Brisbane State High School
South Brisbane · in South Brisbane
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.
Socio-educational advantage
All Australian students — 25% in each quarter
Who’s enrolled
Girls and boys
- Girls 1,735 · 48%
- Boys 1,859 · 52%
Language background
- Language other than English 59%
- English only 41%
- Not stated 0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
1% of enrolment
Show the data table
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| ICSEA | 1145 |
| ICSEA vs national average (1000) | +145 |
| ICSEA percentile | 94 |
| Bottom quarter of advantage | 3% |
| Lower-middle quarter of advantage | 11% |
| Upper-middle quarter of advantage | 29% |
| Top quarter of advantage | 57% |
| Total enrolment | 3,594 |
| Girls | 1,735 (48%) |
| Boys | 1,859 (52%) |
| Language other than English | 59% |
| English only | 41% |
| Not stated | 0% |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 1% |
School details
- Sector
- State school
- Type
- Secondary
- Year levels
- 7–12
- Enrolment
- 3,184 studentsQLD state census
- ICSEA
- 1145 · 94th percentileACARA 2025
- Address
- Cnr Cordelia and Glenelg Streets, South Brisbane 4101
- Phone
- (07) 3291 4111
- Website
- brisbaneshs.eq.edu.au
The enrolment figure above and the one under “Who’s enrolled” differ because they come from different official sources taken at different times: the Queensland Government’s state school census, and ACARA’s My School profile.
Catchment area
Queensland state schools enrol students who live inside their catchment. This is a simplified outline — catchments can split a street, so confirm your exact address on the Queensland Government’s EdMap.
Covers Highgate Hill, South Brisbane, West End.
Also parts of Fairfield - Dutton Park, Kangaroo Point, Woolloongabba.
Covers Highgate Hill, South Brisbane, West End.
Also parts of Fairfield - Dutton Park, Kangaroo Point, Woolloongabba.
Other schools in South Brisbane
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).