St Brendan's College
Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Yeppoon, Queensland 4703 · Livingstone LGA
About St Brendan's College
St Brendan's College is a catholic boys' high school located in Yeppoon, Queensland (4703), within the Livingstone local government area. It caters for students from 7 to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 1,034 students. The school is affiliated with Catholic Education Queensland.
St Brendan's College has an ICSEA value of 994, indicating a socio-educational profile close to the national average of 1000. That places it in the 44th percentile of Australian schools. 11% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 25% from the bottom quarter.
The school employs 84 teachers (81.0 full-time equivalent) and 64 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.8 to 1. Enrolments have grown by 36% over the past five years.
On the Success Index, St Brendan's College scores 52.4 out of 100, placing it in the top 50% of secondary schools nationally and 99th of 269 secondary schools in QLD (2nd of 3 in the Livingstone area).
Success Index breakdown
Each component is a percentile against schools of the same type across Australia.
- Socio-educational advantage (ICSEA) (50%)ICSEA 994
- Students in the top advantage quarter (15%)11% of students
- Teacher resourcing (students per teacher) (15%)12.8 students per teacher
- Enrolment growth vs local area (5 years) (10%)+36% enrolments since 2020 (area median +29%)
- ICSEA trend (5 years) (10%)+24 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 St Brendan's College's 1,034 students are spread across year levels in 2025.
Enrolment trend
How enrolments at St Brendan's College have changed over the past decade.
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Schools near St Brendan's College
Closest schools by straight-line distance, with their Success Index.
Yeppoon State School
Yeppoon · Government primary · Prep-6
301 students · ICSEA 945 · 1.5 km away
St Ursula's College
Yeppoon · Catholic high school · 7-12
606 students · ICSEA 1014 · 2.3 km away
Yeppoon State High School
Yeppoon · Government high school · 7-12
1,062 students · ICSEA 958 · 2.3 km away
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Yeppoon · Catholic primary · Prep-6
370 students · ICSEA 1052 · 2.6 km away
Farnborough State School
Farnborough · Government primary · Prep-6
361 students · ICSEA 993 · 4.3 km away
Taranganba State School
Taranganba · Government primary · Prep-6
604 students · ICSEA 966 · 5.1 km away
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Yeppoon · Catholic primary · Prep-6
552 students · ICSEA 1025 · 6.1 km away
Similar schools
Catholic secondary schools in QLD with a comparable ICSEA.
Assumption College
Warwick · Catholic high school · 7-12
444 students · ICSEA 994
Emmaus College
Park Avenue · Catholic high school · 7-12
1,320 students · ICSEA 997
Mary Help of Christians Catholic College
Shaw · Catholic high school · 7
127 students · ICSEA 990
Marist College
Emerald · Catholic high school · 7-12
697 students · ICSEA 999
Burdekin Catholic High School
Ayr · Catholic high school · 7-12
293 students · ICSEA 989
Sophia College
Plainland · Catholic high school · 7-11
450 students · ICSEA 999
Frequently asked questions
Is St Brendan's College a public or private school?
St Brendan's College is a Catholic school, which makes it a non-government (private) school affiliated with Catholic Education Queensland.
What year levels does St Brendan's College offer?
St Brendan's College offers 7 to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a secondary school.
How many students attend St Brendan's College?
In 2025, St Brendan's College had 1,034 enrolled students (0 girls, 1,034 boys), a change of 36% over five years.
What is the ICSEA of St Brendan's College?
St Brendan's College has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 994. The national average is 1000, so this indicates a socio-educational profile close to the national average of 1000. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.
How does St Brendan's College rank in QLD?
St Brendan's College ranks 99th of 269 secondary schools in Queensland on the Success Index (52.4/100), and 685th of 1,472 nationally.
What is the student-to-teacher ratio at St Brendan's College?
St Brendan's College has about 12.8 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.
How big is the Year 7 cohort at St Brendan's College?
In 2025, St Brendan's College had 184 students in Year 7 and 150 in Year 12.
Is St Brendan's College co-ed?
No. St Brendan's College is a boys' school.
What other schools are near St Brendan's College?
There are 7 other schools within 15 km of St Brendan's 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 St Brendan's College?
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