Woonona High School
Nicholson Lane, Woonona NSW 2517
Woonona High School is a government secondary school in Woonona, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 766 students. Its ICSEA is 1,030, 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 767.
About this school, from public sources
Public information from Woonona High School's own website describes a comprehensive Years 7-12 government secondary school in Woonona, NSW. The school runs a broad Creative and Performing Arts program covering circus, dance, drama, film, photography, music, theatre and visual arts, plus enrichment and acceleration options for interested students. Senior students can choose from the full range of NSW Board of Studies sciences, including Science Extension, and a School-Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBAT) program lets students combine a VET qualification with paid work as part of the HSC.
Often praised
- broad creative and performing arts program
- full range of senior science subjects
- SBAT vocational/work pathway
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: low. 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 Woonona High School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 5 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.16 | 17 |
| 2024 | 0.12 | 14 |
| 2023 | 0.08 | 10 |
| 2022 | 0.14 | 13 |
| 2021 | 0.20 | 17 |
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
Academic Enrichment class
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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulli High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Bulli | Public high school | 1.3 km | 1,058 | 979 |
| Holy Spirit College | Bellambi | Catholic high school | 2.3 km | 1,069 | 1,249 |
| Corrimal High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Corrimal | Public high school | 3.2 km | 940 | 569 |
| Elonera Montessori School | Mount Ousley | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.7 km | 1,108 | 187 |
| Keira High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Fairy Meadow | Public high school | 7.1 km | 984 | 723 |
| Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow | Public high school | 7.1 km | 1,075 | 1,168 |
| Smiths Hill High SchoolFully | Wollongong | Public high school | 8.3 km | 1,186 | 735 |
| St Mary Star of the Sea College | Wollongong | Independent high school | 8.9 km | 1,104 | 1,128 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Kendall High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Gosford | Public high school · 7-12 | 789 | 1,030 |
| East Hills Girls Technology High School | Panania | Public high school · 7-12 | 759 | 1,031 |
| Heathcote High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Heathcote | Public high school · 7-12 | 633 | 1,028 |
| Sydney Distance Education High School | Woolloomooloo | Public high school · 7-12 | 561 | 1,032 |
| Newcastle High School | Hamilton | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,072 | 1,027 |
| Sefton High SchoolPartially | Sefton | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,121 | 1,033 |
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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.