CatholicPrimary

St Francis Catholic School

Ayr, QLD, 4807

222 students enrolled

School details

Address: 99 Edwards Street, Ayr, QLD, 4807
Phone: (07) 4783 2877
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,007
School code: 5243
ACARA ID: 47822

Location

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How this school compares

Benchmarks against nearby schools and similar peers (Queensland catholic primary) using ICSEA, enrolments, staffing, and student background data.

ICSEA

35th

1,007 · peer percentile

Enrolment

35th

222 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

58th

15.9 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

36th

50% · peer percentile

ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
Indigenous enrolment share is 3% vs peer average 8.9%.
Enrolment has declined 16.9% from 2008 to 2025 (267 → 222). Peer schools averaged +23.5% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 50% male / 50% female.

Enrolment trend

267 (2008) → 222 (2025) · -16.9%

Peer average change: +23.5%

Enrolment history

School profile data

Program and context details. Student and staffing benchmarks are in How this school compares above.

Remoteness (2026): Outer Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Dawson
Geolocation (2025): Outer Regional
Governing Body (2025): Catholic Education Queensland
Governing Body Url (2025): https://ceql.catholic.edu.au/
Lga Name (2026): Burdekin
Qld Education Region: North Queensland
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Ayr
Sa3 Name (2026): Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham

Nearby schools

Ayr State School

Government966 m away

Burdekin School

Government1.1 km away

Ayr State High School

Government1.1 km away

Burdekin Catholic High School

Catholic1.5 km away

ICSEA

This school: 1,007 · 35th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

87 above average

This school: 1,007
Average: 921

vs Postcode 4807(11 schools)

70 above average

This school: 1,007
Average: 937

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

28 below average

This school: 1,007
Average: 1,035

Enrolment

This school: 222 (2025) · 35th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

70 below average

This school: 222
Average: 292

vs Postcode 4807(11 schools)

55 above average

This school: 222
Average: 167

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

116 below average

This school: 222
Average: 338

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 15.9 (2025) · 58th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

6.5 above average

This school: 15.9
Average: 9.4

vs Postcode 4807(11 schools)

7.2 above average

This school: 15.9
Average: 8.7

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

1.3 above average

This school: 15.9
Average: 14.6

ICSEA percentile

This school: 50% (2025) · 36th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

27.7 pts above average

This school: 50%
Average: 22.3%

vs Postcode 4807(10 schools)

26.5 pts above average

This school: 50%
Average: 23.5%

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

10.2 pts below average

This school: 50%
Average: 60.2%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 3% (2025) · 37th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

21.3 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 24.3%

vs Postcode 4807(11 schools)

19.3 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 22.3%

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

5.9 pts below average

This school: 3%
Average: 8.9%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 7% (2025) · 35th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

6.7 pts below average

This school: 7%
Average: 13.7%

vs Postcode 4807(11 schools)

5.1 pts below average

This school: 7%
Average: 12.1%

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

7.4 pts below average

This school: 7%
Average: 14.4%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 11% (2025) · 34th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

5 pts above average

This school: 11%
Average: 6%

vs Postcode 4807(10 schools)

5.7 pts above average

This school: 11%
Average: 5.3%

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

11.5 pts below average

This school: 11%
Average: 22.5%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 27% (2025) · 79th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

21.5 pts below average

This school: 27%
Average: 48.5%

vs Postcode 4807(10 schools)

16.8 pts below average

This school: 27%
Average: 43.8%

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

8.8 pts above average

This school: 27%
Average: 18.2%

Teaching staff

This school: 17 (2025) · 32th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

14 below average

This school: 17
Average: 31

vs Postcode 4807(11 schools)

1 below average

This school: 17
Average: 18

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

8 below average

This school: 17
Average: 25

FTE teaching staff

This school: 14 (2025) · 32th percentile among peers

vs Ayr schools(6 schools)

13 below average

This school: 14
Average: 27

vs Postcode 4807(11 schools)

2 below average

This school: 14
Average: 16

vs Queensland catholic primary(196 schools)

8 below average

This school: 14
Average: 22

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA and SEA describe socio-educational advantage, not school quality. LBOTE / Indigenous shares and FOEI are context, not rankings. Each comparison shows this school and the group average as two bars on one shared scale.

Sa4 Name (2026)

Townsville

School Url (2025)

http://www.sfatsv.catholic.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Burdekin

Year range (2025)

Prep-6

Enrolments by grade

Offers: one year before year 1, year 1, year 2, year 3, year 4, year 5, year 6

Enrolments · one year before year 1: 32
Enrolments · year 1: 38
Enrolments · year 2: 30
Enrolments · year 3: 29
Enrolments · year 4: 31
Enrolments · year 5: 33
Enrolments · year 6: 29