CatholicPrimary

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Emerald, QLD, 4720

482 students enrolled

School details

Address: 41 Yamala Street, Emerald, QLD, 4720
School code: 5216
ACARA ID: 47810
ICSEA: 1,021
School type: Primary
Website: Visit website

Enrolment history

How this school compares

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

ICSEA

43th

1,021 · peer percentile

Enrolment

73th

482 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

42th

14.7 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

43th

56% · peer percentile

ICSEA is meaningfully above the local suburb average.
Enrolment has declined 20.7% from 2008 to 2025 (608 → 482). Peer schools averaged +23.6% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 51% male / 49% female.

Enrolment trend

608 (2008) → 482 (2025) · -20.7%

Peer average change: +23.6%

ICSEA

Location

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School profile data

Remoteness (2026): Outer Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Flynn
FTE non-teaching staff (2025): 14.8
FTE teaching staff (2025): 32.9
Geolocation (2025): Outer Regional
Governing Body (2025): Catholic Education Queensland
Governing Body Url (2025): https://ceql.catholic.edu.au/
ICSEA percentile (2025): 56
Indigenous enrolments (%) (2025): 4
LBOTE — No (%) (2025): 82
LBOTE — Not stated (%) (2025)

Nearby schools

Emerald State School

Government166 m away

Emerald North State School

Government1.1 km away

Emerald State High School

Government1.1 km away

Capricornia School of Distance Education

Government1.4 km away

This school: 1,021 · 43th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

69 above average

School 1,021 Avg 952

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

69 above average

School 1,021 Avg 952

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

14 below average

School 1,021 Avg 1,035

Enrolment

This school: 482 (2025) · 73th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

455 below average

School 482 Avg 937

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

455 below average

School 482 Avg 937

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

145 above average

School 482 Avg 337

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 14.7 (2025) · 42th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

0.9 below average

School 14.7 Avg 15.6

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

0.9 below average

School 14.7 Avg 15.6

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

about average

School 14.7 Avg 14.6

ICSEA percentile

This school: 56% (2025) · 43th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

28 pts above average

School 56% Avg 28%

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

28 pts above average

School 56% Avg 28%

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

4.2 pts below average

School 56% Avg 60.2%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 4% (2025) · 45th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

9.9 pts below average

School 4% Avg 13.9%

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

9.9 pts below average

School 4% Avg 13.9%

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

4.9 pts below average

School 4% Avg 8.9%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 17% (2025) · 75th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

7.1 pts above average

School 17% Avg 9.9%

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

7.1 pts above average

School 17% Avg 9.9%

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

2.6 pts above average

School 17% Avg 14.4%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 14% (2025) · 46th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

7.9 pts above average

School 14% Avg 6.1%

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

7.9 pts above average

School 14% Avg 6.1%

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

8.4 pts below average

School 14% Avg 22.4%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 19% (2025) · 58th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

24.6 pts below average

School 19% Avg 43.6%

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

24.6 pts below average

School 19% Avg 43.6%

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

about average

School 19% Avg 18.3%

Teaching staff

This school: 37 (2025) · 84th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

6 below average

School 37 Avg 43

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

6 below average

School 37 Avg 43

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

12 above average

School 37 Avg 25

FTE teaching staff

This school: 33 (2025) · 85th percentile among peers

vs Emerald schools (9 schools)

7 below average

School 33 Avg 40

vs Postcode 4720 (9 schools)

7 below average

School 33 Avg 40

vs Queensland catholic primary (196 schools)

12 above average

School 33 Avg 21

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.

1

LBOTE — Yes (%) (2025)

17

Lga Name (2026)

Central Highlands (Qld)

Non-teaching staff (2025)

24

Qld Education Region

Central Queensland

Rolled Reporting (2025)

Individual Reporting

Sa2 Name (2026)

Emerald

Sa3 Name (2026)

Central Highlands (Qld)

Sa4 Name (2026)

Central Queensland

School Url (2025)

http://www.stpatricksemerald.com.au

SEA bottom quarter (%) (2025)

19

SEA lower-middle quarter (%) (2025)

38

SEA top quarter (%) (2025)

14

SEA upper-middle quarter (%) (2025)

29

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Gregory

Teaching staff (2025)

37

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: 72
Enrolments · year 1: 64
Enrolments · year 2: 58
Enrolments · year 3: 64
Enrolments · year 4: 78
Enrolments · year 5: 71
Enrolments · year 6: 75