Walcha Central School
154E North St, Walcha NSW 2354
Walcha Central School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Walcha, NSW from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 230 students. Its ICSEA is 906, 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 230.
About this school, from public sources
Walcha Central School is a K-12 government combined school in the NSW Northern Tablelands, drawing on publicly available school and curriculum information. It serves a small community with a low student-to-teacher ratio and offers a broad curriculum spanning primary through senior secondary years. The school has been recognised for STEM and agriculture-linked learning, including a food-and-fibre production project for Years 5-6, and has invested in classroom facility upgrades.
Often praised
- strong HSC results
- STEM and agriculture learning
- low student-to-teacher ratio
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 Walcha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batlow Central School | Batlow | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 103 | 904 |
| Bulahdelah Central School | Bulahdelah | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 289 | 902 |
| Tooleybuc Central School | Tooleybuc | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 118 | 902 |
| Hillston Central School | Hillston | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 211 | 911 |
| Uralla Central School | Uralla | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 264 | 901 |
| Tullamore Central School | Tullamore | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 54 | 915 |
About this data
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.