CatholicCombined (K–12)

St Augustine's College

Cairns, QLD, 4870

777 students enrolled

School details

Address: 251 Draper Street, Cairns, QLD, 4870
Phone: (07) 4051 5555
Website: Visit website
School type: Secondary
ICSEA: 1,060
School code: 5337
ACARA ID: 47866

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

73%

1,060 · Higher than 73% of peers

Enrolment

44%

777 · Smaller than 56% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

68%

11.8 · Fewer than 68% of peers

ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
Enrolment has grown 40% from 2008 to 2025 (555 → 777). Peer median change was +47.7% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 100% male / 0% female.

Enrolment trend

555 (2008) → 777 (2025) · +40%

Peer median change: +47.7%

ICSEA

Higher than 73% of peers

This school: 1,060
Cairns schoolsavg · 2 schools: 1,01744 above average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 98872 above average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 1,02139 above average

Enrolment

Smaller than 56% of peers · 2025

This school: 777
Cairns schoolsavg · 2 schools: 1,239462 below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 1,004227 below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 85376 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 68% of peers · 2025

This school: 11.8
Cairns schoolsavg · 2 schools: 16.64.8 below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 14.42.6 below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 12.30.5 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 10%
Cairns schoolsavg · 2 schools: 12%2 pts below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 20.6%10.6 pts below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 11.1%1.1 pts below average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 15%
Cairns schoolsavg · 2 schools: 6.5%8.5 pts above average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 29%14 pts below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 11.6%3.4 pts above average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 84% of peers · 2025

This school: 30%
Cairns schoolsavg · 2 schools: 20%10 pts above average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 18.1%11.9 pts above average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 20.1%9.9 pts above average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

Fewer than 77% of peers · 2025

This school: 8%
Cairns schoolsavg · 2 schools: 22.5%14.5 pts below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 27.4%19.4 pts below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 22.6%14.6 pts below average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 71
Cairns schoolsavg · 2 schools: 776 below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 732 below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 71about average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 66
Cairns schoolsavg · 2 schools: 715 below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 671 below average
Queensland catholic combinedavg · 114 schools: 67about 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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