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Lightning Ridge Central School

311

Students

155 boys · 156 girls

K-12

Year range

790

ICSEA

avg = 1000

Students from non-English speaking background

ICSEA - socio-educational intake context 790

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 3% of Australian schools.

Suburb Lightning Ridge 2834

Local government area Walgett

Remoteness Remote

Sector Government

School type Combined

Indigenous students 20%

Statistical area (SA2) Walgett - Lightning Ridge

Official website lightningr-c.schools.nsw.gov.au

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Other schools in Walgett - Lightning Ridge

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA

Burren Junction Public School Government K-6 36 969

Carinda Public School Government K-6 18 1017

Collarenebri Central School Government K-12 68 625

Goodooga Central School Government K-12 28 629

Rowena Public School Government K-6 20 944

St Joseph's Primary School Catholic K-6 134 879

Walgett Community College - High School Government 7-12 83 677

Walgett Community College - Primary School Government P-6 97 672

Source: ACARA School Profile & School Location 2025 (Data Access Program). VIC and NSW government catchment zones from DET School Zones 2027 and NSW DoE School Intake Zones 2026. ICSEA is a socio-educational intake index - it measures student background, not teaching quality or outcomes. Methodology →