Peak Hill Central School
Caswell St, Peak Hill NSW 2869
Peak Hill Central School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Peak Hill, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 126 students. Its ICSEA is 815, 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 126.
About this school, from public sources
Public information about Peak Hill Central School describes a K-12 government central school serving the small rural community of Peak Hill in the NSW Central West. The school is part of the Western Access Program, using videoconferencing to extend Stage 6 subject choices for students at small central schools. Its own materials highlight strong Aboriginal education, wellbeing and sporting programs, with a notably high proportion of Indigenous students, and a Positive Behaviour for Learning approach to student wellbeing.
Often praised
- Aboriginal education programs
- student wellbeing focus
- Western Access Program for Stage 6 subjects
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 Peak Hill 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.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binnaway Central School | Binnaway | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 44 | 815 |
| Ashford Central School | Ashford | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 119 | 808 |
| Mungindi Central School | Mungindi | Public k–12 / combined · P-12 | 62 | 795 |
| Barraba Central School | Barraba | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 160 | 839 |
| Bonalbo Central School | Bonalbo | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 84 | 791 |
| Lightning Ridge Central School | Lightning Ridge | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 311 | 790 |
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.