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Mackay Central State School

Mackay, QLD, 4740

216 students enrolled

School details

Address: QLD
Phone: (07) 4969 3111
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 908
School code: 0071
ACARA ID: 46454

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

21%

908 · Higher than 21% of peers

Enrolment

47%

216 · Smaller than 53% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

56%

13 · Fewer than 56% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the bottom quartile among Queensland government primary schools.
ICSEA is meaningfully below the local suburb average.
A higher share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (48% vs 15.8%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (27% vs average 15.8%).
Enrolment has grown 7.5% from 2008 to 2025 (201 → 216). Peer median change was -5.7% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

201 (2008) → 216 (2025) · +7.5%

Peer median change: -5.7%

ICSEA

Higher than 21% of peers

This school: 908
Mackay schoolsavg · 4 schools: 96658 below average
Postcode 4740avg · 31 schools: 96456 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 96759 below average

Enrolment

Smaller than 53% of peers · 2025

This school: 216
Mackay schoolsavg · 4 schools: 629413 below average
Postcode 4740avg · 31 schools: 536320 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 323107 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 56% of peers · 2025

This school: 13
Mackay schoolsavg · 4 schools: 12.70.3 above average
Postcode 4740avg · 31 schools: 13.70.7 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 12.50.5 above average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 27%
Mackay schoolsavg · 4 schools: 18.8%8.2 pts above average
Postcode 4740avg · 31 schools: 15.8%11.2 pts above average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 15.8%11.2 pts above average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 48%
Mackay schoolsavg · 4 schools: 15.5%32.5 pts above average
Postcode 4740avg · 31 schools: 14%34 pts above average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 15.8%32.2 pts above average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 52% of peers · 2025

This school: 6%
Mackay schoolsavg · 4 schools: 10.8%4.8 pts below average
Postcode 4740avg · 31 schools: 8.5%2.5 pts below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 898 schools: 11.7%5.7 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 72% of peers · 2025

This school: 54%
Mackay schoolsavg · 4 schools: 33.3%20.7 pts above average
Postcode 4740avg · 31 schools: 39.8%14.2 pts above average
Queensland government primaryavg · 898 schools: 40.8%13.2 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 19
Mackay schoolsavg · 4 schools: 6041 below average
Postcode 4740avg · 31 schools: 4526 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 278 below average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 17
Mackay schoolsavg · 4 schools: 5235 below average
Postcode 4740avg · 31 schools: 4023 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 237 below 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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