Dimbulah State School
48-50 Kennedy Street, Dimbulah QLD 4872
Dimbulah State School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Dimbulah, QLD from Prep to Year 10 with about 121 students. Its ICSEA is 869, 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
Based on publicly available information, Dimbulah State School is a small government school in the rural Far North Queensland town of Dimbulah, catering from Prep to Year 10 and serving around 150 students. Established in 1914, it operates under the motto "Honour above all" and offers digital learning resources across maths, science, and literacy. As a long-running rural P-10 school, it provides local families continuity of schooling without needing to travel to Mareeba or Cairns for the primary and junior secondary years.
Often praised
- small class sizes
- P-10 continuity locally
- long-established community school
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: low. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Park CollegeGifted class: Gifted class | Bentley Park | Public k–12 / combined · P-12 | 1,771 | 869 |
| Texas P-10 State School | Texas | Public k–12 / combined · K-10 | 141 | 874 |
| Kuranda District State College | Kuranda | Public k–12 / combined · P-12 | 285 | 862 |
| Alpha State School | Alpha | Public k–12 / combined · P-10 | 54 | 879 |
| Aramac State School | Aramac | Public k–12 / combined · K-10 | 45 | 881 |
| Richmond State School | Richmond | Public k–12 / combined · P-10 | 111 | 885 |
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.