Wavell State High School
Telopia Avenue, Wavell Heights, 4012 — in Wavell Heights
Wavell State High School is a state secondary school in Wavell Heights, Brisbane, teaching Years 7–12. It had 1,674 students at the most recent Queensland state census. Its state-school catchment covers Geebung and Wavell Heights and parts of nearby suburbs. Its ICSEA is 1008, above the national average of 1000 (50th percentile nationally). NAPLAN results for Wavell State High School are published on its My School profile (ACARA).
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 755 · 50%
- Boys 767 · 50%
Language background
- Language other than English 29%
- English only 71%
- Not stated 0%
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
9% of enrolment
Wavell State High School has an ICSEA of 1008, above the national average of 1000 and higher than 50% of Australian schools. 12% of its students are in the top quarter of socio-educational advantage and 27% in the bottom quarter, against 25% in each quarter across all Australian schools. It enrolled 1,522 students in 2025 (755 girls, 767 boys), 9% Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 29% with a language background other than English.
Show the data table
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| ICSEA | 1008 |
| ICSEA vs national average (1000) | +8 |
| ICSEA percentile | 50 |
| Bottom quarter of advantage | 27% |
| Lower-middle quarter of advantage | 36% |
| Upper-middle quarter of advantage | 25% |
| Top quarter of advantage | 12% |
| Total enrolment | 1,522 |
| Girls | 755 (50%) |
| Boys | 767 (50%) |
| Language other than English | 29% |
| English only | 71% |
| Not stated | 0% |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 9% |
School details
- Sector
- State school
- Type
- Secondary
- Year levels
- 7–12
- Enrolment
- 1,674 students
- ICSEA
- 1008 · 50th percentile
- Address
- Telopia Avenue, Wavell Heights 4012
- Phone
- (07) 3350 0333
- Website
- wavellshs.eq.edu.au
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 Geebung, Wavell Heights.
Also parts of Chermside, Clayfield, Kedron - Gordon Park, Northgate - Virginia, Nundah, Stafford, Stafford Heights, Wooloowin - Lutwyche.
Covers Geebung, Wavell Heights.
Also parts of Chermside, Clayfield, Kedron - Gordon Park, Northgate - Virginia, Nundah, Stafford, Stafford Heights, Wooloowin - Lutwyche.
Other schools in Wavell Heights
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).