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Melrose High School

Pearce, ACT 2607 · ACT Education Directorate

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ICSEA

1079

78th percentile nationally

Top tier

Total enrolments

776

Secondary

Student–teacher ratio

14:1

57.2 FTE teachers

Gender mix

48% / 52%

girls / boys

Language background

31%

non-English at home

Socio-educational advantage

Share of students in each national SEA quarter (bottom = most disadvantaged, top = most advantaged).

Bottom: 13%

Lower-mid: 20%

Upper-mid: 30%

Top: 37%

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Source: ACARA My School 2025. ICSEA reflects the socio-educational background of a school's students — not academic results or teaching quality. National average = 1000. See data sources.