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Mendooran Central School

MENDOORAN CENTRAL SCHOOL 51 BRAMBIL STREET, Mendooran NSW 2842

PublicK–12 / combinedYears K-12

Mendooran Central School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Mendooran, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 90 students. Its ICSEA is 889, where the national average is 1000.

90students
889ICSEA · higher than 48% of NSW primary schools
4%language background other than English
38%Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
11teaching staff (FTE)

Language background, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms

Attendance and enrolment

77.2%attendance rate, 2024 · -7.9 pts over 3 years
-27%enrolment change over 5 years
123FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index; higher means more disadvantage, NSW average about 100)

About this school, from public sources

According to publicly available information, Mendooran Central School is a K-12 government central school in Mendooran, NSW, drawing students from the township and surrounding rural area. It emphasises an inclusive, supportive community built around respect, curiosity, and collaboration, with individualised learning plans and dedicated wellbeing support. Extracurricular offerings include an annual horse sports day, an intensive swimming program, debating teams, chess club, and after-school sports, alongside a small student-to-teacher ratio typical of small rural central schools.

Often praised

  • inclusive, supportive community
  • small class sizes
  • varied extracurricular activities

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 Mendooran Central School on My School · Why some data is missing

Location and nearby schools

Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 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.

SchoolSuburbTypeStudentsICSEA
Guyra Central SchoolGuyraPublic k–12 / combined · K-12288889
Dubbo School of Distance EducationDubboPublic k–12 / combined · P-12182888
Emmaville Central SchoolEmmavillePublic k–12 / combined · K-1294886
Dunedoo Central SchoolDunedooPublic k–12 / combined · K-12152893
Barellan Central SchoolBarellanPublic k–12 / combined · K-1254894
Coolah Central SchoolCoolahPublic k–12 / combined · K-12148896

About this data

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