St Brendan's Catholic Primary School (Mackay)
799 Mackay-Bucasia Road, Rural View, Mackay QLD 4740
St Brendan's Catholic Primary School (Mackay) is a Catholic primary school in Rural View, Mackay, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 439 students. Its ICSEA is 1,018, 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: St Brendan's Catholic Primary School opened in 2015 on Mackay-Bucasia Road, Rural View, providing co-educational Prep to Year 6 Catholic education for Mackay's Northern Beaches. Its motto is Finding God in All Things. The school has around 440 students and offers outside-school-hours care.
Often praised
- Catholic Northern Beaches school
- Outside-school-hours care
- Modern school opened 2015
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NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eimeo Road State School | Rural View | Public primary | 0.7 km | 938 | 607 |
| Bucasia State School | Bucasia | Public primary | 2.4 km | 962 | 476 |
| MacKillop Catholic Primary School (Andergrove) | Andergrove | Catholic primary | 4.1 km | 990 | 149 |
| Beaconsfield State School | Beaconsfield | Public primary | 4.6 km | 924 | 481 |
| Andergrove State School | Andergrove | Public primary | 4.7 km | 887 | 270 |
| Carlisle Adventist Christian College (Beaconsfield) | Beaconsfield | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.3 km | 990 | 281 |
| Whitsunday Anglican School (Beaconsfield) | Beaconsfield | Independent k–12 / combined | 5.7 km | 1,102 | 1,151 |
| Slade Point State School | Slade Point | Public primary | 6.1 km | 850 | 204 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints' School (Boonah) | Boonah | Catholic primary · P-6 | 137 | 1,018 |
| St Joseph's Tobruk Memorial School (Beenleigh) | Beenleigh | Catholic primary · P-6 | 518 | 1,018 |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School (Caboolture) | Caboolture | Catholic primary · P-6 | 646 | 1,018 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (North Mackay) | North Mackay | Catholic primary · P-6 | 349 | 1,016 |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School (Tannum Sands) | Tannum Sands | Catholic primary · P-6 | 218 | 1,015 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (Emerald) | Emerald | Catholic primary · P-6 | 482 | 1,021 |
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.