List of schools in Gold Coast, Queensland

This is a list of schools in the City of Gold Coast in 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	Coords	Notes
Arundel State School	Arundel	1994	27.9450°S 153.3658°E / -27.9450; 153.3658 (Arundel State School)	On the corner of Napper Road and Arundel Drive.[2]
Ashmore State School	Ashmore	1978	27.9891°S 153.3813°E / -27.9891; 153.3813 (Ashmore State School)	On Currumburra Road.[3]
Bellevue Park State School	Ashmore	1983	27.9956°S 153.3962°E / -27.9956; 153.3962 (Bellevue Park State School)	On Sapium Road.[4]
Benowa State School	Benowa	1885
Biggera Waters State School	Biggera Waters	1970
Broadbeach State School	Broadbeach	1960
Burleigh Heads State School	Burleigh Heads	1917	28.0868°S 153.4493°E / -28.0868; 153.4493 (Burleigh Heads State School)	At 1750 Gold Coast Highway.[5]
Caningeraba State School	Burleigh Waters	1987	28.0853°S 153.4302°E / -28.0853; 153.4302 (Caningeraba State School)	On Whistler Drive.[6]
Cedar Creek State School	Cedar Creek	1874
Clover Hill State School	Mudgeeraba	2004	28.0917°S 153.3760°E / -28.0917; 153.3760 (Clover Hill State School)	On Clover Hill Drive.[7]
Coolangatta State School	Coolangatta	1919
Coombabah State School	Coombabah	1981
Coomera State School	Coomera	1873		Formerly Lower Coomera until 1899
Coomera Rivers State School	Coomera	2011
Coomera Springs State School	Upper Coomera	2008	27.8471°S 153.3005°E / -27.8471; 153.3005 (Coomera Springs State School)	On Old Coach Road.[8]
Currumbin State School	Currumbin	1909	28.1378°S 153.4780°E / -28.1378; 153.4780 (Currumbin State School)	Originally opened as Currumbin Lower School, renamed Currumbin State School in 1924.[9][10][11] At 6 Philip Street.[12]
Currumbin Valley State School	Currumbin Valley	1908
Elanora State School	Elanora	1983
Gaven State School	Oxenford	1995	27.9196°S 153.3051°E / -27.9196; 153.3051 (Gaven State School)	On Universal Street.[13]
Gilston State School	Gilston	1881	28.0394°S 153.3108°E / -28.0394; 153.3108 (Gilston State School)	At 588 Worongary Road.[14]
Helensvale State School	Helensvale	1984
Highland Reserve State School	Upper Coomera	2009	27.8929°S 153.2829°E / -27.8929; 153.2829 (Highland Reserve State School)	At 570 Reserve Road.[15]
Ingleside State School	Tallebudgera Valley	1892	28.1656°S 153.3814°E / -28.1656; 153.3814 (Ingleside State School)	At 893 Tallebudgera Creek Road.[16]
Labrador State School	Labrador	1921
Merrimac State School	Merrimac	1917	28.0412°S 153.3766°E / -28.0412; 153.3766 (Merrimac State School)	At 2 Boowaggan Road.[17]
Miami State School	Mermaid Waters	1979	28.0596°S 153.4260°E / -28.0596; 153.4260 (Miami State School)	18-36 Oceanic Drive.[18]
Mudgeeraba State School	Mudgeeraba	1892–1981	28.07799°S 153.36322°E / -28.07799; 153.36322 (Mudgeeraba State School (original site))	On the south-east corner of School Street and Cobai Drive.[19]
		1981–	28.0740°S 153.3527°E / -28.0740; 153.3527 (Mudgeeraba State School)	At 32–48 Old Coach Road.[20]
Mudgeeraba Creek State School	Mudgeeraba	1996
Musgrave Hill State School	Southport	1963
Nerang State School	Nerang	1875
Norfolk Village State School	Ormeau	2009	27.7729°S 153.2447°E / -27.7729; 153.2447 (Norfolk Village State School)	At 83 Halfway Drive.[21]
Numinbah Valley State School	Numinbah Valley	1927		Provisional until Jan 1935
Ormeau State School	Pimpama	1878
Oxenford State School	Oxenford	1987
Pacific Pines State School	Pacific Pines	2002	27.9399°S 153.3202°E / -27.9399; 153.3202 (Pacific Pines State School)	On Santa Isobel Boulevard.[22]
Palm Beach State School	Palm Beach	1974
Park Lake State School	Pacific Pines	2008
Picnic Creek State School	Coomera	2018	27.8399°S 153.3387°E / -27.8399; 153.3387 (Picnic Creek State School)	At 25 Edwardson Drive.[23]
Pimpama State School	Pimpama	1872
Robina State School	Robina	1990
Southport State School	Southport	1880		Featured in the music video of Gold Coast singer Amy Shark's 2016 single, "Adore".
Springbrook State School	Springbrook	1984		Previous school 1911–1971.
Surfers Paradise State School	Surfers Paradise	1934
Tallebudgera State School	Tallebudgera	1877
William Duncan State School	Highland Park	1987
Woongoolba State School	Woongoolba	1876
Worongary State School	Worongary	1993

State high schools and colleges (government schools)

Name	Suburb	Opened	Coords	Notes
Benowa State High School	Benowa	1980
Coombabah State High School	Coombabah	1996
Elanora State High School	Elanora	1990	28.1284°S 153.4495°E / -28.1284; 153.4495 (Elanora State High School)	On the corner of 19th Avenue and Avocado Street.[24]
Foxwell State Secondary College	Coomera	2020
Helensvale State High School	Helensvale	1990
Keebra Park State High School	Southport	1973
Merrimac State High School	Mermaid Waters	1979
Miami State High School	Miami	1963	28.0628°S 153.4378°E / -28.0628; 153.4378 (Miami State High School)	Formerly known as Burleigh Heads State High School and South Coast District State High School. At 2137-2205 Gold Coast Highway.[25]
Nerang State High School	Nerang	1986
Ormeau Woods State High School	Ormeau	2009
Pacific Pines State High School	Pacific Pines	2000
Palm Beach Currumbin State High School	Palm Beach	1972
Queensland Academy for Health Sciences	Southport	2008		10–12 specialist
Robina State High School	Robina	1996
Southport State High School	Southport	1955		A secondary department was added to Southport State School in 1916. In 1955 a separate school was established.[26] Its buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Upper Coomera State College	Upper Coomera	2003		P–12
Varsity College	Varsity Lakes	2001		P–12

Other state schools

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

Name	Suburb	Opened	Coords	Notes
Coomera Special School	Coomera	2020	27.8485°S 153.3416°E / -27.8485; 153.3416 (Coomera State Special School)	Prep to –Year 12. At 9 Galaxy Drive.[27][28]
Currumbin Community Special School	Currumbin Waters	1979		Formerly Coolangatta until 2006
Mudgeeraba Special School	Mudgeeraba	1981
Southport Special School	Southport	1970		Formerly Southport Special until Jan 2003

Defunct state schools

Name	Suburb	Opened	Closed	Coords	Notes
Advancetown State School	Advancetown	1909	1960
Alberton State School	Alberton	1876	1966	27.7109°S 153.2596°E / -27.7109; 153.2596 (Alberton State School (former))	Provisional until 13 October 1884. On a 10-acre (4.0 ha) site at 88 Alberton Road (corner of Zipfs Road), now Zipfs Park.[29][30][31]
Beechmont Lower State School	Lower Beechmont	1922	1967	approx 28.0641°S 153.2351°E / -28.0641; 153.2351 (Lower Beechmont State School (former))	Also referred to as Lower Beechmont State School. Located near the intersection of Beechmont Road and Lower Beechmont School Road.[32][31]
Bonogin State School	Bonogin	1913	1924	approx 28.14291°S 153.33413°E / -28.14291; 153.33413 (Bonogin State School (former))	Located on Bonogin Road.[33] The school building was relocated to Wunburra (near Springbrook) in 1934.
Burleigh Heads State Infants School	Burleigh Heads	1978	1989		Merged into Burleigh Heads SS
Carrara State School	Carrara	1902	circa 1927	approx 28.0172°S 153.3840°E / -28.0172; 153.3840 (Carrara State School (former))	Located near the intersection of Nerang Broadbeach Road and Carrara Road near to the ferry which crossed the Nerang River.[34][35]
Coomera Upper State School	Upper Coomera	1876	1964		This school was unrelated to the present day Upper Coomera State College which opened much later.[35]
Currumbin Creek State School	Currumbin Creek	1892	1905
Guanaba State School	Guanaba	c.1929	c.1942 (1967?)
Jacobs Well State School	Jacobs Well (now in Norwell)	1920	1974	27.7824°S 153.3349°E / -27.7824; 153.3349 (Jacobs Well State School (former))	On the corner of Behms and Pimpama-Jacobs Well Roads in Norwell.[36][37] It is now the Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre.[38]
Keebra Park Special School	Southport	1983	1991
Maudsland State School	Maudsland	1879	1963	27.9456°S 153.2701°E / -27.9456; 153.2701 (Maudsland State School (former))	Provisional until 1 January 1909. Located at 542 Maudsland Road.[39][31]
Natural Bridge State School	Natural Bridge	1939	1991		Merged into Numinbah Valley State School
Norwell State School	Norwell	1910	1971	27.7753°S 153.3099°E / -27.7753; 153.3099 (Norwell State School (former))	Located at approx 544 Norwell Road.[40][41]
Reedy Creek State School	Norwell	1911	1963
Ridgetop State School	Currumbin Valley	1928	1967		Ridgetop was at the headwaters of Currumbin Creek
Stapylton State School	Stapylton	1915	1961
Tallebudgera Upper State School	Tallebudgera Valley	1923	circa 1942	approx 28.20565°S 153.33389°E / -28.20565; 153.33389 (Tallebudgera Upper State School (former))	Located on the western side of Tallebudgera Creek Road.[42]

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	M/F/Co-ed	Years	Opened	Coords	Notes
Aquinas College	Ashmore	Co-ed	7–12	1964
Assisi Catholic College	Upper Coomera	Co-ed	P–12	2005
Guardian Angels Primary School	Southport	Co-ed	P–6	1901
Jubilee Primary School	Pacific Pines	Co-ed	P–6	2001		Ecumenical
Marymount College	Burleigh Waters	Co-ed	7–12	1967	28.1015°S 153.4304°E / -28.1015; 153.4304 (Marymount College)	At 261-283 Reedy Creek Road.[43]
Marymount Primary School	Burleigh Waters	Co-ed	P–6	1949	28.1010°S 153.4294°E / -28.1010; 153.4294 (Marymount Primary School)	At 261-283 Reedy Creek Road.[44]
Mother Teresa Primary School	Ormeau	Co-ed	P–6	2010
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School	Currumbin Waters	Co-ed	P–6	1987
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School	Nerang	Co-ed	P–6	1994
St Francis Xavier's Catholic Primary School	Runaway Bay	Co-ed	P–6	1975
St Joseph's College	Coomera	Co-ed	P–12	2019
St Kevin's Catholic Primary School	Benowa	Co-ed	P–6	1979
St Michael's College	Merrimac	Co-ed	7–12	1985
St Vincent's Primary School	Clear Island Waters	Co-ed	P–6	1948		Relocated from Surfers Paradise 1986
Star of the Sea School	Merrimac	Co-ed	P–6	2022	28.0495°S 153.3677°E / -28.0495; 153.3677 (Star of the Sea School)	At 16 Ghilgai Road.[45]

Independent schools

Name	Suburb	Category	M/F/Co-ed	Years	Opened	Notes
A.B. Paterson College	Arundel	Non-denominational	Co-ed	P–12	1991
All Saints Anglican School	Merrimac	Anglican	Co-ed	P–12	1987
Arcadia College	Robina	Independent	Co-ed	7–12		Special school
Australian Industry Trade College	Robina	No religious affiliation	Co-ed	10–12	2022
Australian International Islamic College	Carrara	Co-ed	Islamic	P–9	2010
Coomera Anglican College	Upper Coomera	Co-ed	Anglican	P–12	1997
Emmanuel College	Carrara	Co-ed	Christian	P–12	1985
Gold Coast Christian College	Reedy Creek	Co-ed	Adventist	P–12	1982
Hillcrest Christian College	Reedy Creek	Co-ed	Christian	P–12	1982
Josiah College	Carrara	Christian	Co-ed	1–12	2018	Special school
King's Christian College	Reedy Creek	Christian	Co-ed	P–12	1980
Livingstone Christian College	Ormeau	Christian	Co-ed	P–12	2002
Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS)	Pimpama	Lutheran	Co-ed	P–12	2012
Mastery Schools Australia	Various	Independent	Co-ed	4–10	2021	Special school
Men of Business Academy	Southport	Independent	M	11–12		For at-risk teenage boys
Rivermount College	Yatala	Christian	Co-ed	P–12	1992
Silkwood School	Mount Nathan	No religious affiliation	Co-ed	P–12	1983
Somerset College	Mudgeeraba	Christian	Co-ed	P–12	1983	Formerly the filming location of H2O: Just Add Water
Sophia Waldorf School	Mudgeeraba	Steiner	Co-ed	P–6	2023
Southport Flexible Learning Centre	Southport	Catholic alternative	Co-ed	7–12		Operated by Edmund Rice Foundation.
St Andrews Lutheran College	Tallebudgera	Lutheran	Co-ed	P–12	1993
St Hilda's School	Southport	Anglican	F	P–12	1912
Saint Stephen's College	Upper Coomera	Anglican Catholic	Co-ed	P–12	1996
Tamborine Mountain College	North Tamborine	No religious affiliation	Co-ed	P–12	1995
The BUSY School	Brisbane City, Cleveland, Shailer Park, Ipswich, Salisbury, Cairns, Coolangatta and Southport	Alternative	Co-ed	11–12	2020
The Southport School	Southport	Anglican	M	P–12	1901
The Village School Gold Coast	Coolangatta	No religious affiliation	Co-ed	P–5
Toogoolawa School	Ormeau	Alternative	M	3–10	1998
Trinity Lutheran College	Ashmore	Lutheran	Co-ed	P–12	1987	8–12 until 2001

Defunct private schools

Name	Suburb	Category	Years	Opened	Closed	Notes
Infant Saviour School	Burleigh Waters	Catholic	Primary	1936	1948	became Marymount Primary
King Solomon College	Merrimac	Jewish	P–12	1996	2008	became Queensland Independent College
Queensland Independent College	Merrimac	Montessori	P–2	2008		Formerly Queensland Montessori College
St Augustine's School	Coolangatta	Catholic	Primary	1926	1986	Moved to Currumbin Waters
Star of the Sea College	Southport	Catholic (Sisters of Mercy)	Secondary	1934	1990	Absorbed into Aquinas College
Trinity Lutheran Primary School	Southport	Lutheran	Primary	1981	2001	Merged into Trinity Lutheran College

See also

• Lists of schools in Queensland
• List of schools in Greater Brisbane
• List of schools in the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast (for Tweed Shire)