IndependentSecondary7–12
Arethusa College (Deception Bay)
Deception Bay · in Deception Bay
Sector
Independent
Secondary school
Year levels
7–12
official range
ICSEA
938
national average is 1000
Suburb
Deception Bay
SA2 this campus sits in
Student background
ACARA · 2025ICSEA measures the socio-educational advantage of a school's intake against the national average of 1000. The quarters bar shows how its students spread across the four national bands; an average school sits at 25% in each.
938ICSEA — 62 points below the national average of 1000, higher than 21% of Australian schools
−62
820national average · 10001180
vs avgSocio-educational advantage
Bottom quarter 52%Lower-middle quarter 28%Upper-middle quarter 13%Top quarter 6%
52%28%13%
All Australian students — 25% in each quarter
Who’s enrolled
1,733students in 2025 (ACARA)
Girls and boys
- Girls 807 · 47%
- Boys 926 · 53%
Language background
- Language other than English 5%
- English only 95%
- Not stated 0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
21% of enrolment
Show the data table
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| ICSEA | 938 |
| ICSEA vs national average (1000) | -62 |
| ICSEA percentile | 21 |
| Bottom quarter of advantage | 52% |
| Lower-middle quarter of advantage | 28% |
| Upper-middle quarter of advantage | 13% |
| Top quarter of advantage | 6% |
| Total enrolment | 1,733 |
| Girls | 807 (47%) |
| Boys | 926 (53%) |
| Language other than English | 5% |
| English only | 95% |
| Not stated | 0% |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 21% |
We don’t rank schools. NAPLAN results and student progress for Arethusa College (Deception Bay) are on My School, ACARA’s official site.
School details
- Sector
- Independent school
- Type
- Secondary
- Year levels
- 7–12
- ICSEA
- 938 · 21st percentileACARA 2025
- Address
- 1-83 Deception Bay Road, Deception Bay 4508
- Phone
- 1300 720 371
- Website
- arethusa.qld.edu.au
Other schools in Deception Bay
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School list: Queensland Government Department of Education — State and non-state school details, CC BY 4.0. Catchments: QLD “SchoolsAndSchoolCatchments” service, CC BY 4.0. ICSEA & student background: ACARA School Profile 2025. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).