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Elizabeth Macarthur High: Selective Entry & Places
Elizabeth Macarthur High School is a partially selective co-educational high school in Narellan Vale, Macarthur. It offers 60 Year 7 selective places, entered through the Selective High School Placement Test.
A Macarthur-region school, partially selective since 2010, offering selective, mainstream and support streams.
Elizabeth Macarthur High School at a glance
| Type | Partially selective |
|---|---|
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Suburb | Narellan Vale, Macarthur |
| Year 7 places | 60, 2027 entry — per aggregated Department data (AcePath) |
| Entry routes | Year 7 via the Selective High School Placement Test.Selective-stream vacancies in later years are filled by application to the school. |
| Boarding | None — day school. |
| Official website | elizabeth-h.schools.nsw.gov.au |
How entry works
Year 7 entry to Elizabeth Macarthur High runs through the statewide NSW Selective High School Placement Test, sat in Year 6. There is no separate school exam and no catchment for selective places — you nominate the school among your preferences, and offers are made from a single statewide placement score. The steps and deadlines are in our application walkthrough.
About one applicant in four receives a selective place across the state. A miss says very little about a capable child — with roughly four applicants for every place, the maths alone means most well-prepared children miss out, and are fine.
Later years: Selective-stream vacancies in later years are filled by application to the school.
The last-published entry score — read this honestly
The last time the Department published a per-school minimum entry score was for 2021 entry, on the retired 300-point scale. For Elizabeth Macarthur High School that figure was 161/300 (161/300 the year before).
That is a historical record, not a current cut-off. The test and its scoring have changed since — four equally-weighted components, computer-based, no school-assessment mark — the Department no longer publishes per-school minimums, and it states plainly that there is no set entry score. Treat any "current" cut-off you see quoted for Elizabeth Macarthur High as an estimate, not a fact.
Where these figures come from, why the Department stopped publishing them, and how to sanity-check any number you read: our cut-off scores guide.
Known for
- A co-educational secondary school at Narellan Vale in the Macarthur / Camden region, partially selective since 2010.
- Offers selective, mainstream and support enrolment streams for around 1,300 students.
- Runs a selective stream alongside its local comprehensive intake.
Families near Narellan Vale
Many families sitting for Elizabeth Macarthur High come from the surrounding suburbs. We compare the selective coaching options — centre by centre, with published prices — for Oran Park.
Other nearby areas: Narellan, Camden, Currans Hill, Harrington Park, Mount Annan, Gregory Hills.