Carinity Education - Southside
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Sunnybank, Queensland 4109 · Brisbane LGA
About Carinity Education - Southside
Carinity Education - Southside is an independent girls' special school located in Sunnybank, Queensland (4109), within the Brisbane local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 121 students. The school is affiliated with Independent Schools Queensland.
Carinity Education - Southside has an ICSEA value of 936, indicating below-average socio-educational advantage. That places it in the 20th percentile of Australian schools. 8% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 45% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 15 teachers (12.4 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.8 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 4% over the past five years.
Carinity Education - Southside 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 - Southside's 121 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Carinity Education - Southside have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Carinity Education - Southside
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Sunnybank State School
Sunnybank · Government primary · Prep-6
317 students · ICSEA 1003 · 441 m away
Sunnybank State High School
Sunnybank · Government high school · 7-12
641 students · ICSEA 963 · 476 m away
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School
Sunnybank · Catholic primary · Prep-6
560 students · ICSEA 1099 · 747 m away
St Thomas More College
Sunnybank · Catholic high school · 7-12
1,161 students · ICSEA 1067 · 796 m away
Sunnybank Special School
Sunnybank · Government special · Prep-12
112 students · ICSEA 1028 · 955 m away
Runcorn State School
Sunnybank · Government primary · Prep-6
448 students · ICSEA 1032 · 1.3 km away
MacGregor State School
Macgregor · Government primary · Prep-6
1,212 students · ICSEA 1102 · 1.3 km away
Robertson State School
Robertson · Government primary · Prep-6
732 students · ICSEA 1128 · 1.4 km away
Sunnybank Hills State School
Sunnybank Hills · Government primary · Prep-6
1,686 students · ICSEA 1119 · 1.9 km away
Coopers Plains State School
Coopers Plains · Government primary · Prep-6
211 students · ICSEA 972 · 2.0 km away
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Independent special schools in QLD with a comparable ICSEA.
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1,733 students · ICSEA 938
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North Lakes · Independent special · 7-12
259 students · ICSEA 942
Horizons College of Learning and Enrichment
Caboolture · Independent special · 7-12
225 students · ICSEA 918
Toogoolawa School
Ormeau · Independent special · 4-10
116 students · ICSEA 955
YOS Lawnton
Lawnton · Independent special · 10-12
132 students · ICSEA 915
Y Schools Queensland - Logan
Kingston · Independent special · 7-12
346 students · ICSEA 908
Frequently asked questions
Is Carinity Education - Southside a public or private school?
Carinity Education - Southside is a Independent school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Independent Schools Queensland.
What year levels does Carinity Education - Southside offer?
Carinity Education - Southside offers 7 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a special school.
How many students attend Carinity Education - Southside?
In 2025, Carinity Education - Southside had 121 enrolled students (121 girls, 0 boys), a change of 4% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Carinity Education - Southside?
Carinity Education - Southside has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 936. The national average is 1000, so this indicates below-average socio-educational advantage. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio at Carinity Education - Southside?
Carinity Education - Southside has about 9.8 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Carinity Education - Southside?
In 2025, Carinity Education - Southside had 9 students in Year 7 and 19 in Year 12.
Is Carinity Education - Southside co-ed?
No. Carinity Education - Southside is a girls' school.
What other schools are near Carinity Education - Southside?
There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Carinity Education - Southside in our database. Scroll up to the "Nearby schools" section to compare them by Success Index, ICSEA and enrolments, or use the Compare tool.
Where can I get tutoring near Carinity Education - Southside?
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