Independent · Secondary · Cairns

The BUSY School

1,780

Students

854 boys · 926 girls

11-12

Year range

975

ICSEA

avg = 1000

Students from non-English speaking background

ICSEA - socio-educational intake context 975

ICSEA reflects the socio-educational background of students at this school - it is an intake measure, not a teaching quality or outcomes ranking. National average is 1000. Range is roughly 500–1300. This school's ICSEA places it above 36% of Australian schools.

Suburb Cairns 4870

Local government area Cairns

Remoteness Outer Regional

Sector Independent

School type Secondary

Indigenous students 1%

Statistical area (SA2) Manunda

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Other schools in Manunda

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA

Cairns School of Distance Education Government Prep-12 3,692 1024

Cairns West State School Government Prep-6 481 784

St Francis Xavier's School Catholic Prep-6 382 953

Trinity Bay State High School Government 7-12 1,784 908

Source: ACARA School Profile & School Location 2025 (Data Access Program). VIC and NSW government catchment zones from DET School Zones 2027 and NSW DoE School Intake Zones 2026. ICSEA is a socio-educational intake index - it measures student background, not teaching quality or outcomes. Methodology →