Great Lakes College Forster Campus is a government secondary school in Forster, New South Wales, with 478 reported enrolments, a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1, and an ICSEA percentile of 20.
Quick school snapshot
School model
Great Lakes College Forster Campus is listed as Government and Secondary, with a reported year range of 7-10.
Enrolment size
The school reports 478 total enrolments, including 236 girls and 242 boys where available.
ICSEA context
The ICSEA value is 936, with percentile 20 in the current dataset.
Gender profile
The gender type is Co-educational, with a reported mix of 49.4% girls and 50.6% boys.
Staff ratio
The student-teacher ratio is 9.5:1, based on 50.3 FTE teaching staff where available.
Local area
The campus is in Forster, New South Wales, within Mid-Coast.
Profile signals
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Great Lakes College Forster Campus is listed as a government secondary school in Forster, New South Wales. The profile reports 478 total enrolments, an ICSEA value of 936, and a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1 where available. The reported year range is 7-10, and the campus sits within Mid-Coast local government area.
Enrolment
478
reported total enrolments
236 girls
242 boys
Great Lakes College Forster Campus reports 478 total enrolments, including 236 girls and 242 boys. The reported enrolment mix is 49.4% girls and 50.6% boys.
Socio-educational
20
percentile where available
ICSEA
936
Great Lakes College Forster Campus sits at the 20 ICSEA percentile in the reported dataset.
SEA quarters
Bottom
49%
Lower-middle
27%
Upper-middle
16%
Top
8%
The socio-educational distribution lists 49% in the bottom quarter, 27% in the lower-middle quarter, 16% in the upper-middle quarter, and 8% in the top quarter.
Staff
Teaching staff
55
FTE teaching
50.3
Non-teaching
25
Student-teacher
9.5:1
The profile reports 55 teaching staff and 25 non-teaching staff, with a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
Location
Location context combines suburb, postcode, administrative areas and a direct maps link where data is available.
Governance
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Community
Student community indicators are reported as percentages where available.
Nearby
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FAQ
Great Lakes College Forster Campus has 478 reported total enrolments. The student profile lists 236 girls and 242 boys where gender enrolment fields are available.
Great Lakes College Forster Campus is listed as a Government school with school type Secondary. The reported year range is 7-10.
Great Lakes College Forster Campus is located in Forster, NSW 2428. The local government area is Mid-Coast.
The ICSEA value for Great Lakes College Forster Campus is 936 and the ICSEA percentile is 20. If either value is missing in the source data, it is shown as Not available rather than zero.
Great Lakes College Forster Campus is listed as Co-educational. The reported gender mix is 49.4% girls and 50.6% boys where percentage fields are available.
Data note
This page uses structured 2025 Australian school profile data. Some values may be unavailable where they are not reported in the source dataset. Profile pages are designed to make enrolment, ICSEA, location and school context easier to compare.
