Independent · Special · Cooks Hill

Alesco Secondary College

664

Students

203 boys · 461 girls

9-12

Year range

949

ICSEA

avg = 1000

Students from non-English speaking background

ICSEA — socio-educational intake context 949

ICSEA reflects the socio-educational background of students at this school — it is an intake measure, not a teaching quality or outcomes ranking. National average is 1000. Range is roughly 500–1300. This school's ICSEA places it above 24% of Australian schools.

Suburb Cooks Hill 2300

Local government area Newcastle

Remoteness Major Cities

Sector Independent

School type Special

Indigenous students 3%

Statistical area (SA2) Wallsend - Elermore Vale

Official website atwea.edu.au/high-school-at-alesco/

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Other schools in Wallsend - Elermore Vale

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA

Callaghan College Wallsend Campus Government 7-10 890 952

Elermore Vale Public School Government P-6 290 996

Plattsburg Public School Government K-6 195 910

St Patrick's Primary School Catholic K-6 323 1076

Wallsend Public School Government K-6 252 965

Wallsend South Public School Government K-6 583 1083

Source: ACARA School Profile & School Location 2025 (Data Access Program). VIC and NSW government catchment zones from DET School Zones 2026 and NSW DoE School Intake Zones 2026. ICSEA is a socio-educational intake index — it measures student background, not teaching quality or outcomes. Methodology →