Sacred Heart Primary School
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Cunnamulla, Queensland 4490 · Paroo LGA
About Sacred Heart Primary School
Sacred Heart Primary School is a catholic primary school located in Cunnamulla, Queensland (4490), within the Paroo local government area. It caters for students from Prep to 6 and in 2025 enrolled 75 students (36 girls and 39 boys). The school is affiliated with Catholic Education Queensland.
Sacred Heart Primary School has an ICSEA value of 873, indicating a community facing significant socio-educational disadvantage. That places it in the 7th percentile of Australian schools. 6% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 45% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 9 teachers (7.8 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.6 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 19% over the past five years.
On the Success Index, Sacred Heart Primary School scores 27.3 out of 100. Because it has fewer than 80 students it is not included in ranking tables, where small enrolments make year-to-year comparisons unreliable.
Success Index breakdown
Each component is a percentile against schools of the same type across Australia.
- Socio-educational advantage (ICSEA) (50%)ICSEA 873
- Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)6% of students
- Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)9.6 students per teacher
- Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)+19% enrolments since 2020
- ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)+8 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 Sacred Heart Primary School's 75 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at Sacred Heart Primary School have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near Sacred Heart Primary School
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Similar schools
Catholic primary schools in QLD with a comparable ICSEA.
St Patrick's Primary School
Mitchell · Catholic primary · Prep-5
29 students · ICSEA 875
St Peter's Catholic School
Halifax · Catholic primary · Prep-6
21 students · ICSEA 879
St Kieran's Catholic School
Mount Isa · Catholic primary · Prep-6
140 students · ICSEA 858
St John Bosco Catholic School
Collinsville · Catholic primary · Prep-6
72 students · ICSEA 896
St Rita's School
Babinda · Catholic primary · 1-6
27 students · ICSEA 900
St Joseph's School
Tara · Catholic primary · Prep-6
52 students · ICSEA 843
Frequently asked questions
Is Sacred Heart Primary School a public or private school?
Sacred Heart Primary School is a Catholic school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Education Queensland.
What year levels does Sacred Heart Primary School offer?
Sacred Heart Primary School offers Prep to 6. It is classified by ACARA as a primary school.
How many students attend Sacred Heart Primary School?
In 2025, Sacred Heart Primary School had 75 enrolled students (36 girls, 39 boys), a change of 19% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of Sacred Heart Primary School?
Sacred Heart Primary School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 873. 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 Sacred Heart Primary School?
Sacred Heart Primary School has about 9.6 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How many students start Prep at Sacred Heart Primary School each year?
In 2025, Sacred Heart Primary School had 16 students in Prep and 8 in Year 6.
Is Sacred Heart Primary School co-ed?
Yes. Sacred Heart Primary School is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.
What other schools are near Sacred Heart Primary School?
There are 1 other schools within 15 km of Sacred Heart Primary School 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 Sacred Heart Primary School?
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