List of schools in Gold Coast, Queensland

This is a list of schools in the Gold Coast 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]

State schools

State primary schools
Name Suburb Opened Website Notes
Arundel State SchoolArundel1994Website
Ashmore State SchoolAshmore1978Website
Bellevue Park State SchoolAshmore1983Website
Benowa State SchoolBenowa1885Website
Biggera Waters State SchoolBiggera Waters1970Website
Broadbeach State SchoolBroadbeach1960Website
Burleigh Heads State SchoolBurleigh Heads1917Website
Caningeraba State SchoolBurleigh Waters1987Website
Cedar Creek State SchoolCedar Creek1874Website
Clover Hill State SchoolMudgeeraba2004Website
Coolangatta State SchoolCoolangatta1919Website
Coombabah State SchoolCoombabah1981Website
Coomera State SchoolCoomera1873WebsiteFormerly Lower Coomera until 1899
Coomera Rivers State SchoolCoomera2011WebsiteAt Finnegan Way
Coomera Springs State SchoolCoomera2008Website
Currumbin State SchoolCurrumbin1909Website
Currumbin Valley State SchoolCurrumbin Valley1908Website
Elanora State SchoolElanora1983Website
Gaven State SchoolOxenford1995Website
Gilston State SchoolGilston1881Website
Helensvale State SchoolHelensvale1984Website
Highland Reserve State SchoolUpper Coomera2009Website
Ingleside State SchoolTallebudgera Valley1892Website
Labrador State SchoolLabrador1921Website
Merrimac State SchoolMerrimac1917Website
Miami State SchoolMiami1979Website
Mudgeeraba State SchoolMudgeeraba1892Website
Mudgeeraba Creek State SchoolMudgeeraba1996Website
Musgrave Hill State SchoolSouthport1963Website
Nerang State SchoolNerang1875Website
Norfolk Village State SchoolPimpama2009Website
Numinbah Valley State SchoolNuminbah Valley1927WebsiteProvisional until Jan 1935
Ormeau State SchoolPimpama1878Website
Oxenford State SchoolOxenford1987Website
Pacific Pines State SchoolPacific Pines2002Website
Palm Beach State SchoolPalm Beach1974Website
Park Lake State SchoolPacific Pines2008Website
Picnic Creek State SchoolCoomera2018Website
Pimpama State SchoolPimpama1872Website
Robina State SchoolRobina1990Website
Southport State SchoolSouthport1880WebsiteFeatured in the music video of Gold Coast singer Amy Shark's 2016 single, "Adore".
Springbrook State SchoolSpringbrook1984WebsitePrevious school 1911–1971.
Surfers Paradise State SchoolSurfers Paradise1934Website
Tallebudgera State SchoolTallebudgera1877Website
William Duncan State SchoolHighland Park1987Website
Woongoolba State SchoolWoongoolba1876Website
Worongary State SchoolWorongary1993Website

State high schools and colleges (government schools)
Name Suburb Opened Website Notes
Benowa State High SchoolBenowa1980Website
Coombabah State High SchoolCoombabah1996Website
Elanora State High SchoolElanora1990Website
Foxwell State Secondary College Coomera 2020 Website
Helensvale State High SchoolHelensvale1990Website
Keebra Park State High SchoolSouthport1973Website
Merrimac State High SchoolMermaid Waters1979Website
Miami State High SchoolMiami1963WebsiteFormerly South Coast District SHS
Nerang State High SchoolNerang1986Website
Ormeau Woods State High SchoolOrmeau2009Website
Pacific Pines State High SchoolPacific Pines2000Website
Palm Beach-Currumbin State High SchoolPalm Beach1972Website
Queensland Academy for Health SciencesSouthport2008Website10–12 specialist
Robina State High SchoolRobina1996Website
Southport State High SchoolSouthport1955WebsiteA secondary department was added to Southport State School in 1916. In 1955 a separate school was established.[2] Its buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Tamborine Mountain State High SchoolTamborine Mountain2001WebsiteFormerly Helensvale SHS (Tamborine Mountain Campus)
Upper Coomera State CollegeUpper Coomera2003WebsiteP–12
Varsity CollegeVarsity Lakes2001WebsiteP–12

Other state schools

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

Name Suburb Opened Website Notes
Currumbin Community Special SchoolCurrumbin Waters1979WebsiteFormerly Coolangatta until 2006
Mudgeeraba Special SchoolMudgeeraba1981Website
Southport Special SchoolSouthport1970WebsiteFormerly Southport Special until Jan 2003

Defunct state schools
Name Suburb Opened Closed Notes
Advancetown State SchoolAdvancetown19091960
Alberton State SchoolAlberton18761966Provisional until 13 October 1884
Bahr's Scrub State SchoolBahrs Scrub19321933
Bromelton State SchoolBromelton18801953Provisional until 1 January 1909
Burleigh Heads State Infants SchoolBurleigh Heads19781989Merged into Burleigh Heads SS
Carrara State SchoolCarrara1902circa 1927[3]
Coomera Upper State School Upper Coomera 1876 1964 This school was unrelated to the present day Upper Coomera State College which opened much later.[3]
Currumbin Creek State SchoolCurrumbin Creek18921905
Guanaba State SchoolGuanabac.1929c.1942 (1967?)
Jacobs Well State SchoolJacobs Well19201974
Keebra Park Special SchoolSouthport19831991
Maudsland State SchoolMaudsland18791963Provisional until 1 January 1909
Natural Bridge State SchoolNatural Bridge19391991Merged into Numinbah Valley State School
Norwell State SchoolNorwell19101971
Reedy Creek State SchoolNorwell19111963
Ridgetop State SchoolCurrumbin Valley19281967Ridgetop was at the headwaters of Currumbin Creek
Stapylton State SchoolStapylton19151961
Tamborine State SchoolTamborine18761970
Tamborine North State SchoolTamborine Mountain18831966
Wolffdene State School18921942

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. Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE), headquartered in Dutton Park, was established in 1993 and 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 Years Opened Website Notes
Aquinas CollegeAshmoreSecondary1964Website
Assisi Catholic CollegeUpper CoomeraP–122005Website
Guardian Angels Primary SchoolSouthportPrimary1901Website
Jubilee Primary SchoolPacific PinesPrimary2001WebsiteEcumenical
Marymount CollegeBurleigh WatersSecondary1967Website
Marymount Primary SchoolBurleigh WatersPrimary1949Website
Mother Teresa Primary SchoolOrmeauPrimary2010
St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolCurrumbin WatersPrimary1987Website
St Brigid's Catholic Primary SchoolNerangPrimary1994Website
St Francis Xavier's Catholic Primary SchoolRunaway BayPrimary1975Website
St Kevin's Catholic Primary SchoolBenowaPrimary1979Website
St Michael's CollegeMerrimacSecondary1985Website
St Vincent's Primary SchoolClear Island WatersPrimary1948WebsiteRelocated from Surfers Paradise 1986

Independent schools
Name Suburb Category Years Opened Website Notes
A. B. Paterson CollegeArundelIndependentP–121991Website
All Saints Anglican SchoolMerrimacAnglicanP–121987Website
Australian International Islamic CollegeCarraraMuslimP–92010Website
Coomera Anglican CollegeUpper CoomeraAnglicanP–121997Website
Emmanuel CollegeCarraraChristianP–121985Website
Gold Coast Adventist Primary SchoolReedy CreekAdventistP–71982Website
Hillcrest Christian CollegeReedy CreekChristianP–121982Website
King's Christian CollegeReedy Creek

Pimpama

 ChristianP–121980Website
Livingstone Christian CollegeOrmeauChristianP–122002Website
Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS)PimpamaLutheranP–122012Website
Queensland Independent CollegeMerrimacMontessoriP–22008WebsiteFormerly Queensland Montessori College
Rivermount CollegeYatalaChristianP–121992Website
Silkwood SchoolMount NathanIndependentP–121983Website
Somerset CollegeMudgeerabaChristianP–121983WebsiteFormerly the filming location of H2O: Just Add Water
St Andrews Lutheran CollegeTallebudgeraLutheranP–121993Website
St Hilda's SchoolSouthportAnglicanP–12 (girls)1912Website
Saint Stephen's CollegeUpper CoomeraAnglican CatholicP–121996Website
Tamborine Mountain CollegeNorth TamborineIndependentP–121995Website
The Southport SchoolSouthportAnglicanP–12 (boys)1901Website
Toogoolawa SchoolOrmeauIndependentAlternative2001Website
Trinity Lutheran CollegeAshmoreLutheranP–121987Website8–12 until 2001

Defunct private schools
Name Suburb Category Years Opened Closed Notes
King Solomon CollegeMerrimacJewishP–1219962008became Queensland Independent College
Trinity Lutheran Primary SchoolSouthportLutheranPrimary19812001Merged into Trinity Lutheran College
Star of the Sea CollegeSouthportCatholic (Sisters of Mercy)Secondary19341990Absorbed into Aquinas College
St Augustine's SchoolCoolangattaCatholicPrimary19261986Moved to Currumbin Waters
Infant Saviour SchoolBurleigh WatersCatholicPrimary19361948became Marymount Primary

See also

References
  1. "Year 7 is moving to high school | Education and training | Queensland Government". www.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  2. "History". Southport State High School. 27 April 2020. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. 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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