Orange High School
Woodward St, Orange NSW 2800
Orange High School is a government secondary school in Orange, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 914 students. Its ICSEA is 979, 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 914.
About this school, from public sources
Based on publicly available information, Orange High School is a comprehensive co-educational government secondary school in Orange, NSW, with a history spanning over a century and enrolling more than 1000 students from Orange and surrounding villages. The school is noted for its creative and performing arts programs, including music, band, dance and drama, alongside strong sporting pathways with school, regional and state representative teams. Senior students can access subjects such as Health and Movement Science, Community and Family Studies, Exploring Early Childhood, and Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation, plus gifted and talented education support and a range of leadership and extracurricular opportunities.
Often praised
- award-winning music and band program
- dance and drama specialisations
- strong sporting representative pathways
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: low. 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 Orange 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 | 0.25 | 31 |
| 2024 | 0.26 | 31 |
| 2023 | 0.09 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0.16 | 20 |
| 2021 | 0.21 | 25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinross Wolaroi School, PLC Site | Orange | Independent high school | 0.9 km | — | — |
| Orange Christian School | Orange | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.0 km | 1,052 | 490 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Orange | East Orange | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.1 km | 977 | 109 |
| James Sheahan Catholic High School Orange | Orange | Catholic high school | 2.5 km | 1,010 | 1,030 |
| Orange Anglican Grammar School | Orange | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.6 km | 1,077 | 755 |
| Kinross Wolaroi School | Orange | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.9 km | 1,128 | 1,018 |
| Canobolas High School | Orange | Public high school | 3.7 km | 838 | 546 |
| Molong Central School | Molong | Public k–12 / combined | 28.8 km | 917 | 393 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverstone High SchoolGifted class: HPGE extension class | Riverstone | Public high school · 7-12 | 861 | 979 |
| Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus | Jesmond | Public high school · 11-12 | 647 | 980 |
| Mitchell High School | Blacktown | Public high school · 7-12 | 875 | 978 |
| Mount Annan High School | Mount Annan | Public high school · 7-12 | 876 | 980 |
| Prairiewood High SchoolPartially | Prairiewood | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,284 | 978 |
| Monaro High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Cooma North | Public high school · 7-12 | 372 | 977 |
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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.