12 / combined | 20.1 km | 1,040 | 169 |
| Portland Central School | Portland | Public k–12 / combined | 21.1 km | 845 | 203 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's College | Gunnedah | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 411 | 976 |
| St Mary's Catholic College | Casino | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 425 | 985 |
| Carroll College | Broulee | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 493 | 987 |
| McCarthy Catholic College | West Tamworth | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 935 | 991 |
| Patrician Brothers' College Fairfield | Fairfield | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 1,144 | 969 |
| St Joseph's Catholic College | Aberdeen | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 685 | 968 |
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.