Good Samaritan Catholic College
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Bli Bli, Queensland 4560 · Sunshine Coast LGA
#117 of 275 combined schools in QLD
#599 of 1,259 nationally
About Good Samaritan Catholic College
Good Samaritan Catholic College is a catholic combined (K–12) school located in Bli Bli, Queensland (4560), within the Sunshine Coast local government area. It caters for students from Prep to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 1,246 students (629 girls and 617 boys). The school is affiliated with Catholic Education Queensland.
Good Samaritan Catholic College has an ICSEA value of 1050, indicating above-average socio-educational advantage. That places it in the 68th percentile of Australian schools. 17% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 11% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 86 teachers (83.8 full-time equivalent) and 52 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.9 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 224% over the past five years.
On the Success Index, Good Samaritan Catholic College scores 52.5 out of 100, placing it in the top 50% of combined schools nationally and 117th of 275 combined schools in QLD (17th of 22 in the Sunshine Coast area).
Success Index breakdown
Each component is a percentile against schools of the same type across Australia.
- Socio-educational advantage (ICSEA) (50%)ICSEA 1050
- Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)17% of students
- Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)14.9 students per teacher
- Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)+224% enrolments since 2020 (area median +13%)
- ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)-2 ICSEA points since 2020
The Success Index summarises the academic environment of a school community using official ACARA data. It is not a measure of teaching quality or student results. Read the methodology.
Student profile
Distribution of students across socio-educational advantage (SEA) quarters, plus community characteristics.
Enrolments by year level
How Good Samaritan Catholic College's 1,246 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Good Samaritan Catholic College have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Good Samaritan Catholic College
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Bli Bli State School
Bli Bli · Government primary · Prep-6
615 students · ICSEA 1005 · 1.5 km away
Pacific Paradise State School
Pacific Paradise · Government primary · Prep-6
467 students · ICSEA 1024 · 5.8 km away
Nambour State College
Nambour · Government combined · Prep-12
1,469 students · ICSEA 977 · 6.4 km away
St Joseph's Primary School
Nambour · Catholic primary · Prep-6
341 students · ICSEA 1045 · 6.9 km away
Kuluin State School
Kuluin · Government primary · Prep-6
612 students · ICSEA 1018 · 7.2 km away
Stella Maris School
Maroochydore · Catholic primary · Prep-6
737 students · ICSEA 1081 · 7.5 km away
Montessori International College
Forest Glen · Independent combined · Prep-12
276 students · ICSEA 1104 · 7.7 km away
Nambour Christian College
Woombye · Independent combined · Prep-12
1,309 students · ICSEA 1083 · 7.7 km away
Maroochydore State High School
Maroochydore · Government high school · 7-12
1,205 students · ICSEA 1011 · 7.8 km away
Coolum Beach Christian College
Coolum Beach · Independent combined · Prep-12
491 students · ICSEA 1081 · 7.9 km away
Similar schools
Catholic combined schools in QLD with a comparable ICSEA.
St Edmund's College
Woodend · Catholic combined · 5-12
1,171 students · ICSEA 1049
Southern Cross Catholic College
Annandale · Catholic combined · Prep-12
1,479 students · ICSEA 1048
Mary MacKillop Catholic College
Highfields · Catholic combined · Prep-12
1,047 students · ICSEA 1046
Assisi Catholic College
Upper Coomera · Catholic combined · Prep-12
1,516 students · ICSEA 1055
St Augustine's College
Augustine Heights · Catholic combined · Prep-12
1,555 students · ICSEA 1056
St Mary's School
Goondiwindi · Catholic combined · Prep-10
385 students · ICSEA 1043
Frequently asked questions
Is Good Samaritan Catholic College a public or private school?
Good Samaritan Catholic College is a Catholic school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Education Queensland.
What year levels does Good Samaritan Catholic College offer?
Good Samaritan Catholic College offers Prep to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a combined school.
How many students attend Good Samaritan Catholic College?
In 2025, Good Samaritan Catholic College had 1,246 enrolled students (629 girls, 617 boys), a change of 224% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Good Samaritan Catholic College?
Good Samaritan Catholic College has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 1050. The national average is 1000, so this indicates above-average socio-educational advantage. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.
How does Good Samaritan Catholic College rank in QLD?
Good Samaritan Catholic College ranks 117th of 275 combined schools in Queensland on the Success Index (52.5/100), and 599th of 1,259 nationally.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio at Good Samaritan Catholic College?
Good Samaritan Catholic College has about 14.9 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Good Samaritan Catholic College?
In 2025, Good Samaritan Catholic College had 149 students in Year 7 and 60 in Year 12.
Is Good Samaritan Catholic College co-ed?
Yes. Good Samaritan Catholic College is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Good Samaritan Catholic College?
There are 10 other schools within 15 km of Good Samaritan Catholic College 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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