Fortitude Valley State Secondary College
585 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
Fortitude Valley State Secondary College is a government secondary school in Fortitude Valley, QLD for Year 7 with about 822 students. Its ICSEA is 1,086, 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 online sources describe Fortitude Valley State Secondary College as the first new secondary school built in inner-city Brisbane in over 50 years, opening in 2020 and growing quickly to around 850 students across Years 7 to 12. As a vertical school in the Fortitude Valley precinct, it organises learning into staged phases (Experience, Explore, Navigate, Master) and offers performing arts, sport, STEM and a student mentoring program alongside BYOD device support.
Often praised
- vertical inner-city campus
- staged learning model
- performing arts and STEM programs
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelorum College (Fortitude Valley) | Fortitude Valley | Independent k–12 / combined | 0.4 km | 1,083 | 69 |
| Music Industry College (Fortitude Valley) | Fortitude Valley | Independent high school | 0.7 km | 1,067 | 87 |
| All Hallows' School (Brisbane) | Brisbane | Catholic k–12 / combined | 1.0 km | 1,183 | 1,707 |
| St James College (Brisbane) | Brisbane | Catholic high school | 1.1 km | 978 | 980 |
| St Joseph's College (Brisbane) | Brisbane | Catholic k–12 / combined | 1.1 km | 1,182 | 1,896 |
| Brisbane Girls Grammar School (Brisbane) | Brisbane | Independent high school | 1.7 km | 1,211 | 1,558 |
| Brisbane Grammar School (Brisbane) | Brisbane | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.8 km | 1,210 | 1,996 |
| Queensland Academy for Creative IndustriesFully | Kelvin Grove | Public high school | 2.1 km | 1,128 | 436 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gravatt State High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Mount Gravatt | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,217 | 1,079 |
| Kedron State High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Kedron | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,700 | 1,096 |
| Craigslea State High School | Chermside West | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,236 | 1,070 |
| Cavendish Road State High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Holland Park | Public high school · 7-12 | 2,037 | 1,103 |
| Ferny Grove State High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Ferny Grove | Public high school · 7-12 | 1,881 | 1,069 |
| Benowa State High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Benowa | Public high school · 7-12 | 2,129 | 1,064 |
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.