St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Mackay South)
42 Juliet Street, Mackay South QLD 4740
St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Mackay South) is a Catholic primary school in Mackay South, QLD from Prep to Year 6 with about 384 students. Its ICSEA is 1,050, 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 Catholic primary school in Mackay South, Prep to Year 6, with about 380 students. It was opened in 1923 by the Sisters of Mercy and has served the Mackay community for over a century. It is part of the Rockhampton Catholic education network.
Often praised
- Century-long local history
- Mercy tradition
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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 St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Mackay South) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackay Central State School | Mackay | Public primary | 1.0 km | 908 | 216 |
| Victoria Park State School | East Mackay | Public primary | 1.2 km | 927 | 602 |
| Mackay West State School | West Mackay | Public primary | 2.4 km | 980 | 770 |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School (Mackay West) | Mackay West | Catholic primary | 2.5 km | 1,031 | 569 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (North Mackay) | North Mackay | Catholic primary | 3.5 km | 1,016 | 349 |
| Mackay North State School | North Mackay | Public primary | 3.5 km | 933 | 401 |
| Fitzgerald State School | North Mackay | Public primary | 4.6 km | 955 | 632 |
| Glenella State School | Glenella | Public primary | 5.1 km | 977 | 234 |
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 Benedict's Catholic Primary School (Yeppoon) | Yeppoon | Catholic primary · P-6 | 370 | 1,052 |
| St Saviour's Primary School (Toowoomba) | Toowoomba | Catholic primary · P-6 | 486 | 1,048 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (Darra) | Darra | Catholic primary · P-6 | 508 | 1,054 |
| St Joseph's Primary School (Nambour) | Nambour | Catholic primary · P-6 | 341 | 1,045 |
| St Matthew's School (Cornubia) | Cornubia | Catholic primary · P-6 | 561 | 1,055 |
| Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School (Gladstone) | Gladstone | Catholic primary · P-6 | 339 | 1,044 |
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.