GovernmentCombined (K–12)

Ipswich West Special School

West Ipswich, QLD, 4305

135 students enrolled

School details

Address: QLD
Phone: (07) 3813 5111
Website: Visit website
School type: Special
ICSEA: 950
School code: 3015
ACARA ID: 47591

Location

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How this school compares

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

ICSEA

49%

950 · Higher than 49% of peers

Enrolment

17%

135 · Smaller than 83% of peers

Students per FTE teacher

88%

4.2 · Fewer than 88% of peers

Fewer students per FTE teacher than peer average (4.2 vs 10.3).
Enrolment has grown 214% from 2008 to 2025 (43 → 135). Peer median change was +12.3% (schools with ≥50 students at start of their span).
Gender split is about 75% male / 25% female.

Enrolment trend

43 (2008) → 135 (2025) · +214%

Peer median change: +12.3%

ICSEA

Higher than 49% of peers

This school: 950
Postcode 4305avg · 25 schools: 97424 below average
Queensland government combinedavg · 329 schools: 9522 below average

Enrolment

Smaller than 83% of peers · 2025

This school: 135
Postcode 4305avg · 25 schools: 576441 below average
Queensland government combinedavg · 329 schools: 842707 below average

Students per FTE teacher

Fewer than 88% of peers · 2025

This school: 4.2
Postcode 4305avg · 25 schools: 13.69.4 below average
Queensland government combinedavg · 329 schools: 10.36.1 below average

Indigenous enrolments

2025

This school: 19%
Postcode 4305avg · 25 schools: 14.7%4.3 pts above average
Queensland government combinedavg · 329 schools: 18.1%about average

LBOTE (language background other than English)

2025

This school: 15%
Postcode 4305avg · 25 schools: 13.6%1.4 pts above average
Queensland government combinedavg · 329 schools: 19.4%4.4 pts below average

Students in top SEA quarter

Higher than 60% of peers · 2025

This school: 7%
Postcode 4305avg · 25 schools: 11%4 pts below average
Queensland government combinedavg · 328 schools: 9.6%2.6 pts below average

Students in bottom SEA quarter

More than 60% of peers · 2025

This school: 49%
Postcode 4305avg · 25 schools: 39.2%9.8 pts above average
Queensland government combinedavg · 328 schools: 43.8%5.2 pts above average

Teaching staff

2025

This school: 34
Postcode 4305avg · 25 schools: 4612 below average
Queensland government combinedavg · 329 schools: 7642 below average

FTE teaching staff

2025

This school: 32
Postcode 4305avg · 25 schools: 4311 below average
Queensland government combinedavg · 329 schools: 7139 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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