Mornington Island State School
Lardil Street - Mornington Island, Wellesley Islands QLD 4892
Mornington Island State School is a government combined primary and secondary school in Wellesley Islands, QLD from Kindergarten to Year 10 with about 181 students. Its ICSEA is 660, 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 information about Mornington Island State School describes a Kindy to Year 10 campus in Gununa, in the Wellesley Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The school's own materials emphasise its values of courage, choice and challenge, and highlight a strong focus on local Indigenous culture, running dedicated Culture classes and language lessons in Lardil and Kaidilt. It partners closely with community elders and local organisations to bring song, dance, art and language into everyday classroom life, describing itself as a community that works together to provide relevant education for its students.
Often praised
- Lardil and Kaidilt language program
- strong community and elder involvement
- cultural arts integrated into curriculum
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: medium. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doomadgee State School | Doomadgee | Public k–12 / combined · K-10 | 353 | 666 |
| Bwgcolman Community School | Palm Island | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 315 | 675 |
| Northern Peninsula Area State College | Bamaga | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 563 | 681 |
| Lockhart State School | Lockhart River | Public k–12 / combined · K-12 | 141 | 635 |
About this data
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