Payne Road State School
171 Payne Road, The Gap QLD 4061
Payne Road State School is a government primary school in The Gap, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 299 students. Its ICSEA is 1,120, 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: Payne Road State School at The Gap is a Prep to Year 6 school with the motto "Aim ever higher". Its website lists out-of-school hours care, a tuckshop, uniform shop, facility hire and an extra-curricular activities program. Families are supported through an active P&C, newsletters, student services and published strategic and annual plans. The school also keeps a Facebook presence for community updates.
Often praised
- Extra-curricular program
- Out-of-school hours care
- Published strategic planning
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 Payne Road 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gap State School | The Gap | Public primary | 1.0 km | 1,145 | 565 |
| St Peter Chanel Primary School (The Gap) | The Gap | Catholic primary | 1.3 km | 1,127 | 129 |
| Hilder Road State School | The Gap | Public primary | 2.0 km | 1,145 | 434 |
| Mater Dei Catholic Primary School (Ashgrove West) | Ashgrove West | Catholic primary | 2.2 km | 1,160 | 118 |
| Bardon State School | Bardon | Public primary | 2.3 km | 1,147 | 254 |
| Ashgrove State School | Ashgrove | Public primary | 2.5 km | 1,183 | 626 |
| St Joseph's School (Bardon) | Bardon | Catholic primary | 3.0 km | 1,170 | 368 |
| Marist College Ashgrove (Ashgrove) | Ashgrove | Catholic k–12 / combined | 3.0 km | 1,139 | 1,827 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDowall State School | Mcdowall | Public primary · P-6 | 988 | 1,120 |
| Norman Park State School | Norman Park | Public primary · P-6 | 364 | 1,119 |
| Sunnybank Hills State School | Sunnybank Hills | Public primary · P-6 | 1,686 | 1,119 |
| Toowong State School | Toowong | Public primary · P-6 | 463 | 1,121 |
| Wooloowin State School | Wooloowin | Public primary · P-6 | 345 | 1,121 |
| Dutton Park State School | Dutton Park | Public primary · P-6 | 325 | 1,118 |
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.