List of schools in Far North Queensland explained

This is a list of schools in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia. The region's largest population centre is Cairns. It includes the local government areas of:

• Shire of Aurukun
• Shire of Burke
• Cairns Region
• Shire of Carpentaria
• Cassowary Coast Region
• Shire of Cook
• Shire of Croydon
• Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee
• Shire of Douglas
• Shire of Etheridge
• Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale
• Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama
• Aboriginal Shire of Lockhart River
• Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon
• Shire of Mornington
• Aboriginal Shire of Napranum
• Shire of Mareeba
• Northern Peninsula Area Region
• Aboriginal Shire of Pormpuraaw
• Tablelands Region
• Shire of Torres
• Torres Strait Island Region
• Weipa Town
• Aboriginal Shire of Wujal Wujal
• Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah

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

State primary schools are Prep to Year 6 unless otherwise indicated.

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Coordinates	Notes
Alexandra Bay State School	Diwan		1986	-16.2138°N 145.4222°W	Lot 1 Cape Tribulation Road.[2]
Aloomba State School			1899	-17.1098°N 145.8319°W	Nielsen Street.[3]
Atherton State School			1891	-17.2616°N 145.4816°W	28 Armstrong Street.[4]
Balaclava State School			1954	-16.9367°N 145.7449°W	418 Mulgrave Road.[5]
Bartle Frere State School			1922
Bellenden Ker State School			1922
Biboohra State School			1902
Bloomfield River State School			1952
Burketown State School	Burketown	Burke	1888	-17.7389°N 139.5478°W	51 Beames Street.[6]
Butchers Creek State School			1913
			1964	-16.9232°N 145.7424°W	Mayers Street.[7]
Cape York AAA – Coen Campus			1895		Coen SS until 2009; part of Western Cape until 2012.
Cape York AAA – Hopevale Campus			1949		Formerly Hopevale SS until 2012
Caravonica State School			1927	-16.8529°N 145.6953°W	Lot 3 Kamerunga Road.[8]
Cardwell State School			1870
Chillagoe State School			1902
Croydon State School			1890	-18.2037°N 142.2493°W	22-30 Brown Street.[9]
Daintree State School			1924	-16.2493°N 145.3202°W	Osborne Street.[10]
Dimbulah State School			1914		P–10
Doomadgee State School	Doomadgee	Doomadgee	1933		K–10
			1940	-16.9063°N 145.7428°W	Pease Street.[11]
El Arish State School			1922
Feluga State School			1927	-17.8807°N 145.9652°W	Feluga Provisional School opened on 7 February 1927 with 25 students in the Feluga Hall. Circa 1934, it became Feluga State School on its current site (107 Feluga Road) about down the road from the hall.[12] [13]
Flying Fish Point State School			1899		Maud Street.[14]
Forsayth State School			1895		Originally opened as Charleston State School, renamed Forsayth State School in 1920
Freshwater State School			1896	-16.8802°N 145.7141°W	10 Corkill Street.[15]
Georgetown State School			1874	-18.2947°N 143.5473°W	Early Childhood to Year 6. High Street.[16]
Goondi State School			1898
Gordonvale State School			1897	-17.09°N 145.785°W	Opened 1897 as Mulgrave State School, renamed 1914 Gordonvale State School. Located at 28 George Street.[17]
Hambledon State School			1887	-17.0212°N 145.7356°W	At 77-83 Stokes Street.[18]
Herberton State School	Herberton		1881–1994	-17.3805°N 145.3825°W	The school was originally in Grace Street, Herberton
	Herberton & Moomin		1994–	-17.3723°N 145.379°W	In 1994, a new primary school campus was developed at Elwyn Phillip Memorial Drive in Moonmin, while the secondary school campus remained at the original school site in Grace Street, Herberton.[19] [20]
Innisfail State School			1887–1908		Geraldton Provisional School opened on 18 July 1887 in the present-day Anzac Memorial Park on the corner of the Bruce Highway and Ernest Street with an initial enrolment of 15 boys and 13 girls under head teacher Thomas Edward White. On 1 August 1894, it became Geraldton State School. The original school site is commemorated with a plaque laid on 4 July 1987.[21] [22]
			1908-	-17.5183°N 146.028°W	On 21 January 1908, the school relocated to Emily Street. On 8 April 1913, the name was changed to Innisfail State School to reflect the renaming of the town.
Innisfail East State School			1936
			1886		Listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Isabella State School			2007
Julatten State School		Mareeba	1923		Known as Bushy Creek State School until 1975.[23]
Kairi State School			1911
Karumba State School			1968	-17.4829°N 140.8403°W	5 Yappar Street.[24]
Kennedy State School			1927
Kowanyama State School			1904		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			1969	-15.8569°N 144.8568°W	On the corner of Peninsula Developmental Road and the Mulligan Highway.[25]
Laura State School			1889
Lower Tully State School			1932
Machans Beach State School			1952	-16.8526°N 145.7449°W	61 Machan Street.[26]
Malanda State School			1913	-17.3489°N 145.5946°W	At 24 Mary Street.[27]
Mareeba State School			1893
McDonnell Creek State School			1913
Mena Creek State School			1920
Miallo State School			1911
Millaa Millaa State School			1918
Mirriwinni State School			1916		Historically spelled Miriwinni, but officially standardised as Mirriwinni in 2010[28]
Mission Beach State School			1953
Mornington Island State School	Mornington Island	Mornington	1975		K–10
Mossman State School			1898	-16.4617°N 145.3743°W	At 30-34 Front Street.[29]
Mount Garnet State School			1901
Mount Molloy State School			1906–????		Mount Molloy State School opened on 23 July 1906 at Bakers Road.[30] [31] officially opened in 1976 at its current location.
			????-1976		It was relocated on two occasions due to flooding.
			1976 -	-16.6737°N 145.3348°W	It officially opened at its current location, 30-40 Fraser Road.[32]
Mount Surprise State School			1917
Mourilyan State School			1908
Mundoo State School			1895
Murray River Upper State School			1904
Mutchilba State School			1939
Normanton State School			1882	-17.672°N 141.079°W	P–10. At 6-12 Little Brown Street.[33]
Northern Peninsula Area College – Bamaga			1964		Formerly Bamaga SS until Mar 2005
Northern Peninsula Area College – Injinoo			2005
			1927	-16.9251°N 145.7632°W	Early Childhood-6. At 122 Mulgrave Road.[34]
Pormpuraaw State School			1973
Port Douglas State School			1989		Previous school 1879–1962
Ravenshoe State School			1912	-17.6126°N 145.4819°W	Prep-12. It has two sites, a primary school campus in 10 Ascham Street and a secondary school campus on the corner of Moore Street and the Kennedy Highway.[35] [36]
Rossville State School			1988
Silkwood State School			1916
South Johnstone State School			1916
Tagai State College – Badu Island Campus			1905
Tagai State College – Dauan Island Campus			1985
Tagai State College – Erub Island Campus			1985		Darnley Island SS until 2005
Tagai State College – Horn Island Campus			1993
Tagai State College – Kubin Campus	Kubin (Moa Island)		1985
Tagai State College – Mabuiag Island Campus			1985
Tagai State College – Malu Kiwai Campus			1985
Tagai State College – Mer Campus			1985
Tagai State College – Poruma Campus			1985		Coconut Island SS until 2005
Tagai State College – Saibai Island Campus			1985
Tagai State College – St Pauls Campus	St Pauls (Moa Island)		1985
Tagai State College – Stephen Island Campus			1985
Tagai State College – T. I. Primary Campus			1885
Tagai State College – Warraber Island Campus			1985
Tagai State College – Yam Island Campus			1985
Tagai State College – Yorke Island Campus			1985
Tolga State School			1895
Trinity Beach State School			1979
			1924
Walkamin State School			1958
Western Cape College – Mapoon			1995		Mapoon SS until 2002
White Rock State School			1988
Whitfield State School			1989
Wonga Beach State School			1939
Woree State School			1980
Yarrabah State School			1892
Yorkeys Knob State School			1957–1979	-16.8096°N 145.7194°W	Originally located on the corner of Wattle Street and Cunningham Street.
			1980	-16.8142°N 145.7227°W	Relocated to 26–38 Clinton Street in 1980.[37]
Yungaburra State School			1909	-17.2729°N 145.5857°W	At 4 Maple Street.[38]

State high schools and colleges

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Coordinates	Notes
		Tablelands	1959	-17.26°N 145.486°W	7–12. Maunds Road.[39]
Babinda State School		Cairns	1914–1969		P–12. Opened as a primary school in 1914 in temporary premises, in 1916 the school occupied its first permanent site at 24-34 Church Street. In 1963, added secondary schooling to Year 10[40]
			1969–	-17.3459°N 145.9126°W	The school relocated to its present site in Boulders Road (south-west corner of Pollard Road) in 1969. In 1983, added secondary schooling to Year 12.[41] [42]
Bentley Park College	Edmonton	Cairns			P–12
Cairns School of Distance Education	Manunda	Cairns			P–12, distance education
Cairns State High School	Cairns North	Cairns
Cape York AAA – Aurukun	Aurukun	Aurukun			Formerly Aurukun SS until 2002; part of Western Cape until 2012.
Cooktown State School	Cooktown	Cook			P–12
Gordonvale State High School	Gordonvale	Cairns
Herberton State School (Secondary Campus)	Herberton	Tablelands
Innisfail State College	Innisfail	Cassowary Coast			P–12. Replaced Innisfail SHS
Kuranda District State College	Kuranda	Mareeba			P–12. Replaced Kuranda SHS & SS
Lockhart State School	Lockhart River	Lockhart River	1924	-12.7854°N 143.3441°W	Early Childhood–12. At Puchewoo Street.[43]
Malanda State High School	Malanda	Tablelands		-17.359°N 145.5934°W	On Memorial Drive.[44]
Mareeba State High School	Mareeba	Mareeba
Mossman State High School	Mossman	Douglas		-16.4634°N 145.3735°W	At 46-62 Front Street.[45]
Northern Peninsula Area State College – Senior	Bamaga	Northern Peninsula
Ravenshoe State School (Secondary Campus)	Ravenshoe	Tablelands	1958	-17.6105°N 145.4887°W	Prep-12. It has two sites, a primary school campus in 10 Ascham Street and a secondary school campus on the corner of Moore Street and the Kennedy Highway.
Redlynch State College	Redlynch	Cairns			Formerly Redlynch SS until 2007
Smithfield State High School	Smithfield	Cairns
Tagai State College – T. I. Secondary Campus	Thursday Island	Torres			Formerly Thursday Island SHS until 2007
Trinity Bay State High School	Manunda	Cairns
Tully State High School	Tully	Cassowary Coast
Western Cape College – Weipa	Weipa	Weipa			Formerly Weipa North SS until 2002
Woree State High School	Woree	Cairns	1985
Yarrabah State School (Secondary Campus)		Yarrabah

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.

Defunct state schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Closed	Coordinates	Notes
Almaden State School			1906	1997		Located at 22 Almaden Second Street.[46] [47]
Bamford State School			1905	1935
Barrine State School			1909	1958	approx	Formerly Boar Pocket SS until 1911. It closed in 1958 with the filling of Lake Tinaroo.[48] [49]
Beatrice River State School			1921	1946		At 73 Pheasant Road.[50]
Boogan State School			1929	1979
Boonmoo Provisional School			1910	1912		Located on Boonmoo Road, east of the railway station.
Brook's Road State School	Mungalli		c.1927	1958		Located at 12 Campbell Road (corner of Brooks Road).[51]
Cairns Central Girls' School			1914	1943		Merged into Cairns Central SS
Cairns Central State School			1878	1994		The school was on the block surrounded by Abbott Street, Alpin Street, Lake Street and Florence Street.[52] The Cairns Special School shared the site.
Cairns North State School			1917	2004		Located at 381 Sheridan Street.[53]
Cairns Road State School	Atherton	Tablelands	1921	1963	approx	Located on Picnic Crossing Road South.[54]
Cairns Special School	Cairns City		1958	1990		The school was on the same site as the Cairns Central State School, the block surrounded by Abbott Street, Alpin Street, Lake Street and Florence Street.
Calcifer State School			c.1898	c.1908
Cardross State School			c.1914	c.1920
Cardstone State School			1959	1990
Carrington State School			1891	1937
Cassowary State School			1913	1967		Located on Captain Cook Highway, now just across the locality boundary in neighbouring Shannonvale.[55]
Castleton State School	via Forsayth		1894	1900
Charleston State School	Forsayth		1895	1920		Renamed Forsayth State School in 1920
Chilverton State School			1916	1956		Located at 12280 Kennedy Highway.[56]
Clohesy River State School			1933	1939
Coolgarra State School			1901	1934		The school was on a 3acres site bounded by Mary, Elma, Lucy and Elsie Streets, now within the boundaries of present-day Mount Garnet.[57] [58]
Coorumba State School			1924	1979
Cowley Lower State School			1937	1956
Craiglie State School	Craiglie	Douglas	1888	1928		[59] [60] [61]
Croydon King State School			1895	1921
Cumberland State School	Cumberland		1891	1915
Daradgee State School			1911	1984
Donnyville State School	via Georgetown		1898	1916
Dry River Junction State School	near Herberton		c.1911	1918		[62] [63]
East Barron State School			1915	1964		Located at 331 East Barron Road.[64] [65]
Ebagoolah State School			1905	1914		It opened as Ebagoolah Provisional School in 1905, becoming Ebagoolah State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1914.
Einasleigh State School			1901	1955		Located at 5–7 First Street.[66]
Ellinjaa Road State School			1919	1949
Emuford State School	via Petford		1910	1921–1923
Eubenangee State School			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)		1930	1951
Euramo State School			1927	1974	approx	The school building was relocated from the closed Japoon West State School in Japoonvale. Located in Euramo on the Bruce Highway.[67]
Evelyn Scrub State School	Evelyn		1896	1946	approx	Located near Mill Creek on Jonsson Road.[68] [69]
Evolution State School			1885	1921		Opened in 1885 as Sandy Creek Provisional School. Changed name in 1886 and became a State School in 1909.
Fossilbrook State School			1908	1926		It opened as Fossilbrook Provisional School in 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Fossilbrook State School. There was one temporary closure. It permanently closed due to low attendances in 1926.
Gadgarra State School	Gadgarra (now within Lake Barrine)		1928	1958		At 211 Gadgarra Road, now within the locality boundaries of neighbouring Lake Barrine.[70] [71]
Geraldton Road State School	Ravenshoe (now in Evelyn)	Tablelands	1916	1960		Geraldton Road State School opened in 1916 via Ravenshoe. It closed in 1960. It was at 45 Geraldton Road (now within the boundaries of neighbouring Evelyn).[72] [73]
Gilbert River State School	Gilbert River	Etheridge	1899	1961
Gilmore State School	via Chillagoe	Mareeba	1909[74]	1913[75]		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.[76] In 1915 the building was relocated to Mount Mulligan.[77]
Girofla State School			1898	1946		Later became known as Mungana State School.
Glen Allyn State School			1920	1965	approx	Located on the western side of Glen Allyn Road.[78] [79]
Golden Gate State School		Croydon	1896	1921		Golden Gate was a mining township near Croydon.
Goode Island State School	Goods Island	Torres Strait	1903	1912
Granadilla State School	Granadilla	Cassowary Coast	1937	1941		Located on the southern corner of Granadilla Road and Banfield Road[80] [81]
Grass Tree Provisional School		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.
Gregory Educational Facility	Gregory	Burke	?	2012
Hale's Siding State School	Irvinebank		1915	1922
Herberton Range State School	Herberton area		1909	1910
Holloways Beach State School			1955	1966
Horse Shoe Bend State School	Ravenshoe	Tablelands	1917	1952		Horse Shoe Bend State School (sometimes written as Horseshoe Bend State School) opened in 1917 under head teacher Mary Ellen Duffy. It closed in 1925 due to low student numbers. The school reopened in 1929 and closed on 1 August 1952. It was at 182 Glendinning Road.[82] [83]
Innisfail Inclusive Education Centre			1980	2009		Merged into Innisfail State College
Innisfail State High School			1955	2009		Merged into Innisfail State College. Located at 2 Stitt Street, Mighell in Innisfail.[84] [85] [86] Innisfail State High School's website was archived.[87]
Iyah State School	Iyah (now Fredericksfield)		1920	1963
Innot Hot Springs State School			1940	1957	approx	Located at approx 16018 Kennedy Highway.[88] [89]
Jaggan State School			1918	1965
Jessica Point (Napranum) State School		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		1898	1902		The present Bellenden Ker State School opened in 1922.
Kaban State School			1914	1965?
Kidston State School			1911	1954
Killaloe State School	Killaloe (but now in Craigslie)	Douglas	1928	1935	approx	The school was on the northern corner of the Captain Cook Highway and Mcclellan Road in present-day Craiglie.[90]
Kingsborough State School	Kingsborough		1882	1924
Koah State School	Koah		1933	1938?		[91] [92] No mentions of this school in the Trove newspapers after 1938
Koombooloomba State School			1953	1963
Koorboora State School	Koorboora (now Petford)		c.1901	c.1936
Kulara State School	Kulara (now Barrine)		1912	1958		The town of Kulara was inundated with the filling of Tinaroo Dam in 1959. However, being on higher ground, the school building was not flooded and is now a private residence at 85 Backshall Road, Barrine.[93] [94]
			1998	2007		Merged into Kuranda District State College
Kuranda District State School			1892	2007		Opened in 1892 as Kuranda State School, renamed in 2002 Kuranda. Located at 14-22 Arara Street.[95] In 2007, it was amalgamated with Kuranda District State High School to create Kuranda District State College. Kuranda District State School's website was archived.[96]
Kureen State School			1912	1958	approx	Located on the eastern side of Peeramon Road.[97] [98]
Lake Barrine State School			1922	1949		At 3426 Gillies Range Road.[99]
Lancelot State School			1905	1926		Lancelot Provisional School opened in 1905 but closed in 1906 when insufficient students enrolled. It reopened circa 1920 and closed in 1926. It was on 2acres site on the eastern side of Silver Valley Road.[100] [101]
Lappa Lappa State School			1900	1902		[102]
Lever Estate State School			1936	1967
Limestone State School		Mareeba	1890	1905		Groganville was formerly known as Limestone.[103]
Little Mulgrave State School			1926	1964
Lorraine State School			1981	1995
Lower Nettles Provisional School			1911	1916		Lower Nettles opened as a provisional school in about July 1911.[104] 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[105]		Cook	1960	early 1961
Merragallan State School	Merragallan (now Jaggan)		1913	1935
Middlebrook Road State School	Middlebrook		1935	1945	approx	Located on the eastern corner of Middlebrook Road and Barter Road.[106] [107]
Minbun State School			1922	1974		Opened 1922 as Nash Road State School, renamed 1925 Minbun State School. Located on the north-eastern corner or Nash Road and Millaa Millaa – Malanda Road.[108]
Montalbion State School	Montalbion (now in Irvinebank)		1888	1906		Montalbion is a former mining town at .
Moregatta State School	Moregatta	Tablelands	1927	1948		Located at 323 Moregatta Road.
Moresby State School	Moresby	Cassowary Coast	1915	2014		Located at 2–20 Moresby Road.[109] The school's website was archived.[110]
Mount Amos State School	Mount Amos (now Rossville)	Cook	1918	1919
Mount Aunt State School	Mount Aunt (now in Chewko)		1940	1958
Mount Carbine State School			1908	1957	approx	Located on the western side of Pump Road.[111]
Mount Jackson State School	via Georgetown		1918	1922
Mount Mulligan State School			1915	1958		The school building was relocated from the closed Gilmore State School in 1915.
Mowbray River State School			1925	1961		Located at 264 Mowbray River Road.The school building is still on the site, forming part of a house.[112]
Muldiva State School			c.1892	c.1894
Mungana State School			1898	1946		Originally known as Girofla State School.
Northcote State School		Mareeba	1883	c.1910
North East Harbour Line State School	New Harbourline	Cassowary Coast	1936	1941	approx	Located on the northern side of New Harbourline Road.[113] [114]
North Johnstone State School			1914	1971
Nymbool State School			1904	c.1937
O.K. State School	Ok mining settlement (now in Chillagoe)		1904	1910		[115]
Palmerston East State School	East Palmerston	Cassowary Coast	1938	2012		Sometimes known as East Palmerston State School. It was located at 2068 Palmerston Highway East.[116] The school's website was archived.[117]
Peeramon State School			1911	1959		Opened in 1911 as Lake Eacham State School, renamed Peeramon State School in 1919. It was at 107 Mckenzie Road (corner Peeramon School Road).[118] [119]
Percyville State School	via Kidston		c.1910	1921?
Petford State School			1935	1995		Located at 21 Bamford Road.[120]
Port Douglas State School			1879	1962
Redcap State School			1905	c.1908
Riversdale State School			1953	1968		Riversdale is now in Euramo.[121] Located at approx 917 Davidson Road.[122]
Rocky Bluffs State School			1904		1910
Rocky Point State School	Rocky Point	Douglas	1939	1999		Located at 14 Rocky Point School Road.[123] [124] In 1999, the school was replaced by the Wonga Beach State School.
Shiptons Flat State School	via Cooktown	Cook	1910	1921
Silky Oak Creek State School			1940	1974		Located at 254 Jack Evans Drive.[125] [126]
Smithfield State School			1899	1964
Stannary Hills State School	Stannary Hills (now in the north-east of Irvinebank)		1904	circa 1931	approx	The town of Stannary Hills is now abandoned.
Strathmore State School			1916	1932
Stratvell State School			1916	2002		Located at 34 Stratvell Road.[127]
Sunnymount State School			1913	1924
Tableland State School			1904	1919		There was a Tableland State School in Tablelands, Gladstone Region.
Tabletop State School			circa 1888	1910		Opened as Tabletop Provisional School circa 1888, becoming Tabletop State School on 1 January 1909, then closing in 1910. Is different to Table Top State School on the Darling Downs.
Tarzali State School			1914	1967
Tate Tin Mines State School	near Almaden		1894	1940		Provisional school until 1909. Closed in 1924 then opened again in 1930 before closing permanently in 1940.
Tinaroo Falls State School			1954	1959
Thornborough State School			1878	1932
Topaz State School			1932	1960		At 3 Union Street.[128] [129] The school building was converted into a house and was still extant in May 2023.
Trevethan Creek State School	via Cooktown	Cook	1915	1919
True Blue State School			1893	1913		Needs further research as there is some evidence at Qld State Archives that this school was open between 1975 and 1977.
Tully Falls State School			1953	1955
Tumoulin State School			1912	1960
Upper Barron State School			1911	2008		Located at 9570 Kennedy Highway.[130] The school's website was archived.[131]
Vine Creek State School	Ravenshoe	Tablelands	1936	1945		Located at 620 Tully Falls Road.[132]
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.1943		Located on the block surrounded by Ann, Mary, Ethel and Edith Streets.[133] [134] [135]
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.
Wirra Wirra State School	Forsayth	Etheridge	1914	circa 1918		Located on a 3acres land parcel on Wirra Wirra Road near the Wirra Wirra railway station.[136]
Wolfram State School	Wolfram, near Chillagoe	Mareeba	1905	1940
Wondecla State School	Wondecla	Tablelands	1883	1958		Opened 1883 as Nigger Creek Provisional School, renamed 1922 Wondecla State School. Located on a 5sqperch8sqperch site on the western side of Longlands Gap Road immediately south of Wondecla Creek.[137] [138]
Woodville State School	via Dimbulah, Hodgkinson River area	Mareeba	1893	c.1933		There was also a Woodville State School near Yaamba, Shire of Livingstone.
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 and 1920 and 1932–1941.
Yarraden State School	Yarraden	Cook	Jan 1907	Dec 1907
Zillmanton State School	Zillmanton, near Chillagoe		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	M/F/Co-ed	Years	Opened	Coordinates	Notes
			Co-ed	7–12	1975
Good Counsel Primary School			Co-ed	P–6	1975
Holy Cross Primary School			Co-ed	P–6	1987
Holy Spirit College			Co-ed		2015		Alternative, for disengaged young people
Holy Spirit College			Co-ed		2015		Alternative, for disengaged young people
Mackillop Catholic College			Co-ed	P–12	2016
Mother of Good Counsel School			Co-ed	P–6	1936
			Co-ed	7–12	1921
Newman Catholic College	Smithfield		Co-ed	7–12	2022
Our Lady Help of Christians School			Co-ed	P–6	1964
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School			Co-ed	P–6	1886
			Co-ed	P–12	2001
St Anthony's Primary School			Co-ed	P–6	1966
	Parramatta Park		M	7–12	1930
St Augustine's School			Co-ed	P–6	1934	-16.4617°N 145.3688°W	In Grogan Street.[139]
St Clare's School			Co-ed	P–6	1928
St Francis Xavier's School			Co-ed	P–6	1967
St Gerard Majella School			Co-ed	P–6	1988
St John's Catholic School			Co-ed	P–6	1948
St Joseph's School			Co-ed	P–6	1923	-17.2655°N 145.4786°W	On the south-west corner of Jack & Alice Streets.[140]
St Joseph's School			Co-ed	P–6	1927
St Joseph's School			Co-ed	P–6	2016
			Co-ed	7–12	1986
St Michael's Catholic Primary School			Co-ed	P–6	1923	-17.0955°N 145.7873°W	58 Mill Street.[141]
St Monica's Catholic College			F	7–12	1890
St Rita's School			Co-ed	P–6	1926
St Rita's School			Co-ed	P–6	1932
			Co-ed	7–12	2006
St Teresa's Primary School			Co-ed	P–6	1950
			Co-ed	P–6	1929
St Thomas's School			Co-ed	P–6	1909

Independent schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	M/F/Co-ed	Years	Category	Opened	Coordinates	Notes
Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre			Co-ed		Independent			Special School, Operated by Autism Queensland
Cairns Adventist College			Co-ed	P–6		1950	-17.076°N 145.7923°W	42 Crossland Road.[142]
Cairns Hinterland Steiner School			Co-ed	P–12		2002		Formerly Candlenut Steiner School, formerly Cairns Steiner School.
Darlingia Forest School	Innisfail		Co-ed	P–6		2021
Djarragun College			Co-ed	P–12		2001	-17.0799°N 145.7763°W	Formerly Emmanuel College, Manunda. At 1 Maher Road.[143]
Djarragun College			Co-ed	P–12		2008		Formerly Wangetti Education Centre.
Endeavour Christian College			Co-ed	P–12		2012
Freshwater Christian College			Co-ed	P–12		1983	-16.8925°N 145.7082°W	369-401 Brinsmead Road.[144]
Gulf Christian College			Co-ed	P–9		1990	-17.6709°N 141.0798°W	At 24–30 Brown Street.[145]
			Co-ed	P–12		1984	-17.2749°N 145.4795°W	Formerly Tableland Christian College until 1998.Prep–12, at 52 Grau Street.[146]
Kluthuthu Christian College			Co-ed	P–6		2023
Mastery Schools Australia			Co-ed	4–10	Alternative	2021
			Co-ed	P–12		1994
Radiant Life College			Co-ed	P–9		1982
Silver Lining School			Co-ed
The BUSY School			Co-ed	11–12	Alternative
The Rainforest School	Maria Creeks		Co-ed	P–6	Independent	2019
			Co-ed	P–12		1983		TAS White Rock – Kindergarten to Year 12. TAS Kewarra Beach – Kindergarten to Year 6. Co-educational. Weekly and long-term short homestay available.

Defunct private schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Category	Opened	Closed	Notes
Emmanuel College			Anglican	1986	2001	Became Djarragun College[147]
Sacred Heart Girls School			Catholic	1903	1975	Merged into Good Counsel College
St Barnabas' Anglican School			Anglican	1953	1990	Campus acquired by Ravenshoe SS
St Mary's School			Anglican	1918	1965
Wangetti Education Centre			Anglican	1983	2008	Became campus of Djarragun College

See also

• List of schools in Queensland

External links

• , a directory of Government schools in Queensland. (Department of Education) – Queensland Government)

Notes and References

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136. Web site: 1939 . Queensland Four Mile Second series sheet 4m96 . 26 November 2024 . . Map.
137. Web site: 1943 . Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m404 . 16 November 2024 . . Map.
138. Web site: 1943 . Herberton . 16 November 2024 . . Map.
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140. Web site: St Joseph's School . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181206041431/http://www.stjoeys.qld.edu.au/ . 6 December 2018 . 21 November 2018.
141. Web site: St Michael's School . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190311235406/http://www.stmichael.qld.edu.au/ . 11 March 2019 . 21 November 2018.
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145. Web site: Gulf Christian College . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190220101459/https://www.gulfcc.qld.edu.au/ . 20 February 2019 . 21 November 2018.
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