Mount Cotton State School
1246 Mount Cotton Road, Mount Cotton QLD 4165
Mount Cotton State School is a government primary school in Mount Cotton, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 605 students. Its ICSEA is 1,047, 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: Mount Cotton State School, established in 1876, is a small rural community hub in the Redland area between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Its motto is to grow "Clever, Creative and Caring Children", and it values both its history and keeping up with the times. Extra-curricular activities include aerobics, futsal, skipping, touch football and optional religious instruction, and a chaplain, guidance officer and psychologist support wellbeing.
Often praised
- Close-knit rural community
- Wellbeing support staff
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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 Mount Cotton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redland Bay State School | Redland Bay | Public primary | 5.7 km | 997 | 820 |
| Sheldon College (Sheldon) | Sheldon | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.7 km | 1,124 | 1,481 |
| Carbrook State School | Carbrook | Public primary | 6.2 km | 1,008 | 333 |
| Kimberley Park State School | Shailer Park | Public primary | 6.4 km | 1,034 | 667 |
| Shailer Park State School | Shailer Park | Public primary | 6.4 km | 994 | 447 |
| Kimberley College (Carbrook) | Carbrook | Independent k–12 / combined | 6.6 km | 1,058 | 745 |
| St Rita's Primary School (Victoria Point) | Victoria Point | Catholic primary | 6.7 km | 1,039 | 388 |
| St Matthew's School (Cornubia) | Cornubia | Catholic primary | 6.8 km | 1,055 | 561 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burleigh Heads State School | Burleigh Heads | Public primary · K-6 | 458 | 1,048 |
| Coolum State School | Coolum Beach | Public primary · P-6 | 1,004 | 1,046 |
| Mapleton State School | Mapleton | Public primary · P-6 | 177 | 1,048 |
| Mount Crosby State School | Karana Downs | Public primary · P-6 | 559 | 1,048 |
| Hillview State School | Hillview | Public primary · P-6 | 8 | 1,045 |
| Hamilton State School | Hamilton | Public primary · P-6 | 248 | 1,050 |
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.