Lincoln School
Westview St, Dubbo NSW 2830
Lincoln School is a government special school in Dubbo, NSW with about 14 students. Its ICSEA is 695, 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 14.
About this school, from public sources
Public sources describe Lincoln School as a NSW government school for specific purposes operating within the Orana Juvenile Justice Centre in Dubbo, serving young people aged roughly 10 to 21. It provides individually tailored educational, vocational and social programs designed to help students build skills for independent living, with staff working from individual learning plans and a notably low student-to-teacher ratio supporting close, personalised instruction.
Often praised
- individual learning plans
- low student-to-teacher ratio
- vocational skills 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 Lincoln School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macquarie Anglican Grammar School | Dubbo | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.1 km | 1,040 | 664 |
| Yawarra Community School | Dubbo | Public special | 2.1 km | 867 | 50 |
| LWB Education - Dubbo Campus | Dubbo | Independent special | 3.1 km | — | — |
| Mian School | Dubbo | Public special | 3.5 km | 706 | 24 |
| Central West Leadership Academy | Dubbo | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.0 km | 1,072 | 158 |
| Vista Lodge | Dubbo | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.7 km | — | — |
| Burrabadine Christian Community School | Dubbo | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.6 km | 996 | 215 |
| Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo | Public k–12 / combined | 5.8 km | 888 | 182 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mian School | Dubbo | Public special | 24 | 706 |
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.