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Payne Road State School

The Gap · in The Gap

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Sector

State

Primary school

Year levels

Prep–6

official range

ICSEA

1120

national average is 1000

Suburb

The Gap

SA2 this campus sits in

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.

1120ICSEA — 120 points above the national average of 1000, higher than 89% of Australian schools

+120

820national average · 10001180

vs avg

Socio-educational advantage

Bottom quarter 5%Lower-middle quarter 13%Upper-middle quarter 31%Top quarter 51%

13%31%51%

All Australian students — 25% in each quarter

Who’s enrolled

299students in 2025 (ACARA)

Girls and boys

Girls 148 · 49%
Boys 151 · 51%

Language background

Language other than English 14%
English only 86%
Not stated 0%

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

4% of enrolment

Show the data table

Payne Road State School — student background, ACARA School Profile 2025
Measure	Value
ICSEA	1120
ICSEA vs national average (1000)	+120
ICSEA percentile	89
Bottom quarter of advantage	5%
Lower-middle quarter of advantage	13%
Upper-middle quarter of advantage	31%
Top quarter of advantage	51%
Total enrolment	299
Girls	148 (49%)
Boys	151 (51%)
Language other than English	14%
English only	86%
Not stated	0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	4%

We don’t rank schools. NAPLAN results and student progress for Payne Road State School are on My School, ACARA’s official site.

School details

Sector: State school
Type: Primary
Year levels: Prep–6
Enrolment: 279 studentsQLD state census
ICSEA: 1120 · 89th percentileACARA 2025
Address: 171 Payne Road, The Gap 4061
Phone: (07) 3511 3111
Website: payneroadss.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.

Map

Primary

Also parts of Ashgrove, Enoggera, The Gap.

Other schools in The Gap

Hilder Road State SchoolState · Primary St Peter Chanel Primary School (The Gap)Catholic · Primary The Gap State SchoolState · Primary The Gap State High SchoolState · Secondary

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).