Sacred Heart Central School
Cootamundra NSW 2590
Sacred Heart Central School is a Catholic combined primary and secondary school in Cootamundra, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 10 with about 376 students. Its ICSEA is 994, 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: Sacred Heart Central School is a Catholic co-educational school for Kindergarten to Year 10 in Cootamundra, with about 376 students and roughly eleven students per teacher. Catholic education in the town dates to the 1870s, with the Sisters of Mercy arriving in 1882 and the De La Salle Brothers in 1913. The school community includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
Often praised
- Long Catholic education history
- K-10 local school
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAuley Catholic College | Tumut | Catholic k–12 / combined · K-12 | 473 | 1,001 |
| Holy Trinity School | Inverell | Catholic k–12 / combined · K-10 | 577 | 1,003 |
| St Raphael's Catholic School Cowra | Cowra | Catholic k–12 / combined · K-12 | 442 | 985 |
| St Anne's Catholic College | Temora | Catholic k–12 / combined · K-12 | 288 | 1,006 |
| St Catherine's Catholic College | Singleton | Catholic k–12 / combined · K-12 | 1,010 | 974 |
About this data
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