Sunshine Beach State High School
Government secondary school in Sunshine Beach, QLD
★ Specialty & excellence programs
This school runs specialist programs many parents never hear about:
- Marine & Environmental Surfing Centre of Excellence Capped program places · source
Program facts © State of Queensland (Department of Education), CC BY 4.0.
| Sector | Government |
|---|---|
| Type | Secondary |
| Year levels | Yr 7–Yr 12 |
| Enrolment | 1,494 students |
| Community Advantage Index | 85/100 — Higher advantage |
| Area Year-12 attainment | 68.6% |
| Specialty programs | Marine & Environmental |
| Enrolment catchment | Junior secondary zone shown on the map above — check if an address is in this zone ▸ (QLD 2026, CC BY 4.0) |
| Suburb | Sunshine Beach, QLD |
| Website | www.sunshinebeachhigh.eq.edu.au |
No school score is shown for this school. No school-level attendance or destination data is published for it, so the only signals available describe Sunshine Beach as an area — they are identical for every school in the suburb. Showing an area figure as a school rating would imply a judgement the data cannot support. How we rank schools ▸
Area advantage (our Community Advantage Index) is our own estimate of the surrounding community's socio-educational advantage, derived from ABS SEIFA — how it's calculated. It describes the suburb, so every school in Sunshine Beach shares it. It is a community indicator, not a school-quality score, and is not ICSEA.