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Samford State School

Samford Village, QLD, 4520

587 students enrolled

School details

Address: QLD
Phone: (07) 3430 9111
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 1,100
School code: 0094
ACARA ID: 46471

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

Top 7%

1,100 · Higher than 93% of peers

Enrolment

Top 21%

587 · Larger than 79% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

6%

16 · More than 94% of peers

ICSEA ranks in the top quartile among Queensland government primary schools.
Indigenous enrolment share is lower than peers (2% vs average 15.9%).
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (16 vs 12.5).
Enrolment has declined 37.9% from 2008 to 2025 (946 → 587). Peer median change was -5.6% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 51% male / 49% female.

Enrolment trend

946 (2008) → 587 (2025) · -37.9%

Peer median change: -5.6%

ICSEA

This school: · higher than 93% of peers

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Major Cities
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Dickson
Geolocation (2025): Major Cities
Governing Body (2025): Queensland Department of Education
Governing Body Url (2025): https://qed.qld.gov.au/
Lga Name (2026): Moreton Bay
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Samford Valley
Sa3 Name (2026): The Hills District
Sa4 Name (2026): Moreton Bay - South

Nearby schools

Samford Valley Steiner School

Independent2.8 km away

1,100

vs Postcode 4520(3 schools)

27 above average

This school: 1,100
Average: 1,073

vs Queensland government primary(920 schools)

134 above average

This school: 1,100
Average: 966

Enrolment

This school: 587 (2025) · larger than 79% of peers

vs Postcode 4520(3 schools)

322 above average

This school: 587
Average: 265

vs Queensland government primary(920 schools)

264 above average

This school: 587
Average: 323

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 16 (2025) · more than 94% of peers

vs Postcode 4520(3 schools)

3.1 above average

This school: 16
Average: 12.9

vs Queensland government primary(920 schools)

3.5 above average

This school: 16
Average: 12.5

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 2% (2025)

vs Postcode 4520(3 schools)

3.3 pts below average

This school: 2%
Average: 5.3%

vs Queensland government primary(920 schools)

13.9 pts below average

This school: 2%
Average: 15.9%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 8% (2025)

vs Postcode 4520(3 schools)

2.7 pts below average

This school: 8%
Average: 10.7%

vs Queensland government primary(920 schools)

7.8 pts below average

This school: 8%
Average: 15.8%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 39% (2025) · higher than 93% of peers

vs Postcode 4520(3 schools)

9 pts above average

This school: 39%
Average: 30%

vs Queensland government primary(898 schools)

27.3 pts above average

This school: 39%
Average: 11.7%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 6% (2025) · fewer than 95% of peers

vs Postcode 4520(3 schools)

1.7 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 7.7%

vs Queensland government primary(898 schools)

34.9 pts below average

This school: 6%
Average: 40.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 41 (2025)

vs Postcode 4520(3 schools)

14 above average

This school: 41
Average: 27

vs Queensland government primary(920 schools)

15 above average

This school: 41
Average: 27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 37 (2025)

vs Postcode 4520(3 schools)

15 above average

This school: 37
Average: 22

vs Queensland government primary(920 schools)

14 above average

This school: 37
Average: 23

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://samfordss.eq.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Pine Rivers

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: 64
Enrolments · year 1: 81
Enrolments · year 2: 76
Enrolments · year 3: 92
Enrolments · year 4: 93
Enrolments · year 5: 97
Enrolments · year 6: 84