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Blacktown Girls High School

Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Blacktown, New South Wales 2148 · Blacktown LGA

66.9/ 100
Success Index
Top 25%

#148 of 539 high schools in NSW
#360 of 1,472 nationally

How is this calculated?
Students
1,080
+35% over 5 years
ICSEA
1046
67th percentile nationally
Students per teacher
14.3
75.4 FTE teachers
Year range
7-12

About Blacktown Girls High School

Blacktown Girls High School is a public girls' high school located in Blacktown, New South Wales (2148), within the Blacktown local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 1,080 students.

Blacktown Girls High School has an ICSEA value of 1046, indicating a socio-educational profile close to the national average of 1000. That places it in the 67th percentile of Australian schools. 25% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 22% from the bottom quarter.

The school employs 74 teachers (75.4 full-time equivalent) and 16 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.3 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 35% over the past five years.

On the Success Index, Blacktown Girls High School scores 66.9 out of 100, placing it in the top 25% of secondary schools nationally and 148th of 539 secondary schools in NSW (9th of 28 in the Blacktown area).

Success Index breakdown

Each component is a percentile against schools of the same type across Australia.

  • Socio-educational advantage (ICSEA) (50%)ICSEA 1046
  • Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)25% of students
  • Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)14.3 students per teacher
  • Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)+35% enrolments since 2020 (area median +11%)
  • ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)+26 ICSEA points since 2020

The Success Index summarises the academic environment of a school community using official ACARA data. It is not a measure of teaching quality or student results. Read the methodology.

Student profile

Distribution of students across socio-educational advantage (SEA) quarters, plus community characteristics.

Blacktown Girls High School
Bottom quarterLower middleUpper middleTop quarter
Girls
1,080
Boys
0
Language background other than English
88%
Indigenous students
3%

Enrolments by year level

How Blacktown Girls High School's 1,080 students are spread across year levels in 2025.

Year 7 cohort
184
Year 12 cohort
133

Enrolment trend

How enrolments at Blacktown Girls High School have changed over the past decade.

6298821,1342015: 699 students2016: 712 students2017: 742 students2018: 753 students2019: 780 students2020: 800 students2021: 854 students2022: 920 students2023: 992 students2024: 1,075 students2025: 1,080 students201520172019202120232025
Total enrolments by year. Source: ACARA school profile data.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Blacktown Girls High School a public or private school?

Blacktown Girls High School is a public (government) school run by the New South Wales education department.

What year levels does Blacktown Girls High School offer?

Blacktown Girls High School offers 7 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a secondary school.

How many students attend Blacktown Girls High School?

In 2025, Blacktown Girls High School had 1,080 enrolled students (1,080 girls, 0 boys), a change of 35% over five years.

What is the ICSEA of Blacktown Girls High School?

Blacktown Girls High School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 1046. The national average is 1000, so this indicates a socio-educational profile close to the national average of 1000. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.

How does Blacktown Girls High School rank in NSW?

Blacktown Girls High School ranks 148th of 539 secondary schools in New South Wales on the Success Index (66.9/100), and 360th of 1,472 nationally.

What is the student-to-teacher ratio at Blacktown Girls High School?

Blacktown Girls High School has about 14.3 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.

How big is the Year 7 cohort at Blacktown Girls High School?

In 2025, Blacktown Girls High School had 184 students in Year 7 and 133 in Year 12.

Is Blacktown Girls High School co-ed?

No. Blacktown Girls High School is a girls' school.

What other schools are near Blacktown Girls High School?

There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Blacktown Girls High School in our database. Scroll up to the "Nearby schools" section to compare them by Success Index, ICSEA and enrolments, or use the Compare tool.

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