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Lowood State High School

Lowood State High School is a state high school located in Lowood, Queensland, Australia.

Infrastructure

The school has been used as a place of refuge during flooding of the local area, in particular the floods of November 2023.

Students

Student enrolments

In 2023, Nerang State High School was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 905 students.

In 2003, the school was reported to have an enrollment of around 700. The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:

Student enrolment trends
Year Years Boys Girls Total
7 8 9 10 11 12
2014 - - - - - - 311 279 590
2015 - - - - - - 373 315 688
2016 - - - - - - 376 352 728
2017 - - - - - - 378 373 751
2018 - - - - - - 376 371 747
2019 - - - - - - 366 338 704
2020 147 148 134 126 110 77 373 369 742
2021 146 161 145 133 107 91 390 393 783
2022 122 140 157 143 96 74 371 361 732
2023 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

House structure

The school's four sports houses are named after Australian explorers, in particular those associated with the exploration of Queensland's Brisbane River:

Current house system
House name Colour Mascot Australian explorers
Oxley   Green Crocodile John Oxley
Lockyer   Red Lion Edmund Lockyer
Logan   Blue Shark Patrick Logan
Cunningham   Yellow Hornet Allan Cunningham

Notable alumni

The following are notable alumni of the school:

Notable alumni in sport
Name Sport
Tom Court Shotputter and international rugby union player.
Dane Sampson Olympic shooting sport.