Smith's Hill High School, Wollongong School Profile, Ranking, Reviews

Smith's Hill High School, Wollongong

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School Facts

School sector:

Government(selective)

School type:

Secondary school

Gender:

Co-Ed

Total student:

759 (boy:384, girl:375)

Total staff:

Student attendance:

94%

None-english student:

29%

ICSEA value:

1145, ranks No.250 More ICSEA Ranking...

ICSEA distribution:

Bottom quarter	Middle quarters		Top quarter
8%	6%	30%	57%

HSC rank:

No.40 (2015), No.45 (2014), No.45 (2013), No.46 (2012), No.39 (2011), No.39 (2010), No.41 (2009), No.58 (2008)

Website:

http://www.smithshill-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Location:

Wollongong

Address:

Gipps St, Wollongong NSW 2500

Nearby:

House Price House Rent Public Transport

Minimum entry score:

184

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School Comment

Smith's Hill High School is a co-educational selective high school situated in central Wollongong in the Illawarra and South East Region of the Department of Education and Training in New South Wales. Entry into Year 7 is through a state administered exami... more

Student Assessment

	Reading	Writing	Spelling	Grammar	Numeracy	Rank
Year 7	659	612	635	650	662	18
Year 9	688	665	674	677	700	20

Student assessment is based on he National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy(NAPLAN) results in 2011.

Reviews

By Student - 27 May 2015, Rate: excellent

As was mentioned before, the school's facilities tend to be of a rather poor quality and organisation in general is sub-par. In contrast to its label as an academically fixated institution, the school highly encourages extracurricular involvement from the student body, separating it from other schools of its kind. The teaching staff are solid and promote intellectual rigor in order to allow for a high quality of education.

By Student - 02 Oct 2014, Rate: excellent

super cool

By Student - 15 Mar 2014, Rate: excellent

i'm currently in year twelve, however only moved to the school at the beginning of year ten, having gone to st marys previously. i do think the school is a good school, however too much emphasis is placed upon independent learning and teachers expect students to excel without giving much direction or offering much help. i appreciate the skills i picked up at st marys, as they came in excellent use at smiths hill. i seemed to excel at basic skills compared to all the other students, however the other students excelled at the more difficult stuff, as they had been taught to focus on this. generally, the facilities aren't very good, and the school is very impoverished, however that may the case at all public schools. i believe the school needs more funding to properly accommodate for all the students. generally, the school is rather boring, there hasn't been one fight the entire time i have been here, and students are usually well behaved. the only problem is the teacher's attitude and the possibly unhealthy competitive environment.

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