St Raphael's Catholic School Cowra
Cowra NSW 2794
St Raphael's Catholic School Cowra is a Catholic combined primary and secondary school in Cowra, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 442 students. Its ICSEA is 985, 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 Catholic coeducational school for Kindergarten to Year 12 in Cowra in the NSW Central West, with Catholic education in the town dating from 1870. It sits two minutes' walk from the town centre and enrols about 490 students. The school aims to educate the whole person spiritually, physically, intellectually, relationally and emotionally, with faith development, inclusion, social justice and service.
Often praised
- Historic Catholic school since 1870
- Whole-person education
- Service and social justice
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Central School | Cootamundra | Catholic k–12 / combined · K-10 | 376 | 994 |
| St Catherine's Catholic College | Singleton | Catholic k–12 / combined · K-12 | 1,010 | 974 |
| 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 Anne's Catholic College | Temora | Catholic k–12 / combined · K-12 | 288 | 1,006 |
About this data
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