List of schools in West Moreton
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This is a list of schools in the West Moreton
West Moreton
West Moreton is a region of the Australian state of Queensland, consisting of the entire rural western portion of South East Queensland. It sits inland from both the Brisbane metropolitan area and the Gold Coast and to the east of the Darling Downs. Much of the region lies in the Great Dividing Range...

 region of South East
South East Queensland
South East Queensland is a region of the state of Queensland in Australia, which contains approximately two-thirds of the state population...

 Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The region consists of the Lockyer Valley, Somerset and Scenic Rim regions and the rural part of the City of Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

. The Queensland education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 7 (ages 5–12), and high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

s, which accommodate students from Years 8 to 12 (ages 13–17).

State primary schools

Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Notes
Amberley District State School Amberley
Amberley, Queensland
Amberley is a small community located in South East Queensland, south of Ipswich.The origin of the suburb name is from Amberley in the United Kingdom...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1862 Website Formerly Amberley SS until 2010
Aratula State School Aratula
Aratula, Queensland
Aratula is a small town in South East Queensland, approximately 60 kilometres southwest of Ipswich, just east of Cunninghams Gap. Warril Creek passes very close to the town...

 
Scenic Rim  1911 Website
Ashwell State School Ashwell
Ashwell, Queensland
Ashwell is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the name Ashwell is from a town in the United Kingdom by the name of Ashwell. Walter Loveday and Henry Stevens provided an acre each of land for a school in this district to be named Ashwell after Walter Loveday's farm titled...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1887 Website
Beaudesert State School Beaudesert
Beaudesert, Queensland
Beaudesert is a town located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 64 km south of Brisbane. It is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England...

 
Scenic Rim  1882 Website
Beechmont State School Beechmont
Beechmont, Queensland
Beechmont is a residential village located in the Gold Coast hinterland of eastern Australia.The suburb is positioned on a forested ridge leading from the Lamington Plateau to Tambourine Mountain...

 
Scenic Rim  1904 Website
Blenheim State School Blenheim  Lockyer Valley  1879 Website
Boonah State School Boonah
Boonah, Queensland
Boonah is a town in south eastern Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 2,285. The area produces vegetables for the nearby Brisbane Markets notably carrots, potatoes, and cereal crops. Beef, pork and timber are also produced locally.The town is positioned near the...

 
Scenic Rim  1878 Website
Canungra State School Canungra
Canungra, Queensland
Canungra is a small picturesque rural township in South East Queensland, Australia. Its economy depends on tourism, being a popular destination for short drives from the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Canungra, also called the "Valley of the Owls", is situated in the Gold Coast Hinterland, west of the...

 
Scenic Rim  1889 Website
Clarendon State School Clarendon
Clarendon, Queensland
Clarendon is a rural suburb of Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. The origin of the suburb name is from a railway station which was named Clarendon after a nearby lake of the same name....

 
Somerset  1929 Website
Coominya State School Coominya
Coominya, Queensland
Coominya is a town in South East Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Somerset Region LGA, west of the state capital, Brisbane and approximately 2 km from Wivenhoe Dam. At the 2006 census, Coominya had a population of 467....

 
Somerset  1912 Website
Darlington State School Darlington  Scenic Rim  1890 Website
Esk State School Esk
Esk, Queensland
Esk is a town in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, approximately 90 km northwest of Ipswich on the Brisbane Valley Highway. It was named after the River Esk in Scotland and England. It is the administrative centre of the Somerset Region...

 
Somerset  1875 Website
Fernvale State School Fernvale
Fernvale, Queensland
Fernvale is a town located on the Brisbane Valley Highway in South East Queensland. The town is part of the Somerset Region.Situated a few kilometres from the Brisbane River, it is 30 km away from Ipswich and 60 km away from Brisbane. It is 80 km away from Toowoomba and 120 km...

 
Somerset  1874 Website
Flagstone Creek State School Flagstone Creek  Lockyer Valley  1886 Website
Forest Hill State School Forest Hill
Forest Hill, Queensland
Forest Hill is a town in the Lockyer Valley region of south east Queensland, Australia. The town is in the Lockyer Valley Region local government area, west of the state capital, Brisbane and east of the regional centre of Toowoomba...

 
Lockyer Valley  1893 Website
Gatton State School Gatton
Gatton, Queensland
Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 5,295....

 
Lockyer Valley  1876 Website
Glamorgan Vale State School Glamorgan Vale
Glamorgan Vale, Queensland
Glamorgan Vale is a township and rural locality in Queensland, Australia. The town is in the Lockyer Valley and in the Somerset Region Local Government Area, west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Glamorgan Vale and the surrounding area had a population of 480.-External links:*...

 
Somerset  1875 Website
Gleneagle State School Gleneagle  Scenic Rim  1891 Website
Glenore Grove State School Glenore Grove  Lockyer Valley  1906 Website
Grandchester State School Grandchester
Grandchester, Queensland
Grandchester is a town in the Lockyer Valley region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located 76 km west of the Brisbane CBD and is situated on the border of the Ipswich and Laidley local government areas. The name comes from Grantchester, a village outside of Cambridge in England...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1878 Website
Grantham State School Grantham
Grantham, Queensland
Grantham is a town in the Lockyer Valley region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Grantham had a population of 370.-History:...

 
Lockyer Valley  1905 Website
Haigslea State School Haigslea
Haigslea, Queensland
Haigslea is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb name is from General Douglas Haig. Originally in service within India in 1887, he was appointed as the regiment's adjutant in 1888 later being appointed as Commander-in-chief of the British Army in France during 1915-1918...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1876 Website
Harlin State School Harlin  Somerset  1908 Website
Harrisville State School Harrisville  Scenic Rim  1891 Website
Hatton Vale State School Hatton Vale  Lockyer Valley  1881 Website
Helidon State School Helidon
Helidon, Queensland
Helidon is a town in the Lockyer Valley region of south east Queensland, Australia. Helidon is located on the Warrego Highway, west of the state capital, Brisbane and east of Toowoomba...

 
Lockyer Valley  1874 Website
Hillview State School Hillview  Scenic Rim  1887 Website Formerly Christmas Creek SS until 1914
Kalbar State School Kalbar
Kalbar, Queensland
Kalbar is a small town in the Scenic Rim, South East Queensland, Australia. It is located near the Cunningham Highway and directly north of Mount French in the Fassifern Valley. The town is part of the Scenic Rim Region local government area. At the 2006 census, Kalbar had a population of...

 
Scenic Rim  1879 Website
Kentville State School Kentville  Lockyer Valley  1907 Website
Kilcoy State School Kilcoy
Kilcoy, Queensland
Kilcoy is a small farming town and part of the Somerset Region Local Government Area in South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies on the D'Aguilar Highway, 94 km north west of the state capital, Brisbane, and just to the north of Lake Somerset...

 
Somerset  1892 Website
Laidley District State School Laidley
Laidley, Queensland
Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....

 
Lockyer Valley  1999 Website Merger of Laidley North and South SS
Lake Clarendon State School Lake Clarendon  Lockyer Valley  1902 Website
Linville State School Linville
Linville, Queensland
-History:On 19 August 1891, the Balfour brothers - John, Charles and Robert, took up Colinton run which included the present site of the town of Linville. The Balfours originally intended to build their homestead where Linville now stands but decided to establish it instead about 10 kilometres to...

 
Somerset  1901 Website
Lockrose State School Lockrose  Lockyer Valley  1905 Website
Lowood State School Lowood
Lowood, Queensland
Lowood is a town in south east Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Brisbane River, 66 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane or 17 km birds line and 31 kilometres north of Ipswich...

 
Somerset  1881 Website
Ma Ma Creek State School Ma Ma Creek  Lockyer Valley  1880 Website
Marburg State School Marburg
Marburg, Queensland
Marburg is a small township of 536 inhabitants located 60 km west of Brisbane, the capital of the State of Queensland, Australia. It is a township in the City of Ipswich.German settlers arrived in the region around the 1860s...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1879 Website
Maroon State School Maroon  Scenic Rim  1891 Website
Minden State School Minden
Minden, Queensland
Minden is a township and rural locality in Queensland, Australia. The town is located in the Lockyer Valley and is in the Somerset Region Local Government Area, west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Minden had a population of 533....

 
Somerset  1878 Website
Mount Alford State School Mount Alford  Scenic Rim  1888 Website
Mount Kilcoy State School Mount Kilcoy  Somerset  1909 Website
Mount Marrow State School Mount Marrow
Mount Marrow, Queensland
Mount Marrow is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.-References:http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=19013...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1909 Website
Mount Sylvia State School Mount Sylvia  Lockyer Valley  1885 Website
Mount Tarampa State School Mount Tarampa  Somerset  1906 Website
Mount Whitestone State School Mount Whitestone  Lockyer Valley  1886 Website
Murphy's Creek State School Murphy's Creek  Lockyer Valley  1870 Website
Mutdapilly State School Mutdapilly  Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1874 Website
Patrick Estate State School Patrick Estate  Somerset  1925 Website
Peak Crossing State School Peak Crossing  Scenic Rim  1871 Website
Prenzlau State School Prenzlau
Prenzlau, Queensland
Prenzlau is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley at the southern end of the Somerset Region LGA in southeastern Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Prenzlau had a population of 1,120....

 
Somerset  1894 Website
Rathdowney State School Rathdowney
Rathdowney, Queensland
Rathdowney is a small town in south-eastern Queensland, Australia. It is on the Mount Lindesay Highway 32 km south of Beaudesert at the base of the McPherson Range. It is located in the Scenic Rim Local Government Area. At the 2006 census, Rathdowney had a population of 198.The town was named...

 
Scenic Rim  1912 Website
Roadvale State School Roadvale
Roadvale, Queensland
Roadvale is a small village located in the Fassifern Valley, South east Queensland, Australia, north of the principal town Boonah and south west of the capital Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Roadvale and the surrounding area had a population of 559....

 
Scenic Rim  1889 Website
Ropeley State School Ropeley  Lockyer Valley  1890 Website
Rosewood State School Rosewood
Rosewood, Queensland
Rosewood is a small town in the Bremer Valley, Queensland, Australia. It is located 60 km west of the Brisbane CBD in the Ipswich City Council area and is the terminus of QR Citytrain's Rosewood railway line. Rosewood Railway Station provides Citytrain commuter rail services to Ipswich and...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1980 Website
St Bernard State School Mount Tamborine  Scenic Rim  1914 Website
Tamborine Mountain State School Tamborine Mountain  Scenic Rim  1900 Website
Tamrookum State School Tamrookum  Scenic Rim  1939 Website
Tarampa State School Tarampa
Tarampa, Queensland
Tarampa is a rural suburb of Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.During World War II a military airfield was located at nearby Mount Tarampa called Lowood. The United States Army Air Forces based its 80th Fighter Squadron there between 28 March – 10 May 1942), flying P-39 Airacobras...

 
Somerset  1880 Website
Tent Hill Lower State School Lower Tenthill  Lockyer Valley  1873 Website
Thornton State School Thornton  Lockyer Valley  1881 Website
Toogoolawah State School Toogoolawah
Toogoolawah, Queensland
Toogoolawah is a small town in South East Queensland, Australia. Toogoolawah is a centre for gliding and parachuting and in the past the centre of a dairying industry. Cressbrook Creek, a tributary of the Brisbane River, passes through the town as does the Brisbane Valley Highway...

 
Somerset  1905 Website
Veresdale Scrub State School Veresdale Scrub  Logan  1899 Website
Walloon State School Walloon
Walloon, Queensland
Walloon is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb name is from the Romanic-speaking inhabitants of Belgium known as the Walloons. -Transport:...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1877 Website
Warrill View State School Warrill View  Scenic Rim  1910 Website
Withcott State School Withcott  Lockyer Valley  1912 Website Closed 1971; reopened in new buildings 1984
Woodhill State School Woodhill  Logan  1873 Website

State high schools and colleges

Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Notes
Beaudesert State High School  Beaudesert
Beaudesert, Queensland
Beaudesert is a town located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 64 km south of Brisbane. It is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England...

 
Scenic Rim  1963 Website
Boonah State High School  Boonah
Boonah, Queensland
Boonah is a town in south eastern Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 2,285. The area produces vegetables for the nearby Brisbane Markets notably carrots, potatoes, and cereal crops. Beef, pork and timber are also produced locally.The town is positioned near the...

 
Scenic Rim  1965 Website
Kilcoy State High School  Kilcoy
Kilcoy, Queensland
Kilcoy is a small farming town and part of the Somerset Region Local Government Area in South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies on the D'Aguilar Highway, 94 km north west of the state capital, Brisbane, and just to the north of Lake Somerset...

 
Somerset  1972 Website
Laidley State High School  Laidley
Laidley, Queensland
Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....

 
Lockyer Valley  1985 Website
Lockyer District State High School  Gatton
Gatton, Queensland
Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 5,295....

 
Lockyer Valley  1961 Website
Lowood State High School  Lowood
Lowood, Queensland
Lowood is a town in south east Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the Brisbane River, 66 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane or 17 km birds line and 31 kilometres north of Ipswich...

 
Somerset  1983 Website
Rosewood State High School  Rosewood
Rosewood, Queensland
Rosewood is a small town in the Bremer Valley, Queensland, Australia. It is located 60 km west of the Brisbane CBD in the Ipswich City Council area and is the terminus of QR Citytrain's Rosewood railway line. Rosewood Railway Station provides Citytrain commuter rail services to Ipswich and...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1980 Website
Tamborine Mountain State High School
Tamborine Mountain State High School
Tamborine Mountain State High School is a co-educational, state secondary school located on Tamborine Mountain, Queensland, Australia. The 2009 enrollment is approximately 640...

 
Tamborine Mountain  Scenic Rim  2001 Website
Toogoolawah State High School  Toogoolawah
Toogoolawah, Queensland
Toogoolawah is a small town in South East Queensland, Australia. Toogoolawah is a centre for gliding and parachuting and in the past the centre of a dairying industry. Cressbrook Creek, a tributary of the Brisbane River, passes through the town as does the Brisbane Valley Highway...

 
Somerset  1988 Website

Defunct state schools

Name Suburb LGA Opened Closed Notes
Allandale State School Allandale  Scenic Rim  1928 1963
Atkinson's Lagoon State School Atkinsons Dam  Somerset  1885 1968
Barney View State School Barney View  Scenic Rim  1918 1961
Beechmont Lower State School Lower Beechmont  Scenic Rim  1922 1967
Biddaddaba Creek State School Biddaddaba  Scenic Rim  1933 1959
Blanchview State School Blanchview  Lockyer Valley  1890 1965
Blantyre State School Blantyre  Scenic Rim  1876 1969
Brightview State School Brightview  Lockyer Valley  1906 1962
Bryden State School Bryden  Somerset  1876 1963
Buaraba State School Buaraba  Somerset  1922 1966
Bunjurgen State School Bunjurgen  Scenic Rim  1887 1968 Formerly Coochin Lower SS until 1926
Caffey State School Caffey  Lockyer Valley  1927 1971
Calvert State School Calvert  Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1872 1972
Carney's Creek State School Carneys Creek  Scenic Rim  1890 1970
Carpendale State School Carpendale  Lockyer Valley  1924 1982
Cedar Grove State School Cedar Vale  Logan  1923 1965
Cedar Vale State School Cedar Vale  Logan  1926 1978
Charlwood State School Charlwood  Scenic Rim  1896 1958
Chinghee Creek State School Chinghee Creek  Scenic Rim  1912 1973
Coal Creek State School Coal Creek  Somerset  1892 1948
Coleyville State School Coleyville  Scenic Rim  1890 1964
Colinton State School Colinton  Somerset  1879 1969
College View State School College View  Lockyer Valley  1901 1958
Cooeeimbardi State School Cooeeimbardi  Somerset  1928 1953
Coulson State School Coulson  Scenic Rim  1881 1993
Cressbrook Lower State School Lower Cressbrook  Somerset  1916 1953
Dugandan State School Dugandan  Scenic Rim  1917 1966
Ebenezer State School Ebenezer
Ebenezer, Queensland
Ebenezer is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb name is from a Hebrew word meaning rock of faith. - References :...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1868 1957
Fairney View State School Fairney View
Fairney View, Queensland
-External links:*...

 
Somerset  1896 1967
Fassifern State School Fassifern  Scenic Rim  1879 1958
Fassifern Valley State School Fassifern Valley  Scenic Rim  1906 1958
Flying Fox State School Flying Fox  Scenic Rim  1920 1962
Fordsdale State School Fordsdale  Lockyer Valley  1895 1967
Frazerview State School Frazerview  Scenic Rim  1915 1975
Fulham State School Fulham  Somerset  1920 1953
Glen Cairn State School Glen Cairn  Lockyer Valley  1926 1972
Grantham Scrub State School Grantham
Grantham, Queensland
Grantham is a town in the Lockyer Valley region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located west of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Grantham had a population of 370.-History:...

 
Lockyer Valley  1898 1950
Ingoldsby State School Ingoldsby  Lockyer Valley  1886 1974
Innisplain State School Innisplain  Scenic Rim  1921 1962
Iredale State School Iredale  Lockyer Valley  1886 1975
Jimna State School Jimna  Somerset  1913 2009
Junction View State School Junction View  Lockyer Valley  1922 2010
Kalbar State School Kalbar
Kalbar, Queensland
Kalbar is a small town in the Scenic Rim, South East Queensland, Australia. It is located near the Cunningham Highway and directly north of Mount French in the Fassifern Valley. The town is part of the Scenic Rim Region local government area. At the 2006 census, Kalbar had a population of...

 
Scenic Rim  1896 1962
Karrabin State School Karrabin
Karrabin, Queensland
Karrabin is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb name is from the Bundjalung Aboriginal language meaning red gum. -Transport:...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1932 1958
Laidley Central State School Laidley
Laidley, Queensland
Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....

 
Lockyer Valley  1908 1998
Laidley North State School Laidley
Laidley, Queensland
Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....

 
Lockyer Valley  1889 1998
Laidley South State School Laidley
Laidley, Queensland
Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....

 
Lockyer Valley  1864 1983
Laravale State School Laravale  Scenic Rim  1900 2010
Lark Hill State School Lark Hill
Lark Hill, Queensland
-References:http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=19013...

 
Somerset  1907 1967
Left Hand Branch State School Left Hand Branch  Lockyer Valley  1899 1967
Limestone Ridges State School Limestone Ridges  Scenic Rim  1884 1974
Lockyer Upper State School Upper Lockyer  Lockyer Valley  1939 1968
Merryvale State School Merryvale  Scenic Rim  1922 1961
Milbong State School Milbong  Scenic Rim  1874 1965
Milford State School Milford  Scenic Rim  1886 1984
Milora State School Milora  Scenic Rim  1873 1962
Monsildale State School Monsildale  Somerset  1941 1961
Moogerah State School Moogerah  Scenic Rim  1908 1962
Moore State School Moore
Moore, Queensland
Moore is a town in South East Queensland, north west of Brisbane. It is situated at the base of the Balfour Range on the D'Aguilar Highway, between Esk in the Brisbane River valley and Yarraman in the South Burnett....

 
Somerset  1904 2007
Morton Vale State School Morton Vale  Lockyer Valley  1914 1981
Mount Barney State School Mount Barney  Scenic Rim  1901 1962
Mount Beppo State School Mount Beppo  Somerset  1893 1972
Mount Berryman State School Mount Berryman  Lockyer Valley  1886 1977
Mount Campbell State School near Stockyard  Lockyer Valley  1891 1978
Mount Esk Pocket State School near Murrumba  Somerset  1911 1967
Mount Forbes State School Mount Forbes  Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1896 1948
Mount Gipps State School Mount Gipps  Scenic Rim  1913 1954
Mount Mort State School Mount Mort  Lockyer Valley  1904 1959
Mount Walker Lower State School Mount Walker  Scenic Rim  1923 1945
Mount Walker State School Mount Walker  Scenic Rim  1878 1967
Mulgowie State School Mulgowie  Lockyer Valley  1877 1997
Murrumba State School Murrumba  Somerset  1910 1964
Nindooinbah State School Nindooinbah  Scenic Rim  1913 1965
Palen Creek State School Palen Creek  Scenic Rim  1893 1962
Palm Tree State School Palmtree  Lockyer Valley  1901 1960
Pine Mountain State School Pine Mountain
Pine Mountain, Queensland
Pine Mountain is a semi rural locality of City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Pine Mountain is located in the Lockyer Valley. This area consists mostly of rural properties and acreages with historical farmhouses and buildings.-Geography:...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1864 1963
Plainland State School Plainland  Lockyer Valley  1886 1966
Purga State School Purga  Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1871 1967
Ravensbourne State school Ravensbourne  Lockyer Valley  1891 1969
Rockmount State School Rockmount  Lockyer Valley  1899 1965
Rockside State School Rockside  Lockyer Valley  1902 1952
Ropeley East State School Ropeley  Lockyer Valley  1915 1955
Rosevale State School Rosevale  Scenic Rim  1884 2009
Silverdale State School Silverdale  Scenic Rim  1910 1963
Somerset Dam State School Somerset Dam  Somerset  1936 2000 Formerly Silverton SS until 1960s
Stanley River State School Somerset Dam  Somerset  1898 1973
Summerholm State School Summerholm  Lockyer Valley  1887 1955 Formerly Summer Hill SS until 1944
Tamborine State School Tamborine  Logan  1876 1970 Provisional until 1 March 1909.
Tarome State School Tarome  Scenic Rim  1915 1992
Templin State School Templin  Scenic Rim  1892 1974
Tent Hill Upper State School Upper Tenthill  Lockyer Valley  1877 2002
Teviotville State School Teviotville  Scenic Rim  1899 1981
Townson State School Townson  Lockyer Valley  1894 1964
Villeneuve State School Villeneuve  Somerset  1902 1960
Washpool State School Washpool  Scenic Rim  1924 1957
West Haldon State School West Haldon  Lockyer Valley  1896 1949
Winya State School Winya  Somerset  1918 1960
Witheren State School Witheren  Scenic Rim  1899 1965
Wivenhoe State School Wivenhoe  Somerset  1876 1962
Woodlands State School Woodlands  Lockyer Valley  1897 1975
Wyaralong State School Wyaralong  Scenic Rim  1924 1949

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 orders
Roman Catholic religious order
Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular ; monastics ; mendicants Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular (canons and canonesses regular...

, 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.

Within the region, schools are administered by the Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Brisbane
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Brisbane and covering the South East region of Queensland, Australia....

, 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. The nearest high schools are in Toowoomba, Ipswich
Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...

 and Jimboomba
Jimboomba, Queensland
Jimboomba is a growing town of approximately 6,288 people, as recorded in the 2006 census, in the Logan City Local Government Area, South East Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the Mount Lindesay Highway, 47 km south of Brisbane central business district...

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Name Suburb LGA Opened Website Notes
All Saints' Primary School Boonah
Boonah, Queensland
Boonah is a town in south eastern Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 2,285. The area produces vegetables for the nearby Brisbane Markets notably carrots, potatoes, and cereal crops. Beef, pork and timber are also produced locally.The town is positioned near the...

 
Scenic Rim  1956 Website
Our Lady of Good Counsel School Gatton
Gatton, Queensland
Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 5,295....

 
Lockyer Valley  1917 Website
St Brigid's Primary School Rosewood
Rosewood, Queensland
Rosewood is a small town in the Bremer Valley, Queensland, Australia. It is located 60 km west of the Brisbane CBD in the Ipswich City Council area and is the terminus of QR Citytrain's Rosewood railway line. Rosewood Railway Station provides Citytrain commuter rail services to Ipswich and...

 
Ipswich
City of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, covering an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The City of Ipswich has a population of 162,380 .-History:...

 
1922 Website
St Mary's Primary School Beaudesert
Beaudesert, Queensland
Beaudesert is a town located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 64 km south of Brisbane. It is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England...

 
Scenic Rim  1901 Website
St Mary's School Laidley
Laidley, Queensland
Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....

 
Lockyer Valley  1912 Website

Independent schools

Most independent schools cater for students from preparatory to year 12.
Name Suburb LGA Category Opened Website Notes
Faith Lutheran College Plainland  Lockyer Valley  Lutheran 1899 Website 8-12
Peace Lutheran Primary School Gatton
Gatton, Queensland
Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 5,295....

 
Lockyer Valley  Lutheran 1982 Website
Tamborine Mountain College  North Tamborine
North Tamborine, Queensland
North Tamborine is a suburb on Tamborine Mountain in South East Queensland.Many early settlers grew maize and grazed dairy cattle. The first guesthouse on the mountain was open in 1889....

 
Scenic Rim  Christian 1995 Website
The Kooralbyn International School
The Kooralbyn International School
The Kooralbyn International School is an independent, co-educational, boarding and day school, located in Kooralbyn, about 64 km south of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.-History:...

 
Kooralbyn
Kooralbyn, Queensland
Kooralbyn lies in the Australia's Gold Coast hinterland, approximately 20 km south-west of Beaudesert, itself some 64 km south of Brisbane in South East Queensland, and 56 km west from Queensland's Gold Coast...

 
Scenic Rim  ? 1985 Website

Defunct private schools

Name Suburb LGA Category Opened Closed Notes
Boys' Town Beaudesert
Beaudesert, Queensland
Beaudesert is a town located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 64 km south of Brisbane. It is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England...

 
Scenic Rim ? ? 1961 2004

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