CatholicCombined (K–12)

St James College

Brisbane, QLD, 4000

980 students enrolled

School details

Address: 201 Boundary Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000
Phone: (07) 3230 8600
Website: Visit website
School type: Combined
ICSEA: 978
School code: 5304
ACARA ID: 47853

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

17%

978 · Higher than 17% of peers

Enrolment

Top 38%

980 · Larger than 62% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

57%

12.1 · Fewer than 57% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among Queensland catholic combined schools.
ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
A higher share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (64% vs 11.2%).
Enrolment has grown 108.1% from 2008 to 2025 (471 → 980). Peer median change was +46.7% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 57% male / 43% female.

Enrolment trend

471 (2008) → 980 (2025) · +108.1%

Peer median change: +46.7%

ICSEA

Higher than 17% of peers

This school: 978
Brisbane schoolsavg · 4 schools: 1,197219 below average
Postcode 4000avg · 7 schools: 1,155177 below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 1,02244 below average

Enrolment

Larger than 62% of peers · 2025

This school: 980
Brisbane schoolsavg · 4 schools: 1,789809 below average
Postcode 4000avg · 7 schools: 1,126146 below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 851129 above average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 57% of peers · 2025

This school: 12.1
Brisbane schoolsavg · 4 schools: 11.20.9 above average
Postcode 4000avg · 7 schools: 11.50.6 above average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 12.3about average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 7%
Brisbane schoolsavg · 4 schools: 0.8%6.2 pts above average
Postcode 4000avg · 7 schools: 1%6 pts above average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 11.1%4.1 pts below average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 64%
Brisbane schoolsavg · 4 schools: 26.5%37.5 pts above average
Postcode 4000avg · 7 schools: 31.9%32.1 pts above average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 11.2%52.8 pts above average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 47% of peers · 2025

This school: 14%
Brisbane schoolsavg · 4 schools: 77.8%63.8 pts below average
Postcode 4000avg · 7 schools: 62%48 pts below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 20.2%6.2 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 85% of peers · 2025

This school: 41%
Brisbane schoolsavg · 4 schools: 0.5%40.5 pts above average
Postcode 4000avg · 7 schools: 3.1%37.9 pts above average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 22.3%18.7 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 83
Brisbane schoolsavg · 4 schools: 18299 below average
Postcode 4000avg · 7 schools: 11229 below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 7112 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 81
Brisbane schoolsavg · 4 schools: 16281 below average
Postcode 4000avg · 7 schools: 10019 below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 6615 above average

Peer group = same state, sector, and education level. ICSEA describes socio-educational advantage of the school community, not school quality. Indigenous and LBOTE shares are context only (shown in the detail comparisons below, not as ranking tiles). Each metric shows this school once, then peer-group averages on the same scale.

NAPLAN & official outcomes

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