List of schools in Sunshine Coast, Queensland

This is a list of schools in the Shire of Noosa (Noosa) and the Sunshine Coast Region (Sunshine Coast) of Queensland, Australia, including both the urban areas and surrounding hinterland.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]

State schools

State primary schools

Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Notes
Baringa State SchoolBaringaSunshine Coast2018Website
Beerburrum State SchoolBeerburrumSunshine Coast1918Website
Beerwah State SchoolBeerwahSunshine Coast1888WebsiteOriginally opened as Coochin Creek Provisional School in 1888, becoming a State School in 1909. Name changed to Beerwah State School c.1928. Note this is a different school to a later one in this region which was named Coochin Creek State School - see list of defunct state schools below.
Bli Bli State SchoolBli BliSunshine Coast1901Website
Buddina State SchoolBuddinaSunshine Coast1979Website
Buderim Mountain State SchoolBuderimSunshine Coast1875Website
Burnside State SchoolBurnsideSunshine Coast1978Website
Caloundra State SchoolCaloundraSunshine Coast1889Website
Chevallum State SchoolChevallumSunshine Coast1921Website
Conondale State SchoolConondaleSunshine Coast1912Website
Coolum State SchoolCoolum BeachSunshine Coast1917Website
Cooran State SchoolCooranNoosa1890Website
Cooroy State SchoolCooroyNoosa1909Website
Currimundi State SchoolCurrimundiSunshine Coast1977Website
Delaneys Creek State SchoolD'AguilarSunshine Coast1892Website
Elimbah State SchoolElimbahSunshine Coast1915Website
Eudlo State SchoolEudloSunshine Coast1897Website
Eumundi State SchoolEumundiSunshine Coast1893Website
Federal State SchoolFederalNoosa1910WebsiteColes Creek SS until the 1930s
Glass House Mountains State SchoolGlass House MountainsSunshine Coast1910Website
Glenview State SchoolGlenviewSunshine Coast1878Website
Golden Beach State SchoolGolden BeachSunshine Coast1983Website
Kandanga State SchoolKandangaGympie1915Website
Kenilworth State Community CollegeKenilworthSunshine Coast1924WebsiteKenilworth SS until 2003
Kin Kin State SchoolKin KinNoosa1916Website
Kuluin State SchoolKuluinSunshine Coast1987Website
Landsborough State SchoolLandsboroughSunshine Coast1879Website
Maleny State SchoolMalenySunshine Coast1913Website
Mapleton State SchoolMapletonSunshine Coast1899Website
Maroochydore State SchoolMaroochydoreSunshine Coast1921Website
Montville State SchoolMontvilleSunshine Coast1896Website
Mooloolaba State SchoolMooloolabaSunshine Coast1933Website
Mooloolah State SchoolMooloolahSunshine Coast1894Website
Mountain Creek State SchoolMountain CreekSunshine Coast1994Website
Nambour State SchoolNambourSunshine Coast1879Website
Noosaville State SchoolNoosavilleNoosa1996Website
North Arm State SchoolNorth ArmSunshine Coast1885Website
Pacific Paradise State SchoolPacific ParadiseSunshine Coast1992Website
Palmwoods State SchoolPalmwoodsSunshine Coast1889Website
Peachester State SchoolPeachesterSunshine Coast1892Website
Peregian Springs State SchoolPeregian SpringsSunshine Coast2010Website
Pomona State SchoolPomonaNoosa1897Website
Sunshine Beach State SchoolSunshine BeachNoosa1982Website
Talara Primary CollegeCurrimundiSunshine Coast1998Website
Tewantin State SchoolTewantinNoosa1875Website
Wamuran State SchoolWamuranSunshine Coast1921Website
Woodford State SchoolWoodfordSunshine Coast1892WebsiteP-10
Woombye State SchoolWoombyeSunshine Coast1885Website
Yandina State SchoolYandinaSunshine Coast1899Website

State high schools and colleges

Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Notes
Beerwah State High SchoolBeerwahSunshine Coast1992Website
Burnside State High SchoolBurnsideSunshine Coast1979Website
Caloundra State High SchoolCaloundraSunshine Coast1967Website
Chancellor State CollegeSippy DownsSunshine Coast1997WebsiteP-12. SS until 2004
Coolum State High SchoolCoolum BeachSunshine Coast1985Website
Kawana Waters State CollegeBokarinaSunshine Coast1987WebsiteP-12; SHS until 2006
Maleny State High SchoolMalenySunshine Coast1987Website
Maroochydore State High SchoolMaroochydoreSunshine Coast1964Website
Mary Valley State CollegeImbilSunshine Coast2002WebsiteP-10; replaced Imbil SS
Meridan State CollegeMeridan PlainsSunshine Coast2006WebsiteP-11
Mountain Creek State High SchoolMountain CreekSunshine Coast1995Website
Nambour State CollegeNambourSunshine Coast1953WebsiteFormerly Nambour State High School until 2016
Noosa District State High SchoolCooroyNoosa1963Website
PomonaNoosa2000Formerly Cooroora Secondary College until 2007
Sunshine Beach State High SchoolSunshine BeachNoosa1992Website

Other state schools

This includes special schools (schools for disabled children) and schools for specific purposes.

Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Notes
Currimundi Special SchoolCurrimundiSunshine Coast1984Website
Nambour Special SchoolBurnsideSunshine Coast1977Website

Defunct state schools

Name Suburb LGA Opened Closed Notes
Belli Park State SchoolBelli ParkSunshine Coast19081963
Bellthorpe State SchoolBellthorpeSunshine Coast19191969
Bellthorpe West State SchoolBellthorpe WestSunshine Coast19531969
Black Mountain State SchoolBlack MountainNoosa19131961
Bokarina State SchoolBokarinaSunshine Coast19872006Merged with Kawana Waters SHS
Booroobin State SchoolBooroobinSunshine Coast19191953
Boreen Junction State SchoolBoreen PointNoosa18981947
Commissioners Flat State SchoolCommissioners FlatSunshine Coast?1977
Coochin Creek State SchoolCoochin CreekSunshine Coast19521962
Coolabine State SchoolCoolabineSunshine Coast19281956Formerly Cooloobin SS
Cooloolabin State SchoolCooloolabinSunshine Coast19151962
Cooloothin Creek State SchoolBoreen PointNoosa19151936
Cooroy West State SchoolCooroyNoosa19111962
Cootharaba Lake State SchoolCootharabaNoosa19091943
Cootharaba Road State SchoolCootharabaNoosa18941965
Crohamhurst State SchoolCrohamhurstSunshine Coast19131960
Diddillibah State SchoolDiddillibahSunshine Coast18851962
Doonan State SchoolDoonanNoosa19191954
Dulong State SchoolDulongSunshine Coast18951967
Eerwah Vale State SchoolEerwah ValeSunshine Coast19251963
Elaman Creek State SchoolElaman CreekSunshine Coastc. 19401960[2]
Flaxton State SchoolFlaxtonSunshine Coast19221967
Hunchy State SchoolHunchySunshine Coast19241969
Ilkley State SchoolIlkleySunshine Coast19011964
Kareewa State SchoolCootharabaNoosa18981933
Kenilworth Lower State SchoolKenilworthSunshine Coast19001959
Kidaman Creek State SchoolKidaman CreekSunshine Coast19141959
Kiels Mountain State SchoolKiels MountainSunshine Coast1918c.1962
Kin Kin Junction State SchoolKin KinNoosa19091981
Kureelpa State SchoolKureelpaSunshine Coast19141967
Maleny North State SchoolNorth MalenySunshine Coast19131953
Maroochy River State SchoolMaroochy RiverSunshine Coast19111972
Mill SchoolLake CootharabaNoosa18741892
Mons State SchoolMonsSunshine Coast19161974
Moran Group State Schoolnear Kin KinNoosa19091952
Nambour State Infants SchoolNambourSunshine Coast19611980
Obi Obi State SchoolObi ObiSunshine Coast19011959
Perwillowen State SchoolPerwillowenSunshine Coast19161959
Pinbarren Creek State SchoolPinbarrenNoosa19051939
Pomona Rural SchoolPomonaNoosa19252000Moved and renamed Cooroora Secondary College. First high school established on the Sunshine Coast.
Ringtail State SchoolCootharabaNoosa19121943
Ridgewood State SchoolRidgewoodSunshine Coast19161961
Stanmore State SchoolStanmoreSunshine Coast18911972
Stony Creek State School Stony Creek Moreton Bay 1877 1914 [2]
Tinbeerwah State SchoolTinbeerwahNoosa19141963
Verrierdale State SchoolVerrierdaleSunshine Coast19161963
Wahpunga State SchoolKin KinNoosa19101967
Witta State SchoolWittaSunshine Coast18921974Formerly Teutoberg until 1916
Wootha State SchoolWoothaSunshine Coast18861949
Yandina Creek State SchoolYandina CreekSunshine Coast19011964

Private schools

Catholic schools

In Queensland, Catholic primary schools are usually (but not always) linked to a parish. Prior to the 1970s, most schools were founded by religious institutes, but with the decrease in membership of these institutes, together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process which completed by approximately 1990.

Schools in the Sunshine Coast region are administered by the Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Brisbane. The CEO is 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
Our Lady of the Rosary Primary SchoolCaloundraSunshine Coast1977Website
St John's CollegeNambourSunshine Coast1940WebsiteSt Joseph's College until 1976
St Joseph's Primary SchoolNambourSunshine Coast1925Website
St Teresa's Catholic CollegeNoosavilleNoosa2004Website
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolSunshine BeachNoosa1990Website
Siena Catholic CollegeSippy DownsSunshine Coast1997Website
Siena Catholic Primary SchoolSippy DownsSunshine Coast2001Website
Stella Maris Catholic Primary SchoolMaroochydoreSunshine Coast1980Website
Unity CollegeCaloundra WestSunshine Coast2006WebsiteP-12 Ecumenical

Independent schools

Most independent schools cater for students from preparatory to year 12.

Name Suburb Category LGA Opened Website Notes
Agnew SchoolNambourExclusive BrethrenSunshine Coast2003Website
Ananda Marga River SchoolMalenyIndependentSunshine Coast1995WebsitePrimary
Blackall Range Independent SchoolKureelpaIndependentSunshine Coast1975Website
Caloundra Christian CollegeCaloundraBaptistSunshine Coast1983Website
Caloundra City Private SchoolPelican WatersIndependentSunshine Coast2005Website
Coolum Beach Christian CollegeCoolum BeachInd. ChristianSunshine Coast2004Website
Glasshouse Christian CollegeBeerwahBaptistSunshine Coast2000Website
Good Shepherd Lutheran CollegeNoosavilleLutheranNoosa1986Website
Immanuel Lutheran CollegeBuderimLutheranSunshine Coast1979WebsitePrimary until 1994
Matthew Flinders Anglican CollegeBuderimAnglicanSunshine Coast1989Website
Montessori International CollegeSippy DownsIndependentSunshine Coast1982WebsiteMoved from Buderim in 2009
Nambour Christian CollegeWoombyeInd. ChristianSunshine Coast1980Website
Noosa Christian CollegeCooroySDANoosa2003Website
Noosa Pengari Steiner SchoolDoonanIndependentNoosa1996WebsitePre-Prep to Class 11
Pacific Lutheran CollegeBirtinyaLutheranSunshine Coast2001Website
Peregian Beach CollegePeregian SpringsIndependentSunshine Coast2002Website
St Andrew's Anglican CollegePeregian SpringsAnglicanSunshine Coast2003Website
Suncoast Christian CollegeWoombyeInd. ChristianSunshine Coast1979WebsiteFormerly Christian Outreach College (Sunshine Coast)
Sunshine Coast Grammar SchoolForest GlenUnitingSunshine Coast1997Website

Defunct private schools

Name Suburb Category LGA Opened Closed Notes
Multi-Disciplinary Academy Grammar SchoolNoosavilleIndependentNoosa19881988
St Patrick's SchoolPomonaCatholicNoosa19471971

Higher education

Universities

Name Suburb LGA Opened Notes
University of the Sunshine CoastSippy DownsSunshine Coast1994

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Year 7 is moving to high school | Education and training | Queensland Government". www.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  2. 1 2 Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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