Machans Beach State School
61 Machan Street, Machans Beach QLD 4878
Machans Beach State School is a government primary school in Machans Beach, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 135 students. Its ICSEA is 944, 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: Machans Beach State School is a small, supportive primary school in tropical Cairns. Its motto is "Respecting Ourselves, Caring for Others". The school describes a caring community focused on academic, physical, social, emotional and moral development, and lists out-of-school programs in arts, sports, cooking, music and nature play, plus a tuckshop and uniform shop.
Often praised
- Caring community
- Arts, music and sport programs
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at October 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
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshwater State School | Freshwater | Public primary | 4.5 km | 1,064 | 594 |
| Yorkeys Knob State School | Yorkeys Knob | Public primary | 4.9 km | 998 | 321 |
| Caravonica State School | Caravonica | Public primary | 5.3 km | 1,020 | 540 |
| Mother of Good Counsel School (Cairns North) | Cairns North | Catholic primary | 5.3 km | 1,091 | 354 |
| Edge Hill State School | Edge Hill | Public primary | 5.8 km | 1,016 | 864 |
| Freshwater Christian College (Brinsmead) | Brinsmead | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.9 km | 1,041 | 562 |
| Peace Lutheran College (Kamerunga) | Kamerunga | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.5 km | 1,054 | 544 |
| Whitfield State School | Whitfield | Public primary | 6.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coningsby State School | Farleigh | Public primary · P-6 | 71 | 944 |
| Darling Heights State School | Darling Heights | Public primary · P-6 | 607 | 944 |
| Durong South State School | Durong | Public primary · K-6 | 16 | 944 |
| Beerburrum State School | Beerburrum | Public primary · P-6 | 101 | 945 |
| Clarendon State School | Clarendon | Public primary · P-6 | 64 | 943 |
| Cooyar State School | Cooyar | Public primary · P-6 | 26 | 945 |
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.