St Joseph's School (Cairns)
13 Loeven Street, Parramatta Park QLD 4870
St Joseph's School (Cairns) is a Catholic primary school in Parramatta Park, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 348 students. Its ICSEA is 1,029, where the national average is 1000.
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 Joseph's in Parramatta Park, Cairns is a Prep to Year 6 school of about 390 students, described as an ideal size where children are known by name. Its values are learning, love, community and respect. It offers a Kitchen Garden program, before and after school care, vacation care, and attractive, shaded learning spaces.
Often praised
- Kitchen Garden program
- Children known by name
- Shaded modern learning spaces
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parramatta State School | Parramatta Park | Public primary | 0.4 km | 887 | 482 |
| Cairns School of Distance Education | Manunda | Public k–12 / combined | 1.7 km | 1,024 | 3,692 |
| Balaclava State School | Mooroobool | Public primary | 2.6 km | 797 | 381 |
| Cairns West State School | Manunda | Public primary | 2.6 km | 784 | 481 |
| St Francis Xavier's School (Manunda) | Manunda | Catholic primary | 2.7 km | 953 | 382 |
| Mother of Good Counsel School (Cairns North) | Cairns North | Catholic primary | 3.2 km | 1,091 | 354 |
| Edge Hill State School | Edge Hill | Public primary | 3.5 km | 1,016 | 864 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School (Earlville) | Earlville | Catholic primary | 3.6 km | 1,025 | 506 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School (Toowoomba) | Toowoomba | Catholic primary · P-6 | 454 | 1,029 |
| St Joseph's School (North Ipswich) | North Ipswich | Catholic primary · P-6 | 390 | 1,029 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School (North Rockhampton) | North Rockhampton | Catholic primary · P-6 | 349 | 1,029 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School (Bundaberg) | Bundaberg West | Catholic primary · P-6 | 510 | 1,029 |
| Holy Spirit School (Bray Park) | Bray Park | Catholic primary · P-6 | 484 | 1,031 |
| Mother Teresa Primary School (Ormeau) | Ormeau | Catholic primary · P-6 | 213 | 1,031 |
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.