List of schools in Far North Queensland
This is a list of schools in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia. Prior to 2015, the Queensland education system consisted of primary schools, which accommodated students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–13), and high schools, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 12–18). However, from 2015, Year 7 became the first year of high school.[1] The region's largest population centre is Cairns.
Regional schools are:
- 98 State Primary Schools
- 25 State Secondary
- 29 Catholic Schools and Colleges
- 10 Independent Schools
- 2 Special Schools
- 1 Distance Education School
State schools
State primary schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
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Alexandra Bay State School | Cape Tribulation | Douglas | 1986 | Website | |
Aloomba State School | Aloomba | Cairns | 1899 | Website | |
Atherton State School | Atherton | Tablelands | 1891 | Website | |
Balaclava State School | Mooroobool | Cairns | 1954 | Website | |
Bartle Frere State School | Bartle Frere | Cairns | 1922 | Website | |
Bellenden Ker State School | Bellenden Ker | Cairns | 1922 | Website | |
Biboohra State School | Biboohra | Mareeba | 1902 | Website | |
Bloomfield River State School | Wujal Wujal | Wujal Wujal (A) | 1952 | Website | |
Butchers Creek State School | Butchers Creek | Tablelands | 1913 | Website | |
Cairns West State School | Manunda | Cairns | 1964 | Website | |
Cape York AAA - Coen Campus | Coen | Cook | 1895 | Website[permanent dead link] | Coen SS until 2009; part of Western Cape until 2012. |
Cape York AAA – Hopevale Campus | Hopevale | Hope Vale (A) | 1949 | Website[permanent dead link] | Formerly Hopevale SS until 2012 |
Caravonica State School | Caravonica | Cairns | 1927 | Website | |
Cardwell State School | Cardwell | Cassowary Coast | 1870 | Website | |
Chillagoe State School | Chillagoe | Mareeba | 1902 | Website | |
Croydon State School | Croydon | Croydon | 1890 | Website | |
Daintree State School | Daintree | Douglas | 1924 | Website | |
Dimbulah State School | Dimbulah | Mareeba | 1914 | Website | P-10 |
Edge Hill State School | Edge Hill | Cairns | 1940 | Website | |
El Arish State School | El Arish | Cassowary Coast | 1922 | Website | |
Feluga State School | Feluga | Cassowary Coast | 1927 | Website | |
Flying Fish Point State School | Flying Fish Point | Cassowary Coast | 1899 | Website | |
Forsayth State School | Forsayth | Etheridge | 1895 | Website | Originally opened as Charleston State School, renamed Forsayth State School in 1920[2] |
Freshwater State School | Freshwater | Cairns | 1896 | Website | |
Georgetown State School | Georgetown | Etheridge | 1874 | Website | |
Goondi State School | Goondi | Cassowary Coast | 1898 | Website | |
Gordonvale State School | Gordonvale | Cairns | 1897 | Website | |
Hambledon State School | Edmonton | Cairns | 1887 | Website | |
Herberton State School | Herberton | Tablelands | 1881 | Website | Relocated in 1994 |
Innisfail State School | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1887 | Website | On 18 July 1887 the Geraldton Provisional State School was opened on a site which is now known as Memorial Park, Innisfail. On 1 August 1894 the Geraldton Provisional School became the Geraldton State School. The school was transferred to its present site in Emily Street. During 1913 the name of the school was changed to the Innisfail State School (No. 527); this was because the town itself had been renamed Innisfail. |
Innisfail East State School | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1936 | Website | |
Irvinebank State School | Irvinebank | Mareeba | 1886 | Website | Listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. |
Isabella State School | Edmonton | Cairns | 2007 | Website | |
Julatten State School | Julatten | Mareeba | 1923 | Website | |
Kairi State School | Kairi | Tablelands | 1911 | Website | |
Karumba State School | Karumba | Carpentaria | 1968 | Website | |
Kennedy State School | Kennedy | Cassowary Coast | 1927 | Website | |
Kowanyama State School | Kowanyama | Kowanyama (A) | 1904 | Website | Has year levels P-10. Originally known as Trubanamen Mission School (Church of England) and then from 1916 as the Mitchell River State School. Circa 1975-1980 the school and community began to use the name Kowanyama. |
Lakeland State School | Lakeland | Cook | 1969 | Website | |
Laura State School | Laura | Cook | 1889 | Website | |
Lower Tully State School | Lower Tully | Cassowary Coast | 1932 | Website | |
Machans Beach State School | Machans Beach | Cairns | 1952 | Website | |
Malanda State School | Malanda | Tablelands | 1913 | Website | |
Mareeba State School | Mareeba | Mareeba | 1893 | Website | |
McDonnell Creek State School | Fishery Falls | Cairns | 1913 | Website | |
Mena Creek State School | Mena Creek | Cassowary Coast | 1920 | Website | |
Miallo State School | Miallo | Douglas | 1911 | Website | |
Millaa Millaa State School | Millaa Millaa | Tablelands | 1918 | Website | |
Mirriwinni State School | Mirriwinni | Cairns | 1916 | Website | Historically spelled Miriwinni, but officially standardised as Mirriwinni in 2010[3] |
Mission Beach State School | Mission Beach | Cassowary Coast | 1953 | Website | |
Moresby State School | Moresby | Cassowary Coast | 1915 | Website | |
Mossman State School | Mossman | Douglas | 1898 | Website | |
Mount Garnet State School | Mount Garnet | Tablelands | 1901 | Website | |
Mount Molloy State School | Mount Molloy | Mareeba | 1906 | Website | |
Mount Surprise State School | Mount Surprise | Etheridge | 1917 | Website | |
Mourilyan State School | Mourilyan | Cassowary Coast | 1908 | Website | |
Mundoo State School | Mundoo | Cassowary Coast | 1895 | Website | |
Murray River Upper State School | Murray Upper | Cassowary Coast | 1904 | Website | |
Mutchilba State School | Mutchilba | Mareeba | 1939 | Website | |
Normanton State School | Normanton | Carpentaria | 1882 | Website | P-10 |
Northern Peninsula Area College - Bamaga | Bamaga | Northern Peninsula | 1964 | Website | Formerly Bamaga SS until Mar 2005 |
Northern Peninsula Area College - Injinoo | Injinoo | Northern Peninsula | 2005 | Website | |
Parramatta State School | Parramatta Park | Cairns | 1927 | Website | |
Pormpuraaw State School | Pormpuraaw | Pormpuraaw (A) | 1973 | Website | |
Port Douglas State School | Port Douglas | Douglas | 1989 | Website | Previous school 1879-1962 |
Ravenshoe State School | Ravenshoe | Tablelands | 1912 | Website | |
Rossville State School | Rossville | Cook | 1988 | Website | |
Silkwood State School | Silkwood | Cassowary Coast | 1916 | Website | |
South Johnstone State School | South Johnstone | Cassowary Coast | 1916 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Badu Island Campus | Badu Island | Torres Strait Island | 1905 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Dauan Island Campus | Dauan Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Erub Island Campus | Erub Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | Darnley Island SS until 2005 |
Tagai State College - Horn Island Campus | Horn Island | Torres | 1993 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Kubin Campus | Kubin (Moa Island) | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Mabuiag Island Campus | Mabuiag Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Malu Kiwai Campus | Boigu Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Mer Campus | Mer Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Poruma Campus | Poruma Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | Coconut Island SS until 2005 |
Tagai State College - Saibai Island Campus | Saibai Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - St Pauls Campus | St Pauls (Moa Island) | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Stephen Island Campus | Ugar Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - T. I. Primary Campus | Thursday Island | Torres | 1885 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Warraber Island Campus | Warraber Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Yam Island Campus | Yam Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tagai State College - Yorke Island Campus | Yorke Island | Torres Strait Island | 1985 | Website | |
Tolga State School | Tolga | Tablelands | 1895 | Website | |
Trinity Beach State School | Trinity Beach | Cairns | 1979 | Website | |
Tully State School | Tully | Cassowary Coast | 1924 | Website | |
Walkamin State School | Walkamin | Tablelands | 1958 | Website | |
Western Cape College - Mapoon | Mapoon | Mapoon (A) | 1995 | Website | Mapoon SS until 2002 |
White Rock State School | White Rock | Cairns | 1988 | Website | |
Whitfield State School | Whitfield | Cairns | 1989 | Website | |
Wonga Beach State School | Wonga Beach | Douglas | 1939 | Website | |
Woree State School | Woree | Cairns | 1980 | Website | |
Yarrabah State School | Yarrabah | Yarrabah | 1892 | Website | |
Yorkeys Knob State School | Yorkeys Knob | Cairns | 1957 | Website | |
Yungaburra State School | Yungaburra | Tablelands | 1909 | Website |
State high schools and colleges
Other state schools
This includes special schools (schools for disabled children) and schools for specific purposes. Additionally to these, special education programs and units are located at many larger primary and high schools.
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
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Cairns School of Distance Education | Manunda | Cairns | 1974 | Website | Next to Trinity Bay State High School |
Defunct state schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Closed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Almaden State School | Almaden | Mareeba | 1906 | 1997 | |
Bamford State School | Bamford, near Petford | Mareeba | 1905 | 1935 | |
Barrine State School | Barrine | Tablelands | 1909 | 1958 | Formerly Boar Pocket SS until 1911 |
Beatrice Creek State School | Beatrice | Tablelands | 1921 | 1945 | |
Boogan State School | Boogan | Cassowary Coast | 1929 | 1979 | |
Boonmoo State School | near Dimbulah | Mareeba | 1910 | 1912 | |
Brook's Road State School | Millaa Millaa | Tablelands | c1943 | 1958 | |
Cairns Central Girls' School | Cairns City | Cairns | 1914 | 1943 | Merged into Cairns Central SS |
Cairns Central State School | Cairns City | Cairns | 1917 | 1994 | |
Cairns North State School | Cairns North | Cairns | 1878 | 2004 | |
Cairns Road State School | Edmonton | Cairns | 1921 | 1963 | |
Cairns Special School | Cairns | Cairns | 1958 | 1990 | |
Calcifer State School | Calcifer, near Chillagoe | Mareeba | c.1898 | c.1908 | |
Cardross State School | Cardross, near Chillagoe | Mareeba | c.1914 | c.1920 | |
Cardstone State School | Cardstone | Cassowary Coast | 1959 | 1990 | |
Carrington State School | Carrington | Tablelands | 1891 | 1937 | |
Cassowary State School | Cassowary | Douglas | 1913 | 1967 | |
Castleton State School | via Forsayth | Etheridge | 1894 | 1900? | |
Charleston State School | Forsayth | Etheridge | 1895 | 1920 | Renamed Forsayth State School in 1920 |
Chilverton State School | via Ravenshoe | Tablelands | 1916 | 1956 | |
Clohesy River State School | near Kuranda | Mareeba | 1933 | 1939 | |
Coolgarra State School | Mount Garnet | Tablelands | 1901 | 1934 | It opened as Coolgarra Provisional School in 1901, probably in connection with the Coolgarra mine. It became Coolgarra State School on 1 January 1909. In 1916, it was temporarily reduced to a half-time provisional school in conjunction with Lower Nettles Provisional School. However, the closure of Lower Nettles Provisional School later in 1916, allowed Coolgarra to be restored as a full-time state school. It closed in 1934.[2] |
Coorumba State School | Coorumba | Cassowary Coast | 1924 | 1979 | |
Cowley Lower State School | Lower Cowley | Cassowary Coast | 1937 | 1956 | |
Croydon King State School | near Croydon | Croydon | 1895 | 1921 | |
Cumberland State School | Cumberland | Etheridge | 1891 | 1915 | [2] |
Daradgee State School | Daradgee | Cassowary Coast | 1911 | 1984 | |
Donnyville State School | via Georgetown | Etheridge | 1898 | 1916 | |
East Barron State School | East Barron | Tablelands | 1915 | 1964 | |
Ebagoolah State School | Ebagoolah | Cook | 1905 | 1914 | It opened as Ebagoolah Provisional School in 1905, becoming Ebagoolah State School on 1 Jan 1909. It closed in 1914.[2] |
Einasleigh State School | Einasleigh | Etheridge | 1901 | 1955 | |
Ellinjaa Road State School | Ellinjaa | Tablelands | 1919 | 1949 | |
Emuford State School | via Petford | Mareeba | 1910 | 1921-1923 | |
Eubenangee State School | Eubenangee | Cassowary Coast | 1921 | 1971 | The locality of Eubenangee is predominantly in the Cairns Region but the town (the most likely location for this former school) is in Cassowary Coast Region. |
Euluma Creek State School | Euluma Creek (now Julatten) | Mareeba | 1930 | 1951 | |
Euramo State School | Euramo | Cassowary Coast | 1927 | 1974 | |
Evelyn Scrub State School | Evelyn | Tablelands | 1895 | 1946 | [2] |
Evlinton State School | near Ravenswood | Charters Towers | 1885 | 1921 | Opened in 1885 as Sandy Creek Provisional School. Changed name in 1886 and became a State School in 1909. |
Fossilbrook State School | Fossilbrook | Mareeba | 1908 | 1926 | It opened as Fossilbrook Provisional School in 1908. On 1 Jan 1909 it became Fossilbrook State School. There was one temporary closure.[when?] It permanently closed due to low attendances in 1926.[2] |
Gadgarra State School | Gadgarra | Tablelands | 1928 | 1958 | |
Gilmore State School | via Chillagoe | Mareeba | 1909[4] | 1913[5] | The school was probably serving the families working at the Gilmore Mine via Chillagoe. It may initially have been known as Gilmore Siding Provisional School.[6] In 1915 the building was relocated to Mount Mulligan.[7] |
Girofla State School | Mungana, near Chillagoe | Mareeba | 1898 | 1946 | Later became known as Mungana State School. |
Glen Allyn State School | Glen Allyn | Tablelands | 1920 | 1965 | |
Golden Gate State School | Golden Gate | Croydon | 1896 | 1921 | Golden Gate was a mining township near Croydon. |
Goode Island State School | Goods Island | Torres Strait | 1903 | 1912 | |
Grass Tree Provisional School | via Cooktown | Cook | 1910 | 1911 | Grass Tree Provisional School operated briefly as a half-time school in conjunction with Shipton's Flat Provisional School. No to be confused with a similarly named school near Mackay.[8] |
Hale's Siding State School | Irvinebank | Mareeba | 1915 | 1922 | |
Herberton Range State School | Herberton area | Tablelands | 1909 | 1910 | |
Holloways Beach State School | Holloways Beach | Cairns | 1955 | 1966 | |
Innisfail Inclusive Education Centre | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1980 | 2009 | Merged into Innisfail State College |
Innisfail Senior High School | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1955 | 2009 | Merged into Innisfail State College |
Iyah State School | Iyah (now Fredericksfield) | Cassowary Coast | 1920 | 1963 | |
Innot Hot Springs State School | Innot Hot Springs | Tablelands | 1940 | 1957 | |
Jaggan State School | Jaggan | Tablelands | 1918 | 1965 | |
Jessica Point (Napranum) State School | Napranum | Napranum | 1898 | 2005 | Originally opened in 1898 as Weipa Mission School run by the Presbyterian church but was staffed by the Queensland Government not long after. It changed name to Weipa South State School in 1966 and then again to Jessica Point State School in 1976. The name changed again in 2002 to become Napranum Campus of Western Cape College. The school closed in 2005. |
Junction Creek State School | Bellenden Ker | Cairns | 1898 | 1902 | The present Bellenden Ker State School opened in 1922.[2] |
Kaban State School | Kaban | Tablelands | 1914 | 1965? | |
Kidston State School | Kidston | Etheridge | 1911 | 1954 | |
Kingsborough State School | Kingsborough | Mareeba | 1882 | 1924 | [2] |
Koah State School | Koah | Mareeba | 1933 | 1938? | [9][10] No mentions of this school in the Trove newspapers after 1938 |
Koombooloomba State School | Koombooloomba | Tablelands | 1953 | 1963 | |
Koorboora State School | Koorboora (now Petford) | Mareeba | c.1901 | c.1936 | |
Kulara State School | Kulara (now Yungaburra) | Tablelands | 1912 | 1958 | |
Kuranda Senior High School | Kuranda | Mareeba | 1998 | 2007 | Merged into Kuranda District State College |
Kuranda State School | Kuranda | Mareeba | 1892 | 2007 | Merged into Kuranda District State College |
Kureen State School | Kureen | Tablelands | 1912 | 1958 | |
Lake Barrine State School | Lake Barrine | Tablelands | 1920 | 1949 | Formerly Lakebank SS until 1935 |
Lancelot State School | in north-western Silver Valley | Tablelands | 1905 | 1935 | Lancelot is in north-western Silver Valley.[11] |
Lappa Lappa State School | Lappa Lappa, near Petford | Mareeba | 1900 | 1902 | [12] |
Lever Estate State School | Walter Lever Estate | Cassowary Coast | 1936 | 1967 | |
Limestone State School | Groganville | Mareeba | 1890 | 1905 | Groganville was formerly known as Limestone.[13] |
Little Mulgrave State School | Little Mulgrave | Cairns | 1926 | 1964 | |
Lorraine State School | Lorraine Station in Stokes | Carpentaria | 1981 | 1995 | |
Lower Nettles Provisional School | Innot Hot Springs | Tablelands | 1911 | 1916 | Lower Nettles opened as a provisional school in about July 1911.[14] In July 1916, it became a half time school in conjunction with Coolgarra State School. However, later in 1916, Lower Nettles was closed and Coolgarra reverted to full-time status. |
Maytown State School | Maytown, Palmer river area | Cook | 1876 | 1936 | |
McIvor River Provisional School[15] | via Hope Vale | Cook | 1960 | early 1961 | |
Merragallan State School | Merragallan (now Jaggan) | Tablelands | 1913 | 1935 | |
Middlebrook Road State School | Mungalli | Tablelands | 1935 | 1946 | |
Minbun State School | Minbun | Tablelands | 1922 | 1974 | |
Montalbion State School | Montalbion (now in Irvinebank) | Tablelands | 1888 | 1906 | Montalbion is a former mining town at 17°24′02″S 145°09′01″E / 17.4006°S 145.1504°E.[11] |
Mount Amos State School | Mount Amos (now Rossville) | Cook | 1918 | 1919 | |
Mount Aunt State School | Mount Aunt (now in Chewko) | Mareeba | 1940 | 1958 | |
Mount Carbine State School | Mount Carbine | Mareeba | 1908 | 1957 | |
Mount Jackson State School | via Georgetown | Etheridge | 1918 | 1922 | |
Mount Mulligan State School | Mount Mulligan | Mareeba | 1915 | 1958 | The school building was relocated from the closed Gilmore State School in 1915.[7] |
Mowbray River State School | Mowbray | Douglas | 1925 | 1961 | |
Muldiva State School | Muldiva, near Chillagoe | Mareeba | c.1892 | c.1894 | |
Mungana State School | Mungana, near Chillagoe | Mareeba | 1898 | 1946 | Originally known as Girofla State School. |
Northcote State School | via Dimbulah | Mareeba | 1883 | c.1910 | |
North Johnstone State School | North Johnstone | Tablelands | 1914 | 1971 | |
Nymbool State School | Mount Garnet | Tablelands | 1904 | c.1937 | |
O.K. State School | Ok mining settlement (now in Chillagoe) | Mareeba | 1904 | 1910 | [16] |
Palmerston East State School | East Palmerston | Cassowary Coast | 1938 | 2012 | Sometimes known as East Palmerston State School. |
Peeramon State School | Peeramon | Tablelands | 1911 | 1959 | Originally known as Lake Eacham State School. |
Percyville State School | via Kidston | Etheridge | c.1910 | 1921? | |
Petford State School | Petford | Mareeba | 1935 | 1995 | |
Port Douglas State School | Port Douglas | Douglas | 1879 | 1962 | |
Redcap State School | Redcap, near Chillagoe | Mareeba | 1905 | c.1908 | |
Riversdale State School | Euramo | Cassowary Coast | 1953 | 1968 | Riversdale is now in Euramo.[17] |
Rocky Bluffs State School | near Irvinebank | Mareeba | 1904 | 1910 | |
Shiptons Flat State School | via Cooktown | Cook | 1910 | 1921 | |
Silky Oak Creek State School | Silky Oak | Cassowary Coast | 1940 | 1974 | |
Smithfield State School | Smithfield | Cairns | 1899 | 1964 | |
Stannary Hills State School | Stannary Hills (now in Irvinebank) | Tablelands | 1904 | circa 1931 | Stannary Hills is at 17°19′01″S 145°13′02″E / 17.3169°S 145.2173°E.[18] |
Strathmore State School | Strathmore | Mareeba/Etheridge | 1916 | 1932 | |
Stratvell State School | Japoonvale | Cassowary Coast | 1916 | 2002 | |
Sunnymount State School | Petford | Mareeba | 1913 | 1924 | |
Tableland State School | 1904 | 1919 | There was a Tableland State School in Tablelands, Gladstone Region.[2] | ||
Tabletop State School | near Croydon | Croydon | circa 1888 | 1910 | Opened as Tabletop Provisional School circa 1888, becoming Tabletop State School on 1 Jan 1909, then closing in 1910.[2] Is different to Table Top State School on the Darling Downs. |
Tarzali State School | Tarzali | Tablelands | 1914 | 1967 | |
Tate Tin Mines State School | near Almaden | Mareeba | 1894 | 1940 | Provisional school until 1909. Closed in 1924 then opened again in 1930 before closing permanently in 1940. |
Tinaroo Falls State School | Tinaroo | Tablelands | 1954 | 1959 | |
Thornborough State School | Thornborough | Mareeba | 1878 | 1932 | |
Topaz State School | Topaz | Tablelands | 1932 | 1960 | |
Trevethan Creek State School | via Cooktown | Cook | 1915 | 1919 | |
True Blue State School | near Croydon | Croydon | 1893 | 1913 | Needs further research as there is some evidence at Qld State Archives that this school was open between 1975-77. |
Tully Falls State School | via Ravenshoe | Tablelands | 1953 | 1955 | |
Tumoulin State School | Tumoulin | Tablelands | 1912 | 1960 | |
Upper Barron State School | Upper Barron | Tablelands | 1911 | 2008 | |
Wai-Ben State School | Thursday Island, Torres Strait | Torres | 1940 | c1963 | Originally known as Thursday Island State School for Coloured Children. Renamed in 1954. |
Watsonville State School | Watsonville | Mareeba | 1882 | c.1945? | Originally known as Herbert River State School. |
Wattleglen State School | near Craiglie | Douglas | 1874 | 1948 | This school opened and closed many times and changed name each time. It originally opened in 1874 as Goganjo State School, closed in 1878, then reopened in 1882 as Warralie State School for three years. It opened again in 1888 as Craiglie State School, closing again in 1928 before opening again under the final name in 1939. |
Wolfram State School | Wolfram, near Chillagoe | Mareeba | 1905 | 1940 | |
Wondecla State School | Wondecla | Tablelands | 1883 | 1958 | |
Woodville State School | via Dimbulah, Hodgkinson River area | Mareeba | 1893 | c.1933 | There was also a Woodville State School near Yaamba, Shire of Livingstone.[2] |
Woopen Creek State School | Woopen Creek | Cairns | 1952 | 1967 | |
Wright's Creek State School | Wrights Creek | Cairns | 1894 | 1953 | |
Yandina Creek State School | near Croydon | Croydon | 1918 | 1964 | Originally known as Golden Valley State School, then in 1914 changed name to Valdora State School before becoming Yandina Creek in 1948. Note this is different to another school elsewhere in Queensland called Yandina Creek State School which operated between 1914-1920 and 1932-1941. |
Yarraden State School | Yarraden | Cook | Jan.1907 | Dec.1907 | |
Zillmanton State School | Zillmanton, near Chillagoe | Mareeba | 1909 | c.1914 |
Private schools
Catholic schools
Catholic schools in the Cairns region are administered by Catholic Education Office, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns, and supported by the Queensland Catholic Education Commission, which is responsible for coordinating administration, curriculum and policy across the Catholic school system. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
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Good Counsel College | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1975 | Website | Year 7 – 12
Co-Educational Day Schooling |
Good Counsel Primary School | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1975 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
Holy Cross Primary School | Trinity Park | Cairns | 1987 | Website | Prep – Year 6
OSHCare |
Holy Spirit College Cooktown | Cooktown | Cook | 2015 | Website | The focus of this college is the provision of education for disengaged young people which guides their spiritual, social, emotional, academic, and physical development through an engaging and individualised curriculum. |
Holy Spirit College Manoora | Manoora | Cairns | 2015 | Website | The focus of this college is the provision of education for disengaged young people which guides their spiritual, social, emotional, academic, and physical development through an engaging and individualised curriculum. |
Mackillop Catholic College | Mount Peter | Cairns | 2016 | Website | Prep – Year 12 (Prep to Year 4 in 2017)
Co-Educational Day Schooling |
Mother of Good Counsel School | Cairns North | Cairns | 1936 | Website | Prep – Year 6
OSHCare |
Mount St Bernard College | Herberton | Tablelands | 1921 | Website | Year 7 – 12
Co-Educational Day Schooling and Boarding |
Our Lady Help of Christians School | Earlville | Cairns | 1964 | Website | Prep – Year 6
OSHCare |
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School | Thursday Island and Hammond Island | Torres | 1886 | Website | Thursday Island Campus, Prep – Year 6
Hammond Island Campus, Prep – Year 3 |
St Andrews Catholic College | Redlynch | Cairns | 2001 | Website | Prep – Year 12
Co-Educational Day Schooling OSHCare |
St Anthony's Primary School | Dimbulah | Mareeba | 1966 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
St Augustine's College | Cairns City | Cairns | 1930 | Website | Year 7 – 12
Boys Only Day Schooling Boarding |
St Augustine's School | Mossman | Douglas | 1934 | Website | Prep – Year 6
OSHCare |
St Clare's School | Tully | Cassowary Coast | 1928 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
St Francis Xavier's School | Manunda | Cairns | 1967 | Website | Prep – Year 6
OSHCare |
St Gerard Majella School | Woree | Cairns | 1988 | Website | Prep – Year 6
OSHCare |
St John's Catholic School | Silkwood | Cassowary Coast | 1948 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
St Joseph's School | Atherton | Tablelands | 1923 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
St Joseph's School | Parramatta Park | Cairns | 1927 | Website | Prep – Year 6
OSHCare |
St Joseph's School | Weipa | Weipa | 2016 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
St Mary's College | Woree | Cairns | 1986 | Website | Year 7 – 12 Secondary
Co-Educational Day Schooling |
St Michael's School | Gordonvale | Cairns | 1923 | Website | Prep – Year 6
OSHCare |
St Monica's Catholic College | Cairns City | Cairns | 1890 | Website | Year 7 – 12
Girls Only Day Schooling/ Boarding |
St Rita's School | Babinda | Cairns | 1926 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
St Rita's School | South Johnstone | Cassowary Coast | 1932 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
St Stephen's Catholic College | Mareeba | Mareeba | 2006 | Website | Year 7 – 12
Co-Educational Day Schooling |
St Teresa's Primary School | Ravenshoe | Tablelands | 1950 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
St Therese's School | Edmonton | Cairns | 1929 | Website | Prep – Year 6
OSHCare |
St Thomas's School | Mareeba | Mareeba | 1909 | Website | Prep – Year 6 |
Independent schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Category | Opened | Website | Notes |
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Cairns Adventist School | Gordonvale | Cairns | Adventist | 1950 | Website | |
Candlenut Steiner School | Kuranda | Mareeba | Steiner | 2002 | Website | Formerly Cairns Steiner School |
Djarragun College | Gordonvale | Cairns | Anglican | 2001 | Website | Formerly Emmanuel College, Manunda. |
Djarragun College | Port Douglas | Douglas | Anglican | 2008 | Website | Formerly Wangetti Education Centre. |
Freshwater Christian College | Brinsmead | Cairns | Christian | 1983 | Website | Private Christian School, Co-Ed, P - 12, Kindergarten |
Gulf Christian College | Normanton | Carpentaria | Christian | 1990 | ||
Jubilee Christian College | Atherton | Tablelands | Christian | 1984 | Website | Formerly Tableland Christian College until 1998 |
Peace Lutheran College | Kamerunga | Cairns | Lutheran | 1994 | Website | Day and Boarding, Co-Ed, P - 12, Kindergarten |
Radiant Life College | East Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | Christian | 1982 | ||
Trinity Anglican School | White Rock | Cairns | Anglican | 1983 | Website | TAS White Rock - Kindergarten to Year 12. TAS Kewarra Beach - Kindergarten to Year 6. Co-educational. Weekly & long term short homestay available. |
Kewarra Beach |
Defunct private schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Category | Opened | Closed | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emmanuel College | Manunda | Cairns | Anglican | 1986 | 2001 | Became Djarragun College[19] |
St Barnabas' Anglican School | Ravenshoe | Tablelands | Anglican | 1953 | 1990 | Campus acquired by Ravenshoe SS |
Wangetti Education Centre | Port Douglas | Douglas | Anglican | 1983 | 2008 | Became campus of Djarragun College |
See also
References
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External links
- Directory of Schools (Department of Education and Training - Queensland Government)
- Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools, a directory of Government schools in Queensland. (Department of Education and Training - Queensland Government)
- Catholic Education Office, Cairns
- About Independent schools at Independent Schools Queensland.