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Ipswich West Special School

Cnr Omar & Tiger Streets, West Ipswich, 4305 — in Ipswich - Central

SectorSchools
State
Special school
QLD Open Data
Year levels
Prep–12
official range
QLD Open Data
ICSEA
950
national average is 1000
ACARA 2025
Suburb
Ipswich - Central
SA2 this campus sits in
ABS boundary

Ipswich West Special School is a state special school in Ipswich - Central, Brisbane, teaching Prep–12. It had 96 students at the most recent Queensland state census. Its ICSEA is 950, below the national average of 1000 (25th percentile nationally). NAPLAN results for Ipswich West Special School are published on its My School profile (ACARA).

Student background

ACARA · 2025

ICSEA 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.

950ICSEA 50 points below the national average of 1000, higher than 25% of Australian schools
50
820national average · 10001180
vs avg

Socio-educational advantage

Bottom quarter 49%Lower-middle quarter 28%Upper-middle quarter 16%Top quarter 7%

All Australian students — 25% in each quarter

Who’s enrolled

135students in 2025

Girls and boys

  • Girls 34 · 25%
  • Boys 101 · 75%

Language background

  • Language other than English 15%
  • English only 85%
  • Not stated 1%

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

19% of enrolment

Ipswich West Special School has an ICSEA of 950, below the national average of 1000 and higher than 25% of Australian schools. 7% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 49% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 135 students in 2025 (34 girls, 101 boys), 19% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 15% with a language background other than English.

Show the data table
Ipswich West Special School — student background, ACARA School Profile 2025
MeasureValue
ICSEA950
ICSEA vs national average (1000)-50
ICSEA percentile25
Bottom quarter of advantage49%
Lower-middle quarter of advantage28%
Upper-middle quarter of advantage16%
Top quarter of advantage7%
Total enrolment135
Girls34 (25%)
Boys101 (75%)
Language other than English15%
English only85%
Not stated1%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander19%
NAPLAN results and student progress for Ipswich West Special School are on My School, ACARA’s official site.

School details

Sector
State school
Type
Special
Year levels
Prep–12
Enrolment
96 students
ICSEA
950 · 25th percentile
Address
Cnr Omar & Tiger Streets, West Ipswich 4305

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).