Ironside State School
2 Hawken Drive, St Lucia QLD 4067
Ironside State School is a government primary school in St Lucia, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 895 students. Its ICSEA is 1,178, 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: Ironside State School in St Lucia, established in 1870, is a highly multicultural school with students from over 50 nationalities. Its motto is "I will keep the faith". It offers a Bring Your Own Device program, sports, music, clubs, camps and excursions, a library, out-of-school hours care, tuckshop and uniform shop, and has an active P&C and school council.
Often praised
- Highly multicultural community
- Sports, music and clubs
- Over 150 years of history
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NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Ironside 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peters Lutheran College (Indooroopilly) | Indooroopilly | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.4 km | 1,183 | 2,330 |
| Holy Family Primary School (Indooroopilly) | Indooroopilly | Catholic primary | 1.6 km | 1,142 | 118 |
| Brisbane Boys' College (Toowong) | Toowong | Independent k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,164 | 1,393 |
| St Ignatius School (Toowong) | Toowong | Catholic primary | 1.9 km | 1,158 | 272 |
| St Sebastian's Primary School (Yeronga) | Yeronga | Catholic primary | 2.0 km | 1,113 | 117 |
| Toowong State School | Toowong | Public primary | 2.2 km | 1,121 | 463 |
| Graceville State School | Graceville | Public primary | 2.5 km | 1,156 | 676 |
| West End State School | West End | Public primary | 2.6 km | 1,143 | 1,461 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashgrove State School | Ashgrove | Public primary · P-6 | 626 | 1,183 |
| Chapel Hill State School | Chapel Hill | Public primary · P-6 | 772 | 1,171 |
| Ithaca Creek State School | Bardon | Public primary · P-6 | 604 | 1,170 |
| Kenmore South State School | Kenmore | Public primary · P-6 | 684 | 1,170 |
| Fig Tree Pocket State School | Fig Tree Pocket | Public primary · P-6 | 477 | 1,169 |
| Indooroopilly State School | Indooroopilly | Public primary · P-6 | 1,326 | 1,165 |
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.