Bajool State School — Community Composition — Bajool, QLD

ICSEA Socio-Educational Advantage

ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) measures the socio-educational profile of this school's community not the school itself.The national average is 1,000.It is calculated from parent's occupation, parent's education, geographic remoteness, and Indigenous enrolment proportion.The national average is 1,000.It is calculated from parent's occupation, parent's education, geographic remoteness, and Indigenous enrolment proportion.

ICSEA Score971

800 (most disadvantaged)Around average Around average1200 (most advantaged) (most favored)

SEIFA IRSD Decile

1/10

most disadvantaged areas nationally

SEIFA IRSD Score

884

Area-level index (ABS 2021)

ICSEA: ACARA (2025). SEIFA: ABS Census 2021.

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Bajool State School's community composition is broadly balanced across socio-educational quarters, reflecting a relatively diverse intake compared to many Australian schools

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Top quarter Top quarter

24 pp below avg1%

25% en cada trimestre

Upper middle

6 pp below avg19%

25% en cada trimestre

Below middleBelow middleBelow middle

22 pp above avg47%

25% en cada trimestre

Bottom quarter

8 pp above avg33%

25% en cada trimestre

2025

Community Composition Matters Why

ICSEA is not a quality ranking

ICSEA measures the community a school serves not how well the school teaches. Two schools with identical ICSEA scores can have dramatically different teaching quality, culture, and outcomes. ICSEA is context, not verdict.

Sempre compare like with like

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The composition shift over time

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SEIFA complements ICSEA

Seifa IRSD measures the geographic area around the school (from Census data). It provides a complementary view especially useful for understanding schools in gentrifying or rapidly changing neighborhoods where ICSEA may lag behind the on-the-ground reality