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Bowen State School

Bowen, QLD, 4805

508 students enrolled

School details

Address: QLD
School code: 0010
ACARA ID: 46400
ICSEA: 927
School type: Primary
Website: Visit website

Enrolment history

How this school compares

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

ICSEA

29th

927 · peer percentile

Enrolment

74th

508 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

81th

15 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

29th

17% · peer percentile

Indigenous enrolment share is 24% vs peer average 15.8%.
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (15 vs 12.5).
Enrolment has grown 8.1% from 2008 to 2025 (470 → 508). Peer schools averaged +7.2% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 50% male / 50% female.

Enrolment trend

470 (2008) → 508 (2025) · +8.1%

Peer average change: +7.2%

Location

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School profile data

Remoteness (2026): Outer Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Dawson
FTE non-teaching staff (2025): 15.8
FTE teaching staff (2025): 33.8
Geolocation (2025): Outer Regional
Governing Body (2025): Queensland Department of Education
Governing Body Url (2025): https://qed.qld.gov.au/
ICSEA percentile (2025): 17
Indigenous enrolments (%) (2025): 24
LBOTE — No (%) (2025): 89
LBOTE — Not stated (%) (2025)

Nearby schools

St Mary's Catholic School

Catholic231 m away

Bowen State High School

Government1.5 km away

Queens Beach State School

Government4.1 km away

ICSEA

This school: 927 · 29th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

3 above average

School 927 Avg 924

vs Postcode 4805 (5 schools)

10 above average

School 927 Avg 917

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

40 below average

School 927 Avg 967

Enrolment

This school: 508 (2025) · 74th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

216 above average

School 508 Avg 292

vs Postcode 4805 (5 schools)

274 above average

School 508 Avg 234

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

185 above average

School 508 Avg 323

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 15 (2025) · 81th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

3.7 above average

School 15 Avg 11.3

vs Postcode 4805 (5 schools)

5.4 above average

School 15 Avg 9.6

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

2.5 above average

School 15 Avg 12.5

ICSEA percentile

This school: 17% (2025) · 29th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

1 pts below average

School 17% Avg 18%

vs Postcode 4805 (4 schools)

1 pts below average

School 17% Avg 18%

vs Queensland government primary (898 schools)

19 pts below average

School 17% Avg 36%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 24% (2025) · 80th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

1 pts above average

School 24% Avg 23%

vs Postcode 4805 (5 schools)

9.4 pts below average

School 24% Avg 33.4%

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

8.2 pts above average

School 24% Avg 15.8%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 11% (2025) · 53th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

3.5 pts above average

School 11% Avg 7.5%

vs Postcode 4805 (5 schools)

1.6 pts below average

School 11% Avg 12.6%

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

4.8 pts below average

School 11% Avg 15.8%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 5% (2025) · 47th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

about average

School 5% Avg 5.3%

vs Postcode 4805 (4 schools)

about average

School 5% Avg 5.3%

vs Queensland government primary (898 schools)

6.7 pts below average

School 5% Avg 11.7%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 47% (2025) · 60th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

1 pts below average

School 47% Avg 48%

vs Postcode 4805 (4 schools)

1 pts below average

School 47% Avg 48%

vs Queensland government primary (898 schools)

6.1 pts above average

School 47% Avg 40.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 39 (2025) · 71th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

12 above average

School 39 Avg 28

vs Postcode 4805 (5 schools)

16 above average

School 39 Avg 23

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

13 above average

School 39 Avg 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 34 (2025) · 69th percentile among peers

vs Bowen schools (4 schools)

9 above average

School 34 Avg 24

vs Postcode 4805 (5 schools)

14 above average

School 34 Avg 20

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

11 above average

School 34 Avg 23

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.

0

LBOTE — Yes (%) (2025)

11

Lga Name (2026)

Whitsunday

Non-teaching staff (2025)

23

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Bowen

Sa3 Name (2026)

Bowen Basin - North

Sa4 Name (2026)

Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday

School Url (2025)

https://bowenss.eq.edu.au

SEA bottom quarter (%) (2025)

47

SEA lower-middle quarter (%) (2025)

34

SEA top quarter (%) (2025)

5

SEA upper-middle quarter (%) (2025)

15

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Burdekin

Teaching staff (2025)

39

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: 67
Enrolments · year 1: 67
Enrolments · year 2: 73
Enrolments · year 3: 61
Enrolments · year 4: 91
Enrolments · year 5: 67
Enrolments · year 6: 82