Our schools top state rankings
We take a lot of pride in students and teachers and their performance. — Stephen Wilson
OUR region’s schools have been named as some of the top-achieving in the state.
Four schools were named in a list of 50, ranking the performance of 2017 Year 12 OP students who received a score of one to five.
Toowoomba Grammar School was the region’s top performer, at number 25 with 52 of 140 OP students getting a top score, or 37.4 per cent. Headmaster Peter Hauser was delighted for the young men, but said it also recognised the quality of teaching.
“We are very pleased but we acknowledge that every school is being the best they can be,” he said.
Stanthorpe State High School was number 40 with 11 of 35 students getting a score between one and five, or 31.43%. Dalby Christian College was number 43 with four of 13 students, or 30.77% and Fairholme College was at 44 with 26 out of 85 students, or 30.59%.
Dalby Christian College principal Stephen Wilson said for a “fairly small” country school with 345 students, to be included in the top 50 was a great achievement.
“We don’t offer academic scholarships, so we take a lot of pride in students and teachers and their performance,” he said.
“I think for us, what we take pleasure in seeing is that we have got a good group of kids that can do well in our environment. So it’s just pleasing we can compete on the education market against some of these far bigger and more resourced schools.”
Stanthorpe State High School principal Peter Grant said it was great to see regional schools in the mix - proving rural students were among the highest achievers.
“We are obviously always extremely proud of student outcomes and worked very hard in recent times and the result of 2017 has been outstanding,” he said. “There is no reason why young people can’t achieve as well as anyone else if we work together.”
Fairholme College principal Linda Evans was pleased the school had a strong level on consistency. She said it was important to note the number of students succeeding from the large cohort or 85.
“I’m very proud of the girls and the staff. They make a very good team strong staff, keen girls and supportive families.”