Portland Central School
12A Wolgan Street, Portland NSW 2847
Portland Central School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Portland, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 203 students. Its ICSEA is 845, 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 204.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources, including the school's own website, describe Portland Central School as a small K-12 government school in Portland, NSW, part of the Lithgow Network of Schools with about 200 students and a low student-to-teacher ratio. The school promotes a seamless K-12 transition for students and highlights modern facilities including a commercial kitchen, science laboratory, agricultural farm and an industrial technology metal work trade training centre, alongside a strong focus on literacy and numeracy.
Often praised
- seamless K-12 transition
- modern trade training facilities
- strong literacy and numeracy focus
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 Portland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodenbong Central School | Woodenbong | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 159 | 848 |
| Barraba Central School | Barraba | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 160 | 839 |
| Trangie Central School | Trangie | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 166 | 852 |
| Manilla Central School | Manilla | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 243 | 855 |
| Lake Cargelligo Central School | Lake Cargelligo | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 227 | 858 |
| Yeoval Central School | Yeoval | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 75 | 858 |
About this data
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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.