Masada College
St Ives NSW 2075
Masada College is an independent combined primary and secondary school in St Ives, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 368 students. Its ICSEA is 1,162, 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: Masada College is an independent Jewish co-educational day school in St Ives on Sydney's Upper North Shore, teaching from early learning to Year 12. Founded in 1962 by North Shore parents, with the senior school opening in 1982, it consolidated onto the St Ives campus by 2014. Its motto is My Rock and My Fortress, and it reports above-average NAPLAN growth.
Often praised
- Jewish education
- Early learning to Year 12
- Single St Ives campus
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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 Masada College on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.21 | 57 |
| 2024 | 1.84 | 59 |
| 2023 | 1.22 | 44 |
| 2022 | 1.48 | 62 |
| 2021 | 1.14 | 82 |
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, apart from the permitted top-10% list, which this school is on.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Montessori School | Pymble | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.8 km | 1,147 | 159 |
| Ravenswood School for Girls, Boarding House | Gordon | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.4 km | — | — |
| Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.5 km | 1,185 | 1,451 |
| Pymble Ladies' College | Pymble | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.6 km | 1,178 | 2,501 |
| Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.5 km | 1,187 | 3,345 |
| Yanginanook School | Belrose | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.7 km | 1,051 | 65 |
| Covenant Christian School | Belrose | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.9 km | 1,155 | 884 |
| Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.3 km | 1,217 | 1,634 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Scots College | Bellevue Hill | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 2,076 | 1,162 |
| William Clarke College | Kellyville | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 1,951 | 1,162 |
| The King's School | North Parramatta | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 2,150 | 1,163 |
| Wahroonga Adventist School | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 633 | 1,161 |
| Kincoppal - Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart | Rose Bay | Independent k–12 / combined · K-12 | 851 | 1,160 |
| Loreto Normanhurst | Normanhurst | Independent k–12 / combined · 5-12 | 1,240 | 1,164 |
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.