GovernmentCombined (K–12)

Calliope State High School

Calliope, QLD, 4680

437 students enrolled

School details

Address: QLD
Phone: (07) 4975 9777
Website: Visit website
School type: Secondary
ICSEA: 949
School code: 9790
ACARA ID: 52801

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

48%

949 · Higher than 48% of peers

Enrolment

42%

437 · Smaller than 58% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

44%

11.2 · More than 56% of peers

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (5% vs 19.5%).
Indigenous enrolment share is lower than peers (10% vs average 18.1%).
Enrolment has grown 151.1% from 2020 to 2025 (174 → 437). Peer median change was +12% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 49% male / 51% female.

Enrolment trend

174 (2020) → 437 (2025) · +151.1%

Peer median change: +12%

ICSEA

This school: 949 · higher than 48% of peers

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Inner Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Flynn
Geolocation (2025): Inner Regional
Governing Body (2025): Queensland Department of Education
Governing Body Url (2025): https://qed.qld.gov.au/
Lga Name (2026): Gladstone
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Gladstone Hinterland
Sa3 Name (2026): Gladstone
Sa4 Name (2026): Central Queensland

Nearby schools

Calliope State School

Government1.3 km away

vs Postcode 4680(22 schools)

22 below average

This school: 949
Average: 971

vs Queensland government combined(329 schools)

3 below average

This school: 949
Average: 952

Enrolment

This school: 437 (2025) · smaller than 58% of peers

vs Postcode 4680(22 schools)

49 below average

This school: 437
Average: 486

vs Queensland government combined(329 schools)

404 below average

This school: 437
Average: 841

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 11.2 (2025) · more than 56% of peers

vs Postcode 4680(22 schools)

1.4 below average

This school: 11.2
Average: 12.6

vs Queensland government combined(329 schools)

0.9 above average

This school: 11.2
Average: 10.3

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 10% (2025)

vs Postcode 4680(22 schools)

2.1 pts below average

This school: 10%
Average: 12.1%

vs Queensland government combined(329 schools)

8.1 pts below average

This school: 10%
Average: 18.1%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 5% (2025)

vs Postcode 4680(22 schools)

4.2 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 9.2%

vs Queensland government combined(329 schools)

14.5 pts below average

This school: 5%
Average: 19.5%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 1% (2025) · lower than 90% of peers

vs Postcode 4680(22 schools)

7.4 pts below average

This school: 1%
Average: 8.4%

vs Queensland government combined(328 schools)

8.6 pts below average

This school: 1%
Average: 9.6%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 50% (2025) · more than 62% of peers

vs Postcode 4680(22 schools)

10.5 pts above average

This school: 50%
Average: 39.5%

vs Queensland government combined(328 schools)

6.2 pts above average

This school: 50%
Average: 43.8%

Teaching staff

This school: 41 (2025)

vs Postcode 4680(22 schools)

1 above average

This school: 41
Average: 40

vs Queensland government combined(329 schools)

35 below average

This school: 41
Average: 76

FTE teaching staff

This school: 39 (2025)

vs Postcode 4680(22 schools)

3 above average

This school: 39
Average: 36

vs Queensland government combined(329 schools)

32 below average

This school: 39
Average: 71

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 comparison shows this school and the group average as two bars on one shared scale.

School Url (2025)

https://calliopeshs.eq.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Callide

Year range (2025)

7-12

Enrolments by grade

Offers: year 10, year 11, year 12, year 7, year 8, year 9

Enrolments · year 10: 82
Enrolments · year 11: 70
Enrolments · year 12: 62
Enrolments · year 7: 66
Enrolments · year 8: 71
Enrolments · year 9: 86