Wadalba Community School
Orchid Way, Wadalba NSW 2259
Wadalba Community School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Wadalba, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 1,412 students. Its ICSEA is 941, 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 1,414.
About this school, from public sources
Drawing on the school's own website and public school-directory listings, Wadalba Community School is a large K-12 government school in the Central Coast suburb of Wadalba, serving over 1,600 students. It runs AVID, STEaM, a Targeted Sports Program and a Creative and Performing Arts gifted-and-talented stream, backed by specialist facilities including a recording studio, aquaponics centre, agriculture plot, hospitality kitchens, science labs and a fully equipped gym. It is described as centrally located with an active, engaged parent community supporting canteen and uniform operations.
Often praised
- broad specialist facilities
- AVID and gifted-and-talented programs
- active parent community involvement
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 Wadalba Community 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 | 0.03 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0.01 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0.02 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0.05 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0.02 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKillop Catholic College | Woongarrah | Catholic k–12 / combined | 2.6 km | 1,042 | 1,558 |
| Lakes Grammar - An Anglican School | Warnervale | Independent k–12 / combined | 3.3 km | 1,054 | 796 |
| Wyong Christian Community School | Wyong | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.1 km | 1,057 | 904 |
| Central Coast Steiner School | Fountaindale | Independent k–12 / combined | 9.8 km | 1,092 | 330 |
| Brightwaters Christian College | Brightwaters | Independent k–12 / combined | 18.2 km | 1,001 | 106 |
| Heritage College Lake Macquarie | Morisset | Independent k–12 / combined | 18.8 km | 1,002 | 511 |
| Central Coast Grammar School | Erina Heights | Independent k–12 / combined | 19.0 km | 1,155 | 1,561 |
| St Philip's Christian College - Gosford | Narara | Independent k–12 / combined | 20.2 km | 1,093 | 694 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariah Park Central School | Ariah Park | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 123 | 947 |
| Boorowa Central School | Boorowa | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 240 | 934 |
| Coleambally Central School | Coleambally | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 143 | 931 |
| Tottenham Central School | Tottenham | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 71 | 930 |
| The Rock Central School | The Rock | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 169 | 953 |
| Evans River Community School | Evans Head | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 530 | 955 |
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.