Balaclava State School
418 Mulgrave Road, Mooroobool QLD 4870
Balaclava State School is a government primary school in Mooroobool, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 381 students. Its ICSEA is 797, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Drawn from public online sources: Balaclava State School in Mooroobool is a Queensland state primary school with the motto "Connect - Commit - Excel". Its website lists an active P&C, a tuckshop, religious instruction and a published student code of conduct. Families are kept informed through newsletters, a Facebook presence, an events calendar and annual reports, with multilingual support information available.
Often praised
- Active P&C
- Regular family communication
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady Help of Christians School (Earlville) | Earlville | Catholic primary | 1.1 km | 1,025 | 506 |
| Cairns West State School | Manunda | Public primary | 1.5 km | 784 | 481 |
| St Francis Xavier's School (Manunda) | Manunda | Catholic primary | 1.5 km | 953 | 382 |
| Cairns School of Distance Education | Manunda | Public k–12 / combined | 1.6 km | 1,024 | 3,692 |
| Parramatta State School | Parramatta Park | Public primary | 2.3 km | 887 | 482 |
| St Joseph's School (Cairns) | Parramatta Park | Catholic primary | 2.6 km | 1,029 | 348 |
| Woree State School | Woree | Public primary | 2.6 km | 860 | 530 |
| Whitfield State School | Whitfield | Public primary | 3.2 km | 974 | 774 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in QLD
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toobanna State School | Toobanna | Public primary · P-6 | 18 | 798 |
| Murray River Upper State School | Murray Upper | Public primary · P-6 | 30 | 799 |
| St George State School | St George | Public primary · K-6 | 149 | 794 |
| Flying Fish Point State School | Flying Fish Point | Public primary · P-6 | 45 | 803 |
| Mount Isa Central State School | Mount Isa | Public primary · P-6 | 211 | 791 |
| Croydon State School | Croydon | Public primary · K-6 | 29 | 787 |
About this data
Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.