3
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Mount Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Mackay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Three schools serve the families of Mount Mackay, providing a range of primary and secondary options. While the area has more schools within a short distance than most similar places, the typical school advantage score is much lower than in other areas.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Most students attend government schools, which make up 66.7% of the sector. There are three schools within 3 km, though the typical school advantage score of 928 is much lower than the figure for most other areas.
386
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
928
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Mackay
3 schools — 1,159 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Tully State High School, Tully | Government | Secondary | 7.4 km | 721 | 925 |
| Tully State School, Tully | Government | Primary | 8.3 km | 268 | 885 |
| St Clare's School, Tully | Catholic | Primary | 8.4 km | 170 | 1,008 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31989/mount-mackay/topic/education