Lightning Ridge Central School
Government central/community school in Lightning Ridge, NSW
| Sector | Government |
|---|---|
| Type | Central/Community |
| Year levels | K–12 |
| Enrolment | 311 students |
| Community Advantage Index | 7/100 — Lower advantage |
| Area Year-12 attainment | 27.9% |
| School attendance | 73.3% |
| Value-add (attendance vs area) | -10.5 pts vs what its area predicts — below its area |
| Attendance trend (vs 2019) | -9.8 pts ▼ |
| Diversity | 61% Indigenous · 7% language background |
| Enrolment catchment | Central_primary zone shown on the map above — check if an address is in this zone ▸ (NSW, CC BY 4.0) |
| Suburb | Lightning Ridge, NSW |
| Website | lightningr-c.schools.nsw.gov.au |
School score 6/100 blends this school's own published attendance with the advantage and Year-12 attainment of its area. It is our estimate from open data — not an official rating, not ICSEA, and not a measure of teaching quality.
Area advantage (our Community Advantage Index) is our own estimate of the surrounding community's socio-educational advantage, derived from ABS SEIFA — how it's calculated. It describes the suburb, so every school in Lightning Ridge shares it. It is a community indicator, not a school-quality score, and is not ICSEA.
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Nearby schools
The closest schools to Lightning Ridge Central School, ordered by distance — not by any score.