Merewether High School
130 Chatham St, Broadmeadow NSW 2292
Merewether High School is a government secondary school in Broadmeadow, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 1,071 students. It is a fully selective school. Its ICSEA is 1,206, 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 1,080.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Merewether High School as a fully academically selective, co-educational NSW government high school in Broadmeadow, serving roughly 1080 students drawn from across the wider Hunter region. Entry is via the NSW Selective High School Placement Test for Year 7. The school is noted for its broad curriculum and high expectations of academic achievement, alongside strong participation in performing arts, sport, and extracurricular activities.
Often praised
- academically selective entry
- strong performing arts programs
- broad 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 Merewether High School on My School · Why some data is missing
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Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.24 | 403 |
| 2024 | 2.14 | 372 |
| 2023 | 1.63 | 277 |
| 2022 | 1.72 | 309 |
| 2021 | 1.54 | 277 |
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.
Selective entry
Merewether High School is a fully selective school. Entry is by the state placement test in the year before starting; applications open early in the year. The department no longer publishes per-school minimum entry scores.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow | Public k–12 / combined | 0.9 km | 1,085 | 1,090 |
| Lambton High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Lambton | Public high school | 1.8 km | 1,057 | 1,172 |
| St Francis Xavier's College | Hamilton | Catholic high school | 1.8 km | 1,096 | 959 |
| Trinity Catholic College | Adamstown | Catholic high school | 2.0 km | 1,090 | 849 |
| Newcastle High School | Hamilton | Public high school | 2.2 km | 1,027 | 1,072 |
| Novoschool | Newcastle West | Independent high school | 2.8 km | 1,077 | 79 |
| Callaghan College Waratah Campus | Waratah | Public high school | 2.8 km | 957 | 848 |
| St Philip's Christian College - Waratah | Waratah | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.0 km | 1,138 | 1,466 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normanhurst Boys High SchoolFully | Normanhurst | Public high school · 7-12 | 752 | 1,207 |
| Baulkham Hills High SchoolFully | Baulkham Hills | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,222 | 1,203 |
| Hornsby Girls High SchoolFully | Hornsby | Public high school · 7-12 | 720 | 1,209 |
| North Sydney Girls High SchoolFully | Crows Nest | Public high school · 7-12 | 911 | 1,203 |
| Girraween High SchoolFully | Girraween | Public high school · 7-12 | 782 | 1,199 |
| North Sydney Boys High SchoolFully | North Sydney | Public high school · 7-12 | 933 | 1,195 |
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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.