Cleveland Education and Training Centre
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Rowes Bay, Queensland 4810 · Townsville LGA
About Cleveland Education and Training Centre
Cleveland Education and Training Centre is a public special school located in Rowes Bay, Queensland (4810), within the Townsville local government area. It caters for students from 5 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 98 students (16 girls and 82 boys).
Cleveland Education and Training Centre has an ICSEA value of 720, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 2nd percentile of Australian schools. 2% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 81% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 40 teachers (37.2 full-time equivalent) and 23 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 2.6 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 36% over the past five years.
Cleveland Education and Training Centre 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 Cleveland Education and Training Centre's 98 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Cleveland Education and Training Centre have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Cleveland Education and Training Centre
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Belgian Gardens State School
Belgian Gardens · Government primary · Prep-6
595 students · ICSEA 1055 · 924 m away
Garbutt State School
Garbutt · Government primary · Prep-6
78 students · ICSEA 775 · 1.6 km away
Townsville Grammar School
North Ward · Independent combined · Prep-12
1,288 students · ICSEA 1116 · 2.3 km away
Townsville West State School
West End · Government primary · Prep-6
111 students · ICSEA 866 · 2.9 km away
Townsville Central State School
North Ward · Government primary · Prep-6
144 students · ICSEA 930 · 2.9 km away
Townsville Flexible School
West End · Catholic special · 7-12
204 students · ICSEA 842 · 2.9 km away
Marian Catholic School
Currajong · Catholic primary · Prep-6
374 students · ICSEA 1042 · 3.1 km away
St Patrick's College Townsville
Townsville · Catholic high school · 7-12
663 students · ICSEA 1024 · 3.4 km away
St Margaret Mary's College
Hyde Park · Catholic high school · 7-12
707 students · ICSEA 1014 · 3.5 km away
St Joseph's Catholic School, The Strand
North Ward · Catholic primary · Prep-6
355 students · ICSEA 1100 · 3.5 km away
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Government special schools in QLD with a comparable ICSEA.
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195 students · ICSEA 832
Mount Isa Special School
Pioneer · Government special · Prep-12
35 students · ICSEA 877
Cairns State Special School
Woree · Government special · Prep-12
130 students · ICSEA 913
Rockhampton Special School
Rockhampton · Government special · Prep-12
103 students · ICSEA 925
Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School
Mundingburra · Government special · Prep-12
198 students · ICSEA 930
Clifford Park Special School
Newtown · Government special · 7-12
183 students · ICSEA 937
Frequently asked questions
Is Cleveland Education and Training Centre a public or private school?
Cleveland Education and Training Centre is a public (government) school run by the Queensland education department.
What year levels does Cleveland Education and Training Centre offer?
Cleveland Education and Training Centre offers 5 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a special school.
How many students attend Cleveland Education and Training Centre?
In 2025, Cleveland Education and Training Centre had 98 enrolled students (16 girls, 82 boys), a change of 36% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Cleveland Education and Training Centre?
Cleveland Education and Training Centre has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 720. 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 Cleveland Education and Training Centre?
Cleveland Education and Training Centre has about 2.6 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Cleveland Education and Training Centre?
In 2025, Cleveland Education and Training Centre had 5 students in Year 7 and 2 in Year 12.
Is Cleveland Education and Training Centre co-ed?
Yes. Cleveland Education and Training Centre is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Cleveland Education and Training Centre?
There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Cleveland Education and Training Centre 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 Cleveland Education and Training Centre?
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