Wagga Wagga High School
Coleman St, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
Wagga Wagga High School is a government secondary school in Wagga Wagga, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 816 students. Its ICSEA is 960, 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 818.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Wagga Wagga High School as a long-established (1912) NSW government secondary school serving around 1,000 students. It runs academic selective classes in Years 7-10, a vocational education and Trade Training Centre program, a performing arts program, and a farm for rural/agriculture education, alongside support programs like a breakfast club and homework centre. Independent parent review sites report generally positive ratings for the school.
Often praised
- academic selective classes
- vocational and trade training
- performing arts program
- student support programs
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 Wagga Wagga High 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 | 0.10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0.11 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0.16 | 19 |
| 2022 | 0.06 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0.16 | 20 |
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.
Gifted and accelerated programs
High Potential Classes
Many comprehensive public high schools run their own class or program for high-ability students, under names such as Gifted and Talented, Academic Extension, Academic Excellence (common in Queensland), Enrichment or SEAL. These are not a department program: each school sets its own entry (often a test or application in Year 6) and class size. Listed only where the school's own website describes a dedicated class; check details with the school.
- Year levels
- 7–10
- Entry
- Yr7 feeder-school testing and invitation; Yr8-10 application
Source: department page ↗. Check current entry dates with the school.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildare Catholic College | Wagga Wagga | Catholic high school | 0.2 km | 1,028 | 972 |
| Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges Limited | Wagga Wagga | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 1,078 | 198 |
| Mount Austin High School | Wagga Wagga | Public high school | 2.2 km | 822 | 522 |
| Wagga Wagga Christian College | Wagga Wagga | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.5 km | 1,033 | 563 |
| Kooringal High SchoolPartiallyGifted class: HPGE extension class | Kooringal | Public high school | 2.6 km | 959 | 839 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Wagga Wagga | Wagga Wagga | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.8 km | 990 | 36 |
| Mater Dei Catholic College | Lake Albert | Catholic high school | 5.7 km | 1,050 | 749 |
| The Riverina Anglican College | Wagga Wagga | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.3 km | 1,104 | 1,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland Grossmann High School | East Maitland | Public high school · 7-12 | 898 | 960 |
| Bossley Park High School | Bossley Park | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,105 | 961 |
| Granville Boys High SchoolPartiallyGifted class: Gifted class | Granville | Public high school · 7-12 | 832 | 961 |
| Kooringal High SchoolPartiallyGifted class: HPGE extension class | Kooringal | Public high school · 7-12 | 839 | 959 |
| Maclean High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Maclean | Public high school · 7-12 | 689 | 959 |
| Strathfield South High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Enfield | Public high school · 7-12 | 549 | 961 |
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.