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Penrith Lakes Environmental Education Centre

Penrith Lakes Environmental Education Centre is a government combined school in Castlereagh, New South Wales.

Suburb Castlereagh 2749

Local government area Penrith

Remoteness Major Cities

Sector Government

School type Combined

Statistical area (SA2) Cranebrook - Castlereagh

Official website www.penrithlakeseec.com/

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Catchment zone shown where matched to official NSW government data.

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Penrith Lakes Environmental Education Centre catchment

We could not match a zone boundary for this school in the published NSW government zone data, so no catchment suburbs are listed. Some government schools, such as selective, specialist and senior-only schools, do not have a local zone. Check an address with the official NSW zone finder.

The suburb: Cranebrook - Castlereagh

$1,150,000

Median house price

NSW DCJ Sales, Mar 2026

Childcare services

ACECQA register

49.8%

Families that are couples with children

ABS Census 2021

17,444

Residents

ABS, June 2025

Figures are for the Cranebrook - Castlereagh statistical area (SA2), which contains the school. SA2 boundaries do not always equal suburb boundaries, and childcare services are matched by suburb name. See the full Cranebrook - Castlereagh profile →

Nearest schools to Penrith Lakes Environmental Education Centre

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA Distance

Penola Catholic College Emu Plains Catholic 7-12 709 1024 1.8 km

Braddock Public School Government K-6 332 880 2.4 km

Cranebrook High School Government 7-12 871 916 2.5 km

Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School Government 7-12 807 994 2.6 km

Samuel Terry Public School Government K-6 521 980 2.8 km

Wadangali Public School Government P-6 166 810 3.0 km

Listed nearest first. Distance is a straight line between ACARA school locations, not travel distance, and the order is not a ranking.

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Questions about Penrith Lakes Environmental Education Centre

Is Penrith Lakes Environmental Education Centre a government or non-government school?

Penrith Lakes Environmental Education Centre is a government school in Castlereagh, New South Wales.

How many childcare services are near Penrith Lakes Environmental Education Centre?

17 childcare services are listed on the ACECQA national register for Cranebrook - Castlereagh, the statistical area around the school. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Source: ACARA School Profile & School Location 2025 (Data Access Program). VIC, NSW and QLD government catchment zones from DET School Zones 2027, NSW DoE School Intake Zones 2026 and Queensland Department of Education state school catchments 2026 (CC BY 4.0). ICSEA is a socio-educational intake index - it measures student background, not teaching quality or outcomes. Methodology →