Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Guildford, New South Wales 2161 · Cumberland LGA
#509 of 539 high schools in NSW
#1387 of 1,472 nationally
About Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School is a public high school located in Guildford, New South Wales (2161), within the Cumberland local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 733 students (344 girls and 389 boys).
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School has an ICSEA value of 855, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 5th percentile of Australian schools. 1% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 85% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 60 teachers (69.8 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.5 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 19% over the past five years.
On the Success Index, Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School scores 21.5 out of 100, placing it in the lower 50% of secondary schools nationally and 509th of 539 secondary schools in NSW (12th of 13 in the Cumberland area).
Success Index breakdown
Each component is a percentile against schools of the same type across Australia.
- Socio-educational advantage (ICSEA) (50%)ICSEA 855
- Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)1% of students
- Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)10.5 students per teacher
- Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)+19% enrolments since 2020 (area median +4%)
- ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)-38 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.
Enrolments by year level
How Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School's 733 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Blaxcell Street Public School
Granville · Government primary · K-6
948 students · ICSEA 957 · 836 m away
Rowland Hassall School
Chester Hill · Government special · U
63 students · ICSEA 889 · 1.1 km away
Old Guildford Public School
Guildford · Government primary · P-6
411 students · ICSEA 903 · 1.3 km away
Granville South Public School
Guildford · Government primary · K-6
323 students · ICSEA 933 · 1.3 km away
Chester Hill North Public School
Chester Hill · Government primary · K-6
400 students · ICSEA 950 · 1.3 km away
Guildford Public School
Guildford · Government primary · K-6
623 students · ICSEA 943 · 1.5 km away
Chester Hill High School
Chester Hill · Government high school · 7-12
1,056 students · ICSEA 912 · 1.6 km away
Granville East Public School
Granville · Government primary · K-6
259 students · ICSEA 923 · 1.8 km away
Holy Family Primary School
Granville East · Catholic primary · K-6
235 students · ICSEA 1004 · 1.9 km away
Salamah College
Chester Hill · Independent combined · K-12
1,353 students · ICSEA 989 · 1.9 km away
Similar schools
Government secondary schools in NSW with a comparable ICSEA.
Wee Waa High School
Wee Waa · Government high school · 7-12
181 students · ICSEA 853
Tamworth High School
South Tamworth · Government high school · 7-12
663 students · ICSEA 860
Chifley College Bidwill Campus
Bidwill · Government high school · 7-12
720 students · ICSEA 849
Melville High School
Kempsey · Government high school · 7-12
355 students · ICSEA 849
Gilgandra High School
Gilgandra · Government high school · 7-12
185 students · ICSEA 849
Kempsey High School
Kempsey · Government high school · 7-12
584 students · ICSEA 848
Frequently asked questions
Is Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School a public or private school?
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School is a public (government) school run by the New South Wales education department.
What year levels does Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School offer?
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School offers 7 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a secondary school.
How many students attend Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School?
In 2025, Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School had 733 enrolled students (344 girls, 389 boys), a change of 19% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School?
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 855. The national average is 1000, so this indicates a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.
How does Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School rank in NSW?
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School ranks 509th of 539 secondary schools in New South Wales on the Success Index (21.5/100), and 1387th of 1,472 nationally.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio at Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School?
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School has about 10.5 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School?
In 2025, Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School had 126 students in Year 7 and 81 in Year 12.
Is Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School co-ed?
Yes. Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School?
There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Granville South Creative and Performing Arts 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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