Mount St Benedict College
Pennant Hills NSW 2120
Mount St Benedict College is an independent secondary school in Pennant Hills, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 1,331 students. Its ICSEA is 1,147, 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: Mount St Benedict College is an independent Catholic girls' secondary school (Years 7 to 12) in Pennant Hills, founded in 1966 by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. It has around 1,350 students and a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12 to 1. Its core values are Pax, Hospitality and Stewardship, reflecting a holistic Benedictine and Good Samaritan tradition.
Often praised
- Benedictine values tradition
- Girls' Catholic education
- Holistic education approach
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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 Mount St Benedict College 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 | 1.19 | 185 |
| 2024 | 1.22 | 150 |
| 2023 | 1.00 | 154 |
| 2022 | 1.03 | 162 |
| 2021 | 0.99 | 154 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennant Hills High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Pennant Hills | Public high school | 0.8 km | 1,109 | 1,130 |
| Cheltenham Girls High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Beecroft | Public high school | 2.2 km | 1,142 | 1,432 |
| Tangara School for Girls | Cherrybrook | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.3 km | 1,141 | 771 |
| Carlingford High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Carlingford | Public high school | 2.9 km | 1,111 | 1,772 |
| Cherrybrook Technology High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Cherrybrook | Public high school | 3.1 km | 1,146 | 2,097 |
| Wahroonga Adventist School | Wahroonga | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.7 km | 1,161 | 633 |
| Arden Anglican School | Epping | Independent high school | 4.0 km | — | — |
| Oakhill College | Castle Hill | Independent high school | 4.2 km | 1,124 | 2,242 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives | Independent high school · 7-12 | 793 | 1,148 |
| St Vincent's College | Potts Point | Independent high school · 7-12 | 755 | 1,145 |
| Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta | Parramatta | Independent high school · 7-12 | 1,097 | 1,144 |
| Westbourne College Sydney | Ultimo | Independent high school · 10-12 | 65 | 1,153 |
| St Scholastica's College Glebe Point | Glebe | Independent high school · 7-12 | 1,044 | 1,138 |
| Frensham School | Mittagong | Independent high school · 7-12 | 345 | 1,137 |
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.