St Benedict's Catholic School (Shaw)
890 Dalrymple Road, Shaw QLD 4818
St Benedict's Catholic School (Shaw) is a Catholic primary school in Shaw, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 613 students. Its ICSEA is 1,014, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the school's own page. 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: a co-educational Catholic primary school in Shaw with more than 600 students from Prep to Year 6, plus an onsite Kindergarten. It focuses on the whole child and on wellbeing and resilience, with flexible learning spaces, sport, co-curricular activities and environmental education projects. Parents are involved through the P&F and volunteer programs, and guidance counselling and Indigenous education initiatives are offered.
Often praised
- Flexible learning spaces
- Wellbeing and resilience focus
- Environmental education projects
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 St Benedict's Catholic School (Shaw) 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 Willows State School | Kirwan | Public primary | 4.0 km | 956 | 876 |
| St Clare's Catholic School (Burdell) | Burdell | Catholic primary | 4.0 km | 1,022 | 714 |
| Shalom Christian College Condon Campus (Condon) | Condon | Independent k–12 / combined | 4.1 km | 688 | 237 |
| Ryan Catholic College (Kirwan) | Kirwan | Catholic k–12 / combined | 4.3 km | 1,020 | 2,019 |
| Bohlevale State School | Burdell | Public primary | 4.6 km | 891 | 474 |
| Kirwan State School | Kirwan | Public primary | 4.9 km | 927 | 698 |
| Weir State School | Thuringowa Central | Public primary | 5.6 km | 838 | 747 |
| Calvary Christian College (Mount Louisa) | Mount Louisa | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.7 km | 1,020 | 1,128 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's School (Beaudesert) | Beaudesert | Catholic primary · P-6 | 414 | 1,014 |
| St Patrick's School (Allora) | Allora | Catholic primary · P-6 | 84 | 1,014 |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School (Tannum Sands) | Tannum Sands | Catholic primary · P-6 | 218 | 1,015 |
| St Stephen's School (Pittsworth) | Pittsworth | Catholic primary · P-6 | 195 | 1,013 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (North Mackay) | North Mackay | Catholic primary · P-6 | 349 | 1,016 |
| All Saints' School (Boonah) | Boonah | Catholic primary · P-6 | 137 | 1,018 |
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.