McDonnell Creek State School
69273 Bruce Highway, Fishery Falls QLD 4871
McDonnell Creek State School is a government primary school in Fishery Falls, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 10 students. Its ICSEA is 1,010, 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: McDonnell Creek State School is a Queensland state primary school whose stated values are hard work, achievement and tradition. The school keeps families connected through newsletters, an events calendar, a Facebook page and the QParents platform, and it operates a uniform shop. Its website describes a structured teaching and learning program organised around the Queensland school term calendar.
Often praised
- Hard work, achievement, tradition values
- Family communication channels
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
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See McDonnell Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellenden Ker State School | Bellenden Ker | Public primary | 8.3 km | 909 | 6 |
| Aloomba State School | Aloomba | Public primary | 11.9 km | 972 | 72 |
| St Michael's School (Gordonvale) | Gordonvale | Catholic primary | 16.2 km | 993 | 279 |
| St Rita's School (Babinda) | Babinda | Catholic primary | 16.5 km | 900 | 27 |
| Babinda State School | Babinda | Public k–12 / combined | 16.7 km | 931 | 280 |
| Gordonvale State School | Gordonvale | Public primary | 16.8 km | 886 | 403 |
| Cairns Adventist College (Gordonvale) | Gordonvale | Independent primary | 17.4 km | 885 | 63 |
| Djarragun College (Gordonvale) | Gordonvale | Independent k–12 / combined | 18.2 km | 683 | 259 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Downs State School | Tangorin | Public primary · K-6 | 10 | 1,010 |
| Gabbinbar State School | Centenary Heights | Public primary · P-6 | 356 | 1,010 |
| Boondall State School | Boondall | Public primary · P-6 | 621 | 1,009 |
| Bounty Boulevard State School | North Lakes | Public primary · P-6 | 1,134 | 1,011 |
| Cleveland State School | Cleveland | Public primary · P-6 | 516 | 1,009 |
| Coombabah State School | Coombabah | Public primary · P-6 | 730 | 1,009 |
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.