GovernmentPrimary

Cairns West State School

Manunda, QLD, 4870

481 students enrolled

School details

Address: QLD
Phone: (07) 4037 9777
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 784
School code: 1522
ACARA ID: 47171

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

Bottom 2%

784 · Lower than 98% of peers

Enrolment

Top 29%

481 · Larger than 71% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

72%

11.5 · Fewer than 72% 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 (70% vs 15.7%).
Indigenous enrolment share is higher than peers (59% vs average 15.8%).
Enrolment has declined 5.5% from 2008 to 2025 (509 → 481). Peer median change was -5.7% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).

Enrolment trend

509 (2008) → 481 (2025) · -5.5%

Peer median change: -5.7%

ICSEA

Lower than 98% of peers

This school: 784
Manunda schoolsavg · 3 schools: 962178 below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 1,003219 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 967183 below average

Enrolment

Larger than 71% of peers · 2025

This school: 481
Manunda schoolsavg · 3 schools: 1,9531,472 below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 1,019538 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 323158 above average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 72% of peers · 2025

This school: 11.5
Manunda schoolsavg · 3 schools: 16.24.7 below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 14.42.9 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 12.51 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 59%
Manunda schoolsavg · 3 schools: 25.7%33.3 pts above average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 18%41 pts above average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 15.8%43.2 pts above average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 70%
Manunda schoolsavg · 3 schools: 35%35 pts above average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 26.1%43.9 pts above average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 15.7%54.3 pts above average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 14% of peers · 2025

This school: 1%
Manunda schoolsavg · 3 schools: 12%11 pts below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 19.6%18.6 pts below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 898 schools: 11.7%10.7 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 97% of peers · 2025

This school: 78%
Manunda schoolsavg · 3 schools: 34.3%43.7 pts above average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 23.7%54.3 pts above average
Queensland government primaryavg · 898 schools: 40.8%37.2 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 45
Manunda schoolsavg · 3 schools: 12075 below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 7530 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 2719 above average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 42
Manunda schoolsavg · 3 schools: 11270 below average
Postcode 4870avg · 19 schools: 6826 below average
Queensland government primaryavg · 920 schools: 2319 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

NAPLAN results, attendance, and finance for Cairns West State School are published on the official My School website. SchoolGuide.au links there rather than republishing that data.

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