This is a list of schools in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia. The Queensland education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–12), and high schools, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 13–17). The region's largest population centre is Cairns.
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| Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Bay State School | Cape Tribulation | Cairns | 1986 | Website | |
| Aloomba State School | Aloomba | Cairns | 1899 | Website | |
| Atherton State School | Atherton | Tablelands | 1891 | Website | |
| Balaclava State School | Parramatta Park | 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 | Tablelands | 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 | |
| Caravonica State School | Caravonica | Cairns | 1927 | Website | |
| Cardwell State School | Cardwell | Cassowary Coast | 1870 | Website | |
| Chillagoe State School | Chillagoe | Tablelands | 1902 | Website | |
| Croydon State School | Croydon | Croydon | 1890 | Website | |
| Daintree State School | Daintree | Cairns | 1924 | Website | |
| Dimbulah State School | Dimbulah | Tablelands | 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 | 1963 | Website | |
| 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 |
| Hopevale State School | Hopevale | Hope Vale (A) | 1949 | Website | |
| Innisfail State School | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1887 | Website | |
| Innisfail East State School | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1936 | Website | |
| Irvinebank State School | Irvinebank | Tablelands | 1886 | Website | |
| Isabella State School | Edmonton | Cairns | 2007 | Website | |
| Julatten State School | Julatten | Tablelands | 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 | P-10 |
| 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 | Tablelands | 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 | Cairns | 1911 | Website | |
| Millaa Millaa State School | Millaa Millaa | Tablelands | 1918 | Website | |
| Miriwinni State School | Miriwinni | Cairns | 1916 | Website | |
| Mission Beach State School | Mission Beach | Cassowary Coast | 1953 | Website | |
| Moresby State School | Moresby | Cassowary Coast | 1915 | Website | |
| Mossman State School | Mossman | Cairns | 1898 | Website | |
| Mount Garnet State School | Mount Garnet | Tablelands | 1901 | Website | |
| Mount Molloy State School | Mount Molloy | Tablelands | 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 River Upper | Cassowary Coast | 1904 | Website | |
| Mutchilba State School | Mutchilba | Tablelands | 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 | |
| Palmerston East State School | East Palmerston | Cassowary Coast | 1938 | Website | |
| Parramatta State School | Parramatta Park | Cairns | 1927 | Website | |
| Pormpuraaw State School | Pormpuraaw | Pormpuraaw (A) | 1973 | Website | |
| Port Douglas State School | Port Douglas | Cairns | 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 Islands | 1905 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Dauan Island Campus | Dauan Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Erub Island Campus | Erub Island | Torres Strait Islands | 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 Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Mabuiag Island Campus | Mabuiag Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Malu Kiwai Campus | Boigu Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Mer Campus | Mer Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Poruma Campus | Poruma Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | Coconut Island SS until 2005 |
| Tagai State College - Saibai Island Campus | Saibai Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - St Pauls Campus | St Pauls (Moa Island) | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Stephen Island Campus | Ugar Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - T. I. Primary Campus | Thursday Island | Torres | 1885 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Warraber Island Campus | Warraber Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Yam Island Campus | Yam Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1985 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - Yorke Island Campus | Yorke Island | Torres Strait Islands | 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 - Coen | Coen | Cook | 1895 | Website | Coen SS until 2009 |
| 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 | Cairns | 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 |
| Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton State High School | Atherton | Tablelands | 1959 | Website | |
| Babinda State School | Babinda | Cairns | 1914 | Website | P-12 |
| Bentley Park College | Edmonton | Cairns | 1997 | Website | P-12 |
| Cairns School of Distance Education | Manunda | Cairns | 1974 | Website | P-12, distance education |
| Cairns State High School | Cairns City | Cairns | 1924 | Website | |
| Cooktown State School | Cooktown | Cook | 1875 | Website | P-12 |
| Gordonvale State High School | Gordonvale | Cairns | 1965 | Website | |
| Herberton State School (Secondary Campus) | Herberton | Tablelands | 1912 | Website | |
| Innisfail State College | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 2010 | Website | P-12. Replaced Innisfail SHS |
| Kuranda District State College | Kuranda | Tablelands | 2008 | Website | P-12. Replaced Kuranda SHS & SS |
| Lockhart State School | Lockhart River | Lockhart River (A) | 1924 | Website | P-12 |
| Malanda State High School | Malanda | Tablelands | 1961 | Website | |
| Mareeba State High School | Mareeba | Tablelands | 1960 | Website | |
| Mossman State High School | Mossman | Cairns | 1973 | Website | |
| Northern Peninsula Area State College - Senior | Bamaga | Northern Peninsula | 1973 | Website | |
| Ravenshoe State School (Secondary Campus) | Ravenshoe | Tablelands | 1991 | Website | |
| Redlynch State College | Redlynch | Cairns | 1932 | Website | Formerly Redlynch SS until 2007 |
| Smithfield State High School | Smithfield | Cairns | 1983 | Website | |
| Tagai State College - T. I. Secondary Campus | Thursday Island | Torres Strait Islands | 1966 | Website | Formerly Thursday Island SHS until 2007 |
| Trinity Bay State High School | Manunda | Cairns | 1960 | Website | |
| Tully State High School | Tully | Cassowary Coast | 1964 | Website | |
| Western Cape College - Aurukun | Aurukun | Aurukun | 1974 | Website | Formerly Aurukun SS until 2002 |
| Western Cape College - Weipa | Weipa | Weipa (X) | 1966 | Website | Formerly Weipa North SS until 2002 |
| Woree State High School | Woree | Cairns | 1985 | Website | |
| Yarrabah State School (Secondary Campus) | Yarrabah | Yarrabah | 1912 | Website |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns School of Distance Education | Manunda | Cairns | 1974 | Website |
| Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almaden State School | Almaden | Tablelands | 1906 | 1997 | |
| Barrine State School | Barrine | Tablelands | 1909 | 1958 | Formerly Boar Pocket SS until 1911 |
| Beatrice Creek State School | Beatrice | Tablelands | 1936 | 1971 | |
| Boogan State School | Boogan | Cassowary Coast | 1929 | 1979 | |
| Brook's Road State School | ? | Tablelands | 1927 | 1954 | Formerly Innisfail Road SS |
| Cairns Central Girls' School | Cairns City | Cairns | 1914 | 1943 | Merged into Cairns Central SS |
| Cairns Central State School | Cairns City | Cairns | 1917 | 2004 | |
| Cairns North State School | Cairns North | Cairns | 1878 | 1994 | |
| Cairns Road State School | Edmonton | Cairns | 1921 | 1963 | |
| Cairns Special School | Cairns | Cairns | 1958 | 1990 | |
| Cardstone State School | Cardstone | Cassowary Coast | 1959 | 1990 | |
| Cassowary State School | Cassowary | Cairns | 1913 | 1967 | |
| Chilverton State School | Chilverton | Tablelands | 1916 | 1956 | |
| Coorumba State School | Coorumba | Cassowary Coast | 1924 | 1979 | |
| Cowley Lower State School | Lower Cowley | Cassowary Coast | 1937 | 1956 | |
| Daradgee State School | Daradgee | Tablelands | 1911 | 1984 | |
| East Barron State School | Barron | Cairns | 1915 | 1964 | |
| Einasleigh State School | Einasleigh | Etheridge | 1901 | 1955 | |
| Ellinjaa Road State School | Ellinjaa | Tablelands | 1919 | 1949 | |
| Eubenangee State School | Eubenangee | Cairns | 1921 | 1971 | |
| Euluma Creek State School | Euluma Creek | Tablelands | 1930 | 1951 | |
| Euramo State School | Euramo | Cassowary Coast | 1927 | 1974 | |
| Gadgarra State School | Gadgarra | Tablelands | 1928 | 1958 | |
| Geraldton Road State School | ? | Tablelands | 1917 | 1961 | |
| Glen Allyn State School | Glen Allyn | Tablelands | 1920 | 1965 | |
| 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 | Cassowary Coast | 1920 | 1963 | |
| Innot Hot Springs State School | Innot Hot Springs | Tablelands | 1940 | 1957 | |
| Jaggan State School | Jaggan | Tablelands | 1918 | 1965 | |
| Kidston State School | Kidston | Etheridge | 1911 | 1954 | |
| Koombooloomba State School | Koombooloomba | Tablelands | 1953 | 1963 | |
| Kulara State School | Kulara | Tablelands | 1912 | 1958 | |
| Kuranda Senior High School | Kuranda | Tablelands | 1998 | 2007 | Merged into Kuranda District State College |
| Kuranda State School | Kuranda | Tablelands | 1892 | 2007 | Merged into Kuranda District State College |
| Kureen State School | Kureen | Tablelands | 1912 | 1958 | |
| Lake Barrine State School | Barrine | Tablelands | 1920 | 1949 | Formerly Lakebank SS until 1935 |
| Lever Estate State School | Lever Estate | Cassowary Coast | 1936 | 1967 | |
| Little Mulgrave State School | Little Mulgrave | Cairns | 1926 | 1964 | |
| Lorraine State School | Lorraine Station | Carpentaria | 1981 | 1995 | |
| Meerawa State School | Meerawa | Cairns | 1931 | 1989 | |
| Merragallon State School | Merragallan | Tablelands | 1913 | 1935 | |
| Minbun State School | Minbun | Tablelands | 1922 | 1974 | |
| Mount Aunt State School | near Chewko | Tablelands | 1940 | 1958 | |
| Mount Carbine State School | Mount Carbine | Cairns | 1908 | 1957 | |
| Mount Mulligan State School | Mount Mulligan | Tablelands | 1915 | 1958 | |
| Mowbray River State School | Mowbray | Cairns | 1925 | 1961 | |
| North Johnstone State School | North Johnstone | Tablelands | 1914 | 1971 | |
| Peeramon State School | Peeramon | Tablelands | 1911 | 1959 | |
| Petford State School | Petford | Tablelands | 1935 | 1995 | |
| Port Douglas State School | Port Douglas | Cairns | 1879 | 1962 | |
| Riversdale State School | near Euramo | Cassowary Coast | 1953 | 1968 | |
| Silky Oak Creek State School | Silky Oak | Cassowary Coast | 1940 | 1974 | |
| Smithfield State School | Smithfield | Cairns | 1899 | 1964 | |
| Strathmore State School | Strathmore | Etheridge | 1916 | 1932 | |
| Stratvell State School | Stratvell | Cassowary Coast | 1916 | 2002 | |
| Tarzali State School | Tarzali | Tablelands | 1914 | 1967 | |
| Tinaroo Falls State School | Tinaroo | Tablelands | 1954 | 1959 | |
| Thornborough State School | Thornborough | Tablelands | 1878 | 1932 | |
| Topaz State School | Topaz | Tablelands | 1932 | 1960 | |
| Tully Falls State School | Tully Falls | Tablelands | 1953 | 1955 | |
| Tumoulin State School | Tumoulin | Tablelands | 1912 | 1960 | |
| Upper Barron State School | Upper Barron | Tablelands | 1911 | 2008 | |
| Wondecla State School | Wondecla | Tablelands | 1883 | 1958 | |
| Wonga Lower State School | Wonga | Cairns | 1914 | 1968 | |
| Wonga Upper State School | Wonga | Cairns | 1914 | 1959 | |
| Woopen Creek State School | Woopen Creek | Cairns | 1952 | 1967 | |
| Wright's Creek State School | Wrights Creek | Cairns | 1894 | 1953 |
In Queensland, Catholic primary schools are usually (but not always) linked to a parish. Prior to the 1970s, most schools were founded by religious orders, but with the decrease in membership in the orders 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 region are administered by Catholic Education Office, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Counsel College | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1975 | Website | 8-12. |
| Good Counsel Primary School | Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | 1975 | Website | |
| Holy Cross Primary School | Smithfield | Cairns | 1987 | Website | |
| Mother of Good Counsel School | North Cairns | Cairns | 1936 | Website | |
| Mount St Bernard College | Herberton | Tablelands | 1921 | Website | 8-12 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School | Earlville | Cairns | 1964 | Website | |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School | Thursday Island | Torres | 1886 | Website | |
| St Andrews Catholic College | Redlynch | Cairns | 2001 | Website | P-12 |
| St Anthony's Primary School | Dimbulah | Tablelands | 1966 | Website | |
| St Augustine's College | Cairns City | Cairns | 1930 | Website | 8-12 boys |
| St Augustine's School | Mossman | Cairns | 1934 | Website | |
| St Clare's School | Tully | Cassowary Coast | 1928 | Website | |
| St Francis Xavier's School | Manunda | Cairns | 1967 | Website | |
| St Gerard Majella School | Woree | Cairns | 1988 | Website | |
| St John's Catholic School | Silkwood | Cassowary Coast | 1948 | Website | |
| St Joseph's School | Atherton | Tablelands | 1923 | Website | |
| St Joseph's School | Parramatta Park | Cairns | 1927 | Website | |
| St Mary's College | Woree | Cairns | 1986 | Website | 8-12 |
| St Michael's School | Gordonvale | Cairns | 1923 | Website | |
| St Monica's Catholic College | Cairns City | Cairns | 1890 | Website | 8-12 girls |
| St Rita's School | Babinda | Cairns | 1926 | Website | |
| St Rita's School | South Johnstone | Cassowary Coast | 1932 | Website | |
| St Stephen's Catholic College | Mareeba | Tablelands | 2006 | Website | 8-12 |
| St Teresa's Primary School | Ravenshoe | Tablelands | 1950 | Website | |
| St Therese's School | Edmonton | Cairns | 1929 | Website | Edmonton Convent School until 1965 |
| St Thomas's School | Mareeba | Tablelands | 1909 | Website |
| Name | Suburb | LGA | Category | Opened | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns Adventist School | Manunda | Cairns | Adventist | 1950 | Website | |
| Candlenut Steiner School | Kuranda | Tablelands | Steiner | 2002 | Website | Formerly Cairns Steiner School |
| Djarragun College | Gordonvale | Cairns | Anglican | 2001 | Website | Formerly Emmanuel College, Manunda. |
| Djarragun College | Port Douglas | Cairns | Anglican | 2008 | Website | Formerly Wangetti Education Centre. |
| Freshwater Christian College | Brinsmead | Cairns | Christian | 1983 | Website | Formerly Cairns Christian College until 2008 |
| 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 | |
| Radiant Life College | East Innisfail | Cassowary Coast | Christian | 1982 | ||
| Trinity Anglican School | White Rock | Cairns | Anglican | 1983 | Website |
| Name | Suburb | LGA | Category | Opened | Closed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel College | Manunda | Cairns | Anglican | 1986 | 2001 | Became Djarragun College |
| St Barnabas' Anglican School | Ravenshoe | Tablelands | Anglican | 1953 | 1990 | Campus acquired by Ravenshoe SS |
| Wangetti Education Centre | Port Douglas | Cairns | Anglican | 1983 | 2008 | Became campus of Djarragun College |