Mossman State School
30-34 Front Street, Mossman QLD 4873
Mossman State School is a government primary school in Mossman, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 321 students. Its ICSEA is 879, 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: Mossman State School sits at the foothills of Mossman Gorge on Eastern Kuku Yalanji land in Far North Queensland. It runs a multi-award-winning Indigenous language program, co-designed with the community, embedding Kuku Yalanji throughout the curriculum with a free app. The school uses Explicit Teaching, has teacher aides supporting diverse learners, and states inclusivity, diversity and equity as core values, with a library and tuckshop.
Often praised
- Award-winning Kuku Yalanji program
- Inclusive explicit teaching
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 Mossman 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 Augustine's School (Mossman) | Mossman | Catholic primary | 0.6 km | 1,002 | 109 |
| Miallo State School | Miallo | Public primary | 8.1 km | 996 | 176 |
| Port Douglas State School | Port Douglas | Public primary | 11.6 km | 1,012 | 230 |
| Wonga Beach State School | Wonga Beach | Public primary | 13.9 km | 907 | 79 |
| Julatten State School | Julatten | Public primary | 16.6 km | 969 | 59 |
| Mount Molloy State School | Mount Molloy | Public primary | 23.9 km | 923 | 37 |
| Daintree State School | Daintree | Public primary | 24.3 km | 964 | 13 |
| Alexandra Bay State School | Diwan | Public primary | 28.0 km | — | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadwater State School | Broadwater | Public primary · P-6 | 21 | 878 |
| Emerald North State School | Emerald | Public primary · K-6 | 314 | 878 |
| Ipswich East State School | East Ipswich | Public primary · P-6 | 287 | 878 |
| Talwood State School | North Talwood | Public primary · P-6 | 19 | 880 |
| Gayndah State School | Gayndah | Public primary · P-6 | 97 | 881 |
| Merinda State School | Bowen | Public primary · P-6 | 41 | 881 |
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.