Carinity Education - Glendyne
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Nikenbah, Queensland 4655 · Fraser Coast LGA
About Carinity Education - Glendyne
Carinity Education - Glendyne is an independent special school located in Nikenbah, Queensland (4655), within the Fraser Coast local government area. It caters for students from 6 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 142 students (53 girls and 89 boys). The school is affiliated with Independent Schools Queensland.
Carinity Education - Glendyne has an ICSEA value of 882, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 8th percentile of Australian schools. 1% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 67% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 17 teachers (14.2 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.0 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 8% over the past five years.
Carinity Education - Glendyne is a special school. Special schools support students with disability or specific needs and are deliberately excluded from the Success Index and rankings, which would not be a fair measure of what they do.
Student profile
Distribution of students across socio-educational advantage (SEA) quarters, plus community characteristics.
Enrolments by year level
How Carinity Education - Glendyne's 142 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Carinity Education - Glendyne have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Carinity Education - Glendyne
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
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Yarrilee State School
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Xavier Catholic College
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Hervey Bay State High School
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Pialba State School
Pialba · Government primary · Prep-6
367 students · ICSEA 901 · 5.2 km away
Kawungan State School
Kawungan · Government primary · Prep-6
877 students · ICSEA 976 · 5.6 km away
Fraser Coast Anglican College
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1,010 students · ICSEA 1098 · 5.7 km away
Hervey Bay Special School
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105 students · ICSEA 970 · 5.9 km away
Torquay State School
Torquay · Government primary · Prep-6
183 students · ICSEA 875 · 7.4 km away
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Independent special schools in QLD with a comparable ICSEA.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Carinity Education - Glendyne a public or private school?
Carinity Education - Glendyne is a Independent school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Independent Schools Queensland.
What year levels does Carinity Education - Glendyne offer?
Carinity Education - Glendyne offers 6 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a special school.
How many students attend Carinity Education - Glendyne?
In 2025, Carinity Education - Glendyne had 142 enrolled students (53 girls, 89 boys), a change of 8% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Carinity Education - Glendyne?
Carinity Education - Glendyne has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 882. The national average is 1000, so this indicates a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio at Carinity Education - Glendyne?
Carinity Education - Glendyne has about 10.0 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Carinity Education - Glendyne?
In 2025, Carinity Education - Glendyne had 15 students in Year 7 and 11 in Year 12.
Is Carinity Education - Glendyne co-ed?
Yes. Carinity Education - Glendyne is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Carinity Education - Glendyne?
There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Carinity Education - Glendyne in our database. Scroll up to the "Nearby schools" section to compare them by Success Index, ICSEA and enrolments, or use the Compare tool.
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