Tara Shire State College
22 Binnie Street, Tara QLD 4421
Tara Shire State College is a government combined primary and secondary school in Tara, QLD from Kindergarten to Year 12 with about 353 students. Its ICSEA is 842, where the national average is 1000.
Annual report (2025) ↗ on the publisher's site. About this link
ICSEA, Enrolments, Language background, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander share, Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Tara Shire State College as a Prep-to-Year-12 government school serving Tara and the wider Western Downs region, guided by the motto "Believe...achieve...succeed." The college offers a P-12 curriculum across primary, junior secondary and senior secondary phases, with music, vocational education pathways and specialist programs alongside sporting grounds, a resource centre, tuckshop and uniform shop. A partnership with Shell QGC funds a breakfast club, and an active Parents and Citizens Association supports camps, excursions and student leadership activities.
Often praised
- Active P&C community support
- Shell QGC-funded breakfast club
- P-12 vocational education pathways
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: medium. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
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Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
Schools with a similar ICSEA in QLD
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell State School | Mitchell | Public k–12 / combined · P-10 | 118 | 845 |
| Cooktown State School | Cooktown | Public k–12 / combined · P-12 | 376 | 838 |
| Dirranbandi P-10 State School | Dirranbandi | Public k–12 / combined · P-10 | 72 | 838 |
| Ravenshoe State School | Ravenshoe | Public k–12 / combined · P-12 | 351 | 848 |
| Cecil Plains State School | Cecil Plains | Public k–12 / combined · P-9 | 39 | 851 |
| Kuranda District State College | Kuranda | Public k–12 / combined · P-12 | 285 | 862 |
About this data
Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.