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Mission Beach State School

Wongaling Beach, QLD, 4852

296 students enrolled

School details

Address: QLD
Website: Visit website
School type: Primary
ICSEA: 991
School code: 1324
ACARA ID: 47106

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

64th

991 · peer percentile

Enrolment

55th

296 · peer percentile

Students per FTE teacher

92th

15.7 · peer percentile

ICSEA percentile

66th

43% · peer percentile

Indigenous enrolment share is 6% vs peer average 15.9%.
More students per FTE teacher than peer average (15.7 vs 12.5).
Enrolment has declined 13.7% from 2008 to 2025 (343 → 296). Peer schools averaged +7.3% over their own spans.
Gender split is about 49% male / 51% female.

Enrolment trend

343 (2008) → 296 (2025) · -13.7%

Peer average change: +7.3%

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): Cassowary Coast
Rolled Reporting (2025): Individual Reporting
Sa2 Name (2026): Tully
Sa3 Name (2026): Innisfail - Cassowary Coast
Sa4 Name (2026): Cairns

Nearby schools

The Rainforest School

Independent2.7 km away

ICSEA

This school: 991 · 64th percentile among peers

School

991

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

25 above average

Average

966

Enrolment

This school: 296 (2025) · 55th percentile among peers

School

296

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

27 below average

Average

323

Students per FTE teacher

This school: 15.7 (2025) · 92th percentile among peers

School

15.7

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

3.2 above average

Average

12.5

ICSEA percentile

This school: 43% (2025) · 66th percentile among peers

School

43%

vs Queensland government primary (898 schools)

7 pts above average

Average

36%

Indigenous enrolments

This school: 6% (2025) · 31th percentile among peers

School

6%

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

9.9 pts below average

Average

15.9%

LBOTE (language background other than English)

This school: 15% (2025) · 65th percentile among peers

School

15%

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

about average

Average

15.8%

Students in top SEA quarter

This school: 12% (2025) · 71th percentile among peers

School

12%

vs Queensland government primary (898 schools)

about average

Average

11.7%

Students in bottom SEA quarter

This school: 34% (2025) · 39th percentile among peers

School

34%

vs Queensland government primary (898 schools)

6.9 pts below average

Average

40.9%

Teaching staff

This school: 21 (2025) · 48th percentile among peers

School

21

vs Queensland government primary (920 schools)

6 below average

Average

27

FTE teaching staff

This school: 19 (2025) · 50th percentile among peers

School

19

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://missionbeachss.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: 35
Enrolments · year 1: 43
Enrolments · year 2: 39
Enrolments · year 3: 40
Enrolments · year 4: 54
Enrolments · year 5: 45
Enrolments · year 6: 40