Bell State School
90 Dennis Street, Bell QLD 4408
Bell State School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Bell, QLD from Prep to Year 10 with about 73 students. Its ICSEA is 946, 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
Public information about Bell State School, drawn from the school's own website and independent school-guide listings, describes a small P-10 school at the foot of the Bunya Mountains serving Bell's rural community. Primary students attend weekly specialist lessons in HPE, music, drama, languages and art, while secondary students choose from subjects including business studies, home economics, wood and metal technology, graphics, media studies and visual arts. A state-supported kindergarten program runs five days per fortnight, and the school promotes a Positive Behaviour for Learning culture built around being safe, respectful and an active learner.
Often praised
- small class sizes
- broad specialist subject range
- strong rural community ties
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Bell State School on My School · Why some data is missing
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinalow Prep-10 State School | Quinalow | Public k–12 / combined | 25.1 km | 937 | 94 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney P-10 State School | Killarney | Public k–12 / combined · P-10 | 131 | 946 |
| Theodore State School | Theodore | Public k–12 / combined · P-10 | 150 | 947 |
| Charters Towers School of Distance Education | Millchester | Public k–12 / combined · P-12 | 2,395 | 948 |
| Springsure State School | Springsure | Public k–12 / combined · P-10 | 168 | 944 |
| Crow's Nest State School | Crows Nest | Public k–12 / combined · P-10 | 181 | 949 |
| Allora P-10 State School | Allora | Public k–12 / combined · P-10 | 211 | 951 |
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.