Students
There are currently approximately 1030 students enrolled through Years 7 through to 12. Macquarie Fields High School is both a community and academically selective high school; admission to Macquarie Fields in Year 7 is by a government examination, the Selective High Schools Test, which is open to all Year 6 students in NSW or opened to students living in the Macquarie Fields student catchment area. A small number of students from other high schools are accepted into years 8 to 11, with application made directly to the school. Of the student population, over 72% are from a non-English-speaking background, predominantly Bangladeshi (16.3%), Indian (10.2%), Chinese (26.9), Vietnamese (35.7%), Filipino (4.4%), Arabic (4%).
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