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. 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)
State schools
State primary schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
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Beerburrum State School | Beerburrum | Sunshine Coast | 1918 | Website | |
Beerwah State School | Beerwah | Sunshine Coast | 1888 | Website | Originally 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 School | Bli Bli | Sunshine Coast | 1901 | Website | |
Buddina State School | Buddina | Sunshine Coast | 1979 | Website | |
Buderim Mountain State School | Buderim | Sunshine Coast | 1875 | Website | |
Burnside State School | Burnside | Sunshine Coast | 1978 | Website | |
Caloundra State School | Caloundra | Sunshine Coast | 1889 | Website | |
Chevallum State School | Chevallum | Sunshine Coast | 1921 | Website | |
Conondale State School | Conondale | Sunshine Coast | 1912 | Website | |
Coolum State School | Coolum Beach | Sunshine Coast | 1917 | Website | |
Cooran State School | Cooran | Noosa | 1890 | Website | |
Cooroy State School | Cooroy | Noosa | 1909 | Website | |
Currimundi State School | Currimundi | Sunshine Coast | 1977 | Website | |
Delaneys Creek State School | D'Aguilar | Sunshine Coast | 1892 | Website | |
Elimbah State School | Elimbah | Sunshine Coast | 1915 | Website | |
Eudlo State School | Eudlo | Sunshine Coast | 1897 | Website | |
Eumundi State School | Eumundi | Sunshine Coast | 1893 | Website | |
Federal State School | Federal | Noosa | 1910 | Website | Coles Creek SS until the 1930s |
Glass House Mountains State School | Glass House Mountains | Sunshine Coast | 1910 | Website | |
Glenview State School | Glenview | Sunshine Coast | 1878 | Website | |
Golden Beach State School | Golden Beach | Sunshine Coast | 1983 | Website | |
Kandanga State School | Kandanga | Gympie | 1915 | Website | |
Kenilworth State Community College | Kenilworth | Sunshine Coast | 1924 | Website | Kenilworth SS until 2003 |
Kin Kin State School | Kin Kin | Noosa | 1916 | Website | |
Kuluin State School | Kuluin | Sunshine Coast | 1987 | Website | |
Landsborough State School | Landsborough | Sunshine Coast | 1879 | Website | |
Maleny State School | Maleny | Sunshine Coast | 1913 | Website | |
Mapleton State School | Mapleton | Sunshine Coast | 1899 | Website | |
Maroochydore State School | Maroochydore | Sunshine Coast | 1921 | Website | |
Montville State School | Montville | Sunshine Coast | 1896 | Website | |
Mooloolaba State School | Mooloolaba | Sunshine Coast | 1933 | Website | |
Mooloolah State School | Mooloolah | Sunshine Coast | 1894 | Website | |
Mountain Creek State School | Mountain Creek | Sunshine Coast | 1994 | Website | |
Nambour State School | Nambour | Sunshine Coast | 1879 | Website | |
Noosaville State School | Noosaville | Noosa | 1996 | Website | |
North Arm State School | North Arm | Sunshine Coast | 1885 | Website | |
Pacific Paradise State School | Pacific Paradise | Sunshine Coast | 1992 | Website | |
Palmwoods State School | Palmwoods | Sunshine Coast | 1889 | Website | |
Peachester State School | Peachester | Sunshine Coast | 1892 | Website | |
Peregian Springs State School | Peregian Springs | Sunshine Coast | 2010 | Website | |
Pomona State School | Pomona | Noosa | 1897 | Website | |
Sunshine Beach State School | Sunshine Beach | Noosa | 1982 | Website | |
Talara Primary College | Currimundi | Sunshine Coast | 1998 | Website | |
Tewantin State School | Tewantin | Noosa | 1875 | Website | |
Wamuran State School | Wamuran | Sunshine Coast | 1921 | Website | |
Woodford State School | Woodford | Sunshine Coast | 1892 | Website | P-10 |
Woombye State School | Woombye | Sunshine Coast | 1885 | Website | |
Yandina State School | Yandina | Sunshine Coast | 1899 | Website |
State high schools and colleges
Other state schools
This includes special schools (schools for disabled children) and schools for specific purposes.
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
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Currimundi Special School | Currimundi | Sunshine Coast | 1984 | Website | |
Nambour Special School | Burnside | Sunshine Coast | 1977 | Website |
Defunct state schools
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Closed | Notes |
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Belli Park State School | Belli Park | Sunshine Coast | 1908 | 1963 | |
Bellthorpe State School | Bellthorpe | Sunshine Coast | 1919 | 1969 | |
Bellthorpe West State School | Bellthorpe West | Sunshine Coast | 1953 | 1969 | |
Black Mountain State School | Black Mountain | Noosa | 1913 | 1961 | |
Bokarina State School | Bokarina | Sunshine Coast | 1987 | 2006 | Merged with Kawana Waters SHS |
Booroobin State School | Booroobin | Sunshine Coast | 1919 | 1953 | |
Boreen Junction State School | Boreen Point | Noosa | 1898 | 1947 | |
Commissioners Flat State School | Commissioners Flat | Sunshine Coast | ? | 1977 | |
Coochin Creek State School | Coochin Creek | Sunshine Coast | 1952 | 1962 | |
Coolabine State School | Coolabine | Sunshine Coast | 1928 | 1956 | Formerly Cooloobin SS |
Cooloolabin State School | Cooloolabin | Sunshine Coast | 1915 | 1962 | |
Cooloothin Creek State School | Boreen Point | Noosa | 1915 | 1936 | |
Cooroy West State School | Cooroy | Noosa | 1911 | 1962 | |
Cootharaba Lake State School | Cootharaba | Noosa | 1909 | 1943 | |
Cootharaba Road State School | Cootharaba | Noosa | 1894 | 1965 | |
Crohamhurst State School | Crohamhurst | Sunshine Coast | 1913 | 1960 | |
Diddillibah State School | Diddillibah | Sunshine Coast | 1885 | 1962 | |
Doonan State School | Doonan | Noosa | 1919 | 1954 | |
Dulong State School | Dulong | Sunshine Coast | 1895 | 1967 | |
Eerwah Vale State School | Eerwah Vale | Sunshine Coast | 1925 | 1963 | |
Elaman Creek State School | Elaman Creek | Sunshine Coast | ? | 1960 | |
Flaxton State School | Flaxton | Sunshine Coast | 1922 | 1967 | |
Hunchy State School | Hunchy | Sunshine Coast | 1924 | 1969 | |
Ilkley State School | Ilkley | Sunshine Coast | 1901 | 1964 | |
Kareewa State School | Cootharaba | Noosa | 1898 | 1933 | |
Kenilworth Lower State School | Kenilworth | Sunshine Coast | 1900 | 1959 | |
Kidaman Creek State School | Kidaman Creek | Sunshine Coast | 1914 | 1959 | |
Kiels Mountain State School | Kiels Mountain | Sunshine Coast | 1918 | c.1962 | |
Kin Kin Junction State School | Kin Kin | Noosa | 1909 | 1981 | |
Kureelpa State School | Kureelpa | Sunshine Coast | 1914 | 1967 | |
Maleny North State School | North Maleny | Sunshine Coast | 1913 | 1953 | |
Maroochy River State School | Maroochy River | Sunshine Coast | 1911 | 1972 | |
Mill School | Lake Cootharaba | Noosa | 1874 | 1892 | |
Mons State School | Mons | Sunshine Coast | 1916 | 1974 | |
Moran Group State School | near Kin Kin | Noosa | 1909 | 1952 | |
Nambour State Infants School | Nambour | Sunshine Coast | 1961 | 1980 | |
Obi Obi State School | Obi Obi | Sunshine Coast | 1901 | 1959 | |
Perwillowen State School | Perwillowen | Sunshine Coast | 1916 | 1959 | |
Pinbarren Creek State School | Pinbarren | Noosa | 1905 | 1939 | |
Pomona Rural School | Pomona | Noosa | 1925 | 2000 | Moved and renamed Cooroora Secondary College. First high school established on the Sunshine Coast. |
Ringtail State School | Cootharaba | Noosa | 1912 | 1943 | |
Ridgewood State School | Ridgewood | Sunshine Coast | 1916 | 1961 | |
Stanmore State School | Stanmore | Sunshine Coast | 1891 | 1972 | |
Tinbeerwah State School | Tinbeerwah | Noosa | 1914 | 1963 | |
Verrierdale State School | Verrierdale | Sunshine Coast | 1916 | 1963 | |
Wahpunga State School | Kin Kin | Noosa | 1910 | 1967 | |
Witta State School | Witta | Sunshine Coast | 1892 | 1974 | Formerly Teutoberg until 1916 |
Wootha State School | Wootha | Sunshine Coast | 1886 | 1949 | |
Yandina Creek State School | Yandina Creek | Sunshine Coast | 1901 | 1964 |
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 |
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Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School | Caloundra | Sunshine Coast | 1977 | Website | |
St John's College | Nambour | Sunshine Coast | 1940 | Website | St Joseph's College until 1976 |
St Joseph's Primary School | Nambour | Sunshine Coast | 1925 | Website | |
St Teresa's Catholic College | Noosaville | Noosa | 2004 | Website | |
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School | Sunshine Beach | Noosa | 1990 | Website | |
Siena Catholic College | Sippy Downs | Sunshine Coast | 1997 | Website | |
Siena Catholic Primary School | Sippy Downs | Sunshine Coast | 2001 | Website | |
Stella Maris Catholic Primary School | Maroochydore | Sunshine Coast | 1980 | Website | |
Unity College | Caloundra West | Sunshine Coast | 2006 | Website | P-12 Ecumenical |
Independent schools
Most independent schools cater for students from preparatory to year 12.
Name | Suburb | Category | LGA | Opened | Website | Notes |
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Agnew School | Nambour | Exclusive Brethren | Sunshine Coast | 2003 | Website | |
Ananda Marga River School | Maleny | Independent | Sunshine Coast | 1995 | Website | Primary |
Blackall Range Independent School | Kureelpa | Independent | Sunshine Coast | 1975 | Website | |
Caloundra Christian College | Caloundra | Baptist | Sunshine Coast | 1983 | Website | |
Caloundra City Private School | Pelican Waters | Independent | Sunshine Coast | 2005 | Website | |
Coolum Beach Christian College | Coolum Beach | Ind. Christian | Sunshine Coast | 2004 | Website | |
Glasshouse Christian College | Beerwah | Baptist | Sunshine Coast | 2000 | Website | |
Good Shepherd Lutheran College | Noosaville | Lutheran | Noosa | 1986 | Website | |
Immanuel Lutheran College | Buderim | Lutheran | Sunshine Coast | 1979 | Website | Primary until 1994 |
Matthew Flinders Anglican College | Buderim | Anglican | Sunshine Coast | 1989 | Website | |
Montessori International College | Sippy Downs | Independent | Sunshine Coast | 1982 | Website | Moved from Buderim in 2009 |
Nambour Christian College | Woombye | Ind. Christian | Sunshine Coast | 1980 | Website | |
Noosa Christian College | Cooroy | SDA | Noosa | 2003 | Website | |
Noosa Pengari Steiner School | Doonan | Independent | Noosa | 1996 | Website | Pre-Prep to Class 11 |
Pacific Lutheran College | Birtinya | Lutheran | Sunshine Coast | 2001 | Website | |
Peregian Beach College | Peregian Springs | Independent | Sunshine Coast | 2002 | Website | |
St Andrew's Anglican College | Peregian Springs | Anglican | Sunshine Coast | 2003 | Website | |
Suncoast Christian College | Woombye | Ind. Christian | Sunshine Coast | 1979 | Website | Formerly Christian Outreach College (Sunshine Coast) |
Sunshine Coast Grammar School | Forest Glen | Uniting | Sunshine Coast | 1997 | Website |
Defunct private schools
Name | Suburb | Category | LGA | Opened | Closed | Notes |
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Multi-Disciplinary Academy Grammar School | Noosaville | Independent | Noosa | 1988 | 1988 | |
St Patrick's School | Pomona | Catholic | Noosa | 1947 | 1971 |
Higher education
Universities
Name | Suburb | LGA | Opened | Notes | |
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University of the Sunshine Coast | Sippy Downs | Sunshine Coast | 1994 |
See also
- List of schools in Queensland
- List of schools in Greater Brisbane
- List of schools in Wide Bay-Burnett
External links
- Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools, a directory of Government schools in Queensland. (Department of Education and Training - Queensland Government)
- CEO Brisbane
- About Independent schools at Independent Schools Queensland.