St John's College is a Catholic secondary school offering a traditional, structured environment with strong pastoral support.
NAPLAN in line with national year-level averages; the result is a B overall.
St John's College is a Catholic secondary school offering a traditional, structured environment with strong pastoral support. The school emphasises sport and arts alongside academic learning, and maintains a clear commitment to inclusion and support for students with diverse needs and disabilities. Suited to families seeking a faith-based education with established programs across performance, creative arts, and athletics, alongside a caring community approach.
St John's College is also known as SJC Nambour.
St John's College has an overall SchoolRank score of 54.7/100, rated "Average". This score is calculated from academic results, student growth, wellbeing, extracurricular programs, and value for money. Academically, the school scores 54/100, indicating moderate performance relative to other Australian schools. The school's ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage) is 1059, well above the national average of 1,000.
In 2025 NAPLAN testing at St John's College, Year 7 students averaged 540 across the tested NAPLAN domains, in line with the national average of 540 for that year level, and Year 9 students averaged 565, in line with the national average of 569 for that year level. National averages are specific to each year level, because NAPLAN scores are scaled so older year levels score higher, a school-wide average can't be compared with a single national figure.
St John's College is a medium-sized catholic secondary school with approximately 927 students. It offers education for years 7-12. As a catholic school, enrolment typically involves an application process. Contact the school directly for enrolment criteria, waiting lists, and open day information.
St John's College has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. This is around the national average of approximately 14:1, meaning class sizes are typical for Australian schools. Support staff make up 32% of the workforce, providing additional learning assistance and pastoral care. The student attendance rate is 89%, which is moderate.
The Year 12 completion rate is 99%. 100% of students received a university offer.
St John's College is located in Nambour, QLD, classified as a major cities school. With an ICSEA of 1059 (72th percentile), the school community's socio-educational advantage is around the national average. ICSEA measures the educational advantage of a school's community, not the school's quality, a lower ICSEA school with strong academic scores may indicate particularly effective teaching.