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Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School

Updated Oct 2026 · ACARA 2025Mundingburra, Queensland 4812 · Townsville LGA

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Success Index
Not rated

Special schools are not scored.

How is this calculated?
Students
198
+1% over 5 years
ICSEA
930
18th percentile nationally
Students per teacher
3.3
60.1 FTE teachers
Year range
Prep-12

About Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School

Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School is a public special school located in Mundingburra, Queensland (4812), within the Townsville local government area. It caters for students from Prep to 12 and in 2025 enrolled 198 students (56 girls and 142 boys).

Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School has an ICSEA value of 930, indicating below-average socio-educational advantage. That places it in the 18th percentile of Australian schools. 14% of students come from the top socio-educational quarter and 46% from the bottom quarter.

The school employs 66 teachers (60.1 full-time equivalent) and 89 non-teaching staff, giving a student-to-teacher ratio of about 3.3 to 1. Enrolments have remained steady over the past five years.

Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School 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.

Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School
Bottom quarterLower middleUpper middleTop quarter
Girls
56
Boys
142
Language background other than English
14%
Indigenous students
35%

Enrolments by year level

How Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School's 198 students are spread across year levels in 2025.

Prep intake
8
Year 7 cohort
19
Year 12 cohort
10

Enrolment trend

How enrolments at Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School have changed over the past decade.

1341752162015: 149 students2016: 163 students2017: 174 students2018: 172 students2019: 185 students2020: 196 students2021: 199 students2022: 192 students2023: 195 students2024: 206 students2025: 198 students201520172019202120232025
Total enrolments by year. Source: ACARA school profile data.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School a public or private school?

Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School is a public (government) school run by the Queensland education department.

What year levels does Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School offer?

Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School offers Prep to 12. It is classified by ACARA as a special school.

How many students attend Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School?

In 2025, Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School had 198 enrolled students (56 girls, 142 boys), a change of 1% over five years.

What is the ICSEA of Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School?

Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) of 930. The national average is 1000, so this indicates below-average socio-educational advantage. ICSEA reflects the school community, not teaching quality.

What is the student-to-teacher ratio at Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School?

Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School has about 3.3 students per full-time-equivalent teacher, based on 2025 ACARA staffing data.

How big is the Year 7 cohort at Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School?

In 2025, Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School had 19 students in Year 7 and 10 in Year 12.

Is Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School co-ed?

Yes. Townsville Community Learning Centre - A State Special School is a co-educational school enrolling both girls and boys.

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