Melville High School
Nicholson St, Kempsey NSW 2440
Melville High School is a government secondary school in Kempsey, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 355 students. Its ICSEA is 849, 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 355.
About this school, from public sources
Publicly available information indicates Melville High School is a comprehensive government secondary school in Kempsey, NSW, serving years 7-12 on Dunghutti land in the Macleay Valley. It offers a broad curriculum with STEM, sport and creative arts strands, plus high potential and gifted education programs and tailored support for students with additional needs or learning English as an additional language. The school highlights learning support officers, wellbeing and counselling services, and events celebrating cultural diversity and inclusion.
Often praised
- STEM, sport and creative arts programs
- Gifted education support
- Inclusive, culturally diverse community
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: medium. 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 Melville High School on My School · Why some data is missing
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Last 3 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.03 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0.02 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0.02 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempsey Adventist School | Kempsey | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.2 km | 953 | 458 |
| Kempsey High School | Kempsey | Public high school | 2.4 km | 848 | 579 |
| St Paul's College | West Kempsey | Catholic high school | 3.2 km | 999 | 641 |
| Newington College - Eungai Creek Campus | Eungai Creek | Independent high school | 27.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chifley College Bidwill Campus | Bidwill | Public high school · 7-12 | 720 | 849 |
| Gilgandra High School | Gilgandra | Public high school · 7-12 | 184 | 849 |
| Forbes High School | Forbes | Public high school · 7-12 | 287 | 848 |
| Kempsey High School | Kempsey | Public high school · 7-12 | 579 | 848 |
| Bankstown Senior College | Bankstown | Public high school · 10-12 | 544 | 847 |
| Nyngan High School | Nyngan | Public high school · 7-12 | 141 | 845 |
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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.