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Tolga State School

Tolga, QLD, 4882

269 students enrolled

School details

Address: QLD
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 981
School code: 0629
ACARA ID: 46824

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

60th

981 · peer percentile

Enrolment

52th

269 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

55th

13.7 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

61th

38% · peer percentile

A lower share of students have a language background other than English than typical peers (4% vs 15.8%).
Enrolment has grown 1.5% from 2008 to 2025 (265 → 269). Peer schools averaged +7.2% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 52% male / 48% female.

Enrolment trend

265 (2008) → 269 (2025) · +1.5%

Peer average change: +7.2%

Enrolment history

School profile data

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

Remoteness (2026): Outer Regional
Campus type (2025): School Single Entity
Commonwealth Electoral Division (2026): Kennedy
Geolocation (2025): Outer Regional
Governing Body (2025): Queensland Department of Education
Governing Body Url (2025): https://qed.qld.gov.au/
Lga Name (2026): Tablelands
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Atherton
Sa3 Name (2026): Tablelands (East) - Kuranda
Sa4 Name (2026): Cairns

Nearby schools

Atherton State High School

Government4.2 km away

Atherton State School

Government4.3 km away

St Joseph's School

Catholic4.7 km away

ICSEA

This school: 981 · 60th percentile among peers

School

981

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

15 above average

Average

966

Enrolment

This school: 269 (2025) · 52th percentile among peers

School

269

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

54 below average

Average

323

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 13.7 (2025) · 55th percentile among peers

School

13.7

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

1.2 above average

Average

12.5

ICSEA percentile

This school: 38% (2025) · 61th percentile among peers

School

38%

vs Queensland government primary (898 schools)

2 pts above average

Average

36%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 12% (2025) · 54th percentile among peers

School

12%

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

3.9 pts below average

Average

15.9%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 4% (2025) · 25th percentile among peers

School

4%

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

11.8 pts below average

Average

15.8%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 9% (2025) · 63th percentile among peers

School

9%

vs Queensland government primary (898 schools)

2.7 pts below average

Average

11.7%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 32% (2025) · 35th percentile among peers

School

32%

vs Queensland government primary (898 schools)

8.9 pts below average

Average

40.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 23 (2025) · 52th percentile among peers

School

23

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

4 below average

Average

27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 20 (2025) · 51th percentile among peers

School

20

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

4 below average

Average

23

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. Each metric uses one shared scale; the teal marker shows this school's position on every average bar.

School Url (2025)

https://tolgass.eq.edu.au

Special school (2026)

0

State Electoral Division (2026)

Hill

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: 32
Enrolments · year 1: 40
Enrolments · year 2: 30
Enrolments · year 3: 39
Enrolments · year 4: 40
Enrolments · year 5: 46
Enrolments · year 6: 42