O'Connor Catholic College
Armidale NSW 2350
O'Connor Catholic College is a Catholic secondary school in Armidale, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 511 students. Its ICSEA is 1,020, 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: a co-educational Catholic secondary school for Years 7 to 12 in Armidale, in the Diocese of Armidale. It was formed in 1975 by joining two long-established schools dating from 1882 and 1906. The motto is 'The Fruit of the Spirit is Love'. It has about 511 students, a low student-to-teacher ratio and has seen a recent campus redevelopment.
Often praised
- Long local Catholic heritage
- Campus redevelopment
- Low student-teacher ratio
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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 O'Connor Catholic 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 | 0.05 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0.04 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0.16 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0.13 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0.10 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Armidale School | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.1 km | 1,097 | 625 |
| The Armidale School, Peter Hall Trade Training in Schools Centre | Armidale | Independent high school | 1.5 km | — | — |
| PLC Armidale | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,077 | 226 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Armidale | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.5 km | 981 | 35 |
| Armidale Secondary CollegePartiallyGifted class: Gifted class | Armidale | Public high school | 2.9 km | 928 | 1,026 |
| The Armidale Waldorf School | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.0 km | 1,057 | 163 |
| New England Girls' School | Armidale | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.9 km | 1,047 | 247 |
| Uralla Central School | Uralla | Public k–12 / combined | 22.8 km | 901 | 264 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine McAuley Catholic College | Medowie | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 884 | 1,019 |
| St Francis De Sales Regional College | Leeton | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 666 | 1,018 |
| All Saints College | Maitland | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 1,191 | 1,023 |
| St Joseph's Regional College | Port Macquarie | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 1,026 | 1,017 |
| Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown | Blacktown | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 1,014 | 1,016 |
| Penola Catholic College Emu Plains | Emu Plains | Catholic high school · 7-12 | 709 | 1,024 |
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.