Holy Spirit College
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Cooktown, Queensland 4895 · Cook LGA
About Holy Spirit College
Holy Spirit College is a catholic special school located in Cooktown, Queensland (4895), within the Cook local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 122 students (60 girls and 62 boys). The school is affiliated with Catholic Education Queensland.
Holy Spirit College has an ICSEA value of 811, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 3rd percentile of Australian schools. 2% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 61% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 21 teachers (13.9 full-time equivalent) and 27 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 8.8 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 42% over the past five years.
Holy Spirit College 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 Holy Spirit College's 122 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Holy Spirit College have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Holy Spirit College
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
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The Centre Education Programme
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Frequently asked questions
Is Holy Spirit College a public or private school?
Holy Spirit College is a Catholic school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Education Queensland.
What year levels does Holy Spirit College offer?
Holy Spirit College offers 7 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a special school.
How many students attend Holy Spirit College?
In 2025, Holy Spirit College had 122 enrolled students (60 girls, 62 boys), a change of 42% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Holy Spirit College?
Holy Spirit College has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 811. 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 Holy Spirit College?
Holy Spirit College has about 8.8 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at Holy Spirit College?
In 2025, Holy Spirit College had 11 students in Year 7 and 17 in Year 12.
Is Holy Spirit College co-ed?
Yes. Holy Spirit College is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Holy Spirit College?
There are 2 other schools within 15 km of Holy Spirit 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.
Where can I get tutoring near Holy Spirit College?
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