Each row is one open Queensland school, state or non-state, with its centre code, type, year levels, contact details, street and postal address, education region, electorates, council area, ABS SA2, remoteness, a student count and its latitude and longitude.

The file was last replaced in September 2022 and its student counts are from the July 2019 census. The department's online Schools Directory is kept current.

Why are the student counts blank for some schools?

The department gives student counts for state schools only. Non-state schools have a blank count, and so do a few state schools.

Datasets / Queensland / Education / Queensland schools: locations, enrolments and catchments

State and non-state school details, Queensland

Name: State and non-state school details, Queensland
Creator: Department of Education
Published: 2022-09-12
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Publisher Department of EducationUpdated irregularlyLicence CC BY 4.0Latest 2022-09-12Rows 1,774Fields 38

One row per Queensland school, state and non-state, from the Department of Education's list. Each row gives the centre code and name, the school type and sector, the lowest and highest year levels, contact details, street and postal addresses, the education region, federal and state electorates, local government area, ABS SA2 and remoteness area, the July 2019 student count and the ABN for state schools, and latitude and longitude.

Also called: Queensland schools directory download, Queensland state and private schools list, QLD school locations.

Part of Queensland schools: locations, enrolments and catchments, 5 tables the publisher releases together: State school enrolments by school and year level, February census, Queensland 2015 to 2019, State school catchment areas, junior secondary, Queensland, State school catchment areas, primary, Queensland, State school catchment areas, senior secondary, Queensland.

Before you use it

What is in each row?: Each row is one open Queensland school, state or non-state, with its centre code, type, year levels, contact details, street and postal address, education region, electorates, council area, ABS SA2, remoteness, a student count and its latitude and longitude.
How current is it?: The file was last replaced in September 2022 and its student counts are from the July 2019 census. The department's online Schools Directory is kept current.
Why are the student counts blank for some schools?: The department gives student counts for state schools only. Non-state schools have a blank count, and so do a few state schools.

1,774schools

38fields

12formats

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Any agent that connects to publicdata.au/mcp can find this dataset, read its 38 fields, count and filter across all 1,774 rows and diff its versions. Every answer names the version and carries Education's attribution. No key.

Then ask it: What does State and non-state school details, Queensland hold, and what changed in the newest version?

claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp

One command. No key, no account, no sign-up.

https://publicdata.au/mcp

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A dashboard over every row. Click to filter, add panels, share a link or embed a frame.

Query APIFilter and count from a URL

aggregate?group=centre_type&metric=count

Schools by school type: 1,002 State School, 525 Non-State School, 191 State High School, 44 Special School.

Download it as Excel, CSV, JSON and 9 more formats

Pick a format and a version. Excel is picked first because it opens in the tools most offices have. The URL is yours to keep. A dated version never changes.

Format

Version "Latest" redirects to the newest version and will change when the publisher releases again. A dated version never changes.

https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/latest/data.xlsx

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Use it in Excel, R, Python and more

Excel and Power BI read the CSV from its address and refresh from it. The R and Python packages take any dataset on this site by its slug, so a new dataset needs no new release. The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS, and a query reads only the blocks it touches.

The dated URL in the code never changes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/latest/ redirects to the newest version.

https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/latest/data.csv

In Excel choose Data, then From Web, and paste this address. Excel keeps it, so Refresh All reads the newest version. A sheet holds about a million rows; past that, load the query to the Data Model.

https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/latest/data.csv

In Power BI Desktop choose Get data, then Web, paste this address and choose Anonymous when asked how to sign in. A scheduled refresh reads the same address, so the report follows each new version.

library(publicdataau)
df <- pd_read("qld-school-details")
pd_attribution(df)

install.packages("publicdataau"). pd_read() fetches the version's Parquet file; pd_rows() and pd_aggregate() ask the query API instead, and pd_connect() attaches the DuckDB file.

import publicdata_au as pd_au
df = pd_au.read("qld-school-details")
df.attrs["publicdata"]["attribution"]

pip install "publicdata-au[pandas]". read() fetches the version's Parquet file; rows() and aggregate() ask the query API, and connect() attaches the DuckDB file.

INSTALL httpfs; LOAD httpfs;
ATTACH 'https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/v/2022-09-12/data.duckdb' AS qld_school_details (READ_ONLY);
SELECT centre_code, count(*) FROM qld_school_details.records GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC;

The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS and only the blocks a query touches are read. Parquet works the same way: FROM read_parquet(url).

const res = await fetch("https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-school-details/aggregate?group=centre_type&metric=count");
const { rows, publicdata } = await res.json();
console.log(rows, publicdata.attribution);

The query API answers a page on any site as well as Node, with no key. It returns the rows and the attribution the licence asks for.

What is in it

Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised.

Field	Type	Publisher's header	Note
centre_code	string	Centre Code	The department's centre code, kept as text.
centre_name	string	Centre Name
centre_type	string	Centre Type	For example State School, State High School, Special School or Non-State School.
centre_status	string	Centre Status
host_centre_code	string	Host Centre Code
host_centre_name	string	Host Centre Name
official_low_year_level	string	Official Low Year Level
official_high_year_level	string	Official High Year Level
officer_in_charge_title	string	Officer In Charge Title
school_band	integer	School Band	The department's classification band for a state school. Blank for non-state schools.
show_holiday_date	string	Show Holiday Date	The local show holiday the school observed, as published (for example 10-Aug-20).
internet_site	string	Internet Site
phone_number	string	Phone Number
restrict_contact_outside_teaching_hours	string	Restrict Contact Outside Teaching Hours	Y, N or blank.
fax_number	string	Fax Number
actual_address_line_1	string	Actual Address Line 1
actual_address_line_2	string	Actual Address Line 2
actual_address_line_3	string	Actual Address Line 3
actual_address_post_code	string	Actual Address Post Code
postal_address_line_1	string	Postal Address Line 1
postal_address_line_2	string	Postal Address Line 2
postal_address_line_3	string	Postal Address Line 3
postal_address_post_code	string	Postal Address Post Code
education_geographic_region	string	Education Geographic Region
federal_electorate	string	Federal Electorate
state_electorate	string	State Electorate
local_government_area	string	Local Government Area
statistical_area_level2	string	Statistical Area Level2
statistical_area_level2_code	string	Statistical Area Level2 Code
remoteness_area	string	Remoteness Area
enrolment_effective_date	string	Enrolment Effective Date	The census the student count is from, for example 2019 July. Blank for non-state schools.
all_student_count	integer	All Student Count
campus_all_student_count	integer	Campus All Student Count
abn	string	ABN
sector	string	Sector	State or Non-State.
non_state_sector	string	Non-State Sector	Catholic or Independent.
longitude	number	Longitude
latitude	number	Latitude

Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json. The key is centre_code.

The first 10 rows

From the latest version, in the publisher's order, with every field. A blank cell is shown as null.

centre_code	centre_name	centre_type	centre_status	host_centre_code	host_centre_name	official_low_year_level	official_high_year_level	officer_in_charge_title	school_band	show_holiday_date	internet_site	phone_number	restrict_contact_outside_teaching_hours	fax_number	actual_address_line_1	actual_address_line_2	actual_address_line_3	actual_address_post_code	postal_address_line_1	postal_address_line_2	postal_address_line_3	postal_address_post_code	education_geographic_region	federal_electorate	state_electorate	local_government_area	statistical_area_level2	statistical_area_level2_code	remoteness_area	enrolment_effective_date	all_student_count	campus_all_student_count	abn	sector	non_state_sector	longitude	latitude
5817	A B Paterson College (Arundel)	Non-State School	Open	null	null	Prep Year	Year 12	Principal	null	null	www.abpat.qld.edu.au	(07) 5594 7947	N	(07) 5594 7650	null	10 A B Paterson Drive	Arundel	4214	10 A B Paterson Drive	Arundel	null	4214	South East	Fadden	Bonney	Gold Coast (C)	Arundel	309031235	Major Cities of Australia	null	null	null	null	Non-State	Independent	153.360364	-27.927672
591	Abercorn State School	State School	Open	null	null	Prep Year	Year 6	Principal	5	10-Aug-20	www.abercornss.eq.edu.au	(07) 4167 5190	Y	(07) 4167 5135	null	957 Wuruma Dam Road	Abercorn	4627	957 Wuruma Dam Road	Abercorn	null	4627	Central Queensland	Flynn	Callide	North Burnett (R)	Monto - Eidsvold	319021508	Outer Regional Australia	2019 July	18	null	22101246877	State	null	151.127031	-25.135955
1275	Abergowrie State School	State School	Open	null	null	Prep Year	Year 6	Principal	5	3-Jul-20	www.abergowriess.eq.edu.au	(07) 4777 4672	N	(07) 4777 4686	null	5 Venables Road	Abergowrie	4850	5 Venables Road	Abergowrie	null	4850	North Queensland	Kennedy	Hinchinbrook	Hinchinbrook (S)	Ingham Region	318011465	Remote Australia	2019 July	4	null	87244066343	State	null	145.88351	-18.474697
5588	Aboriginal & Islander Independent Community School (Acacia Ridge)	Non-State School	Open	null	null	Prep Year	Year 12	Principal	null	null	www.murrischool.com	(07) 3255 6133	null	(07) 3255 6562	null	1277 Beaudesert Road	Acacia Ridge	4110	PO Box 256	Acacia Ridge	null	4110	Metropolitan	Moreton	Algester	Brisbane (C)	Rocklea - Acacia Ridge	303051076	Major Cities of Australia	null	null	null	null	Non-State	Independent	153.025757	-27.581562
25	Acacia Ridge State School	State School	Open	null	null	Early Childhood	Year 6	Principal	8	12-Aug-20	www.acaciaridgess.eq.edu.au	(07) 3717 4111	N	(07) 3717 4100	null	Nyngam Street	Acacia Ridge	4110	Nyngam Street	Acacia Ridge	null	4110	Metropolitan	Moreton	Algester	Brisbane (C)	Rocklea - Acacia Ridge	303051076	Major Cities of Australia	2019 July	379	null	99285094765	State	null	153.016074	-27.579554
1983	Agnes Water State School	State School	Open	null	null	Prep Year	Year 6	Principal	7	28-May-20	www.agneswaterss.eq.edu.au	(07) 4902 1333	N	null	null	1 Donohue Drive	Agnes Water	4677	PO Box 238	Agnes Water	null	4677	North Coast	Flynn	Burnett	Gladstone (R)	Agnes Water - Miriam Vale	308051530	Outer Regional Australia	2019 July	222	null	98271783313	State	null	151.91056	-24.213972
598	Airville State School	State School	Open	null	null	Prep Year	Year 6	Principal	5	24-Jun-20	www.airvilless.eq.edu.au	(07) 4790 7333	N	(07) 4790 7300	null	Old Clare Road	Airville	4807	MS 54	Ayr	null	4807	North Queensland	Dawson	Burdekin	Burdekin (S)	Burdekin	318011461	Outer Regional Australia	2019 July	11	null	17752636684	State	null	147.347629	-19.65519
801	Aitkenvale State School	State School	Open	null	null	Prep Year	Year 6	Principal	8	6-Jul-20	www.aitkenvaless.eq.edu.au	(07) 4421 2333	N	(07) 4725 5989	null	67-85 Wotton Street	Aitkenvale	4814	PO Box 50	Aitkenvale	null	4814	North Queensland	Herbert	Mundingburra	Townsville (C)	Aitkenvale	318021467	Outer Regional Australia	2019 July	524	null	61019412758	State	null	146.763058	-19.296785
2155	Albany Creek State High School	State High School	Open	null	null	Year 7	Year 12	Principal	11	10-Aug-20	www.albanycreekshs.eq.edu.au	(07) 3325 6333	N	(07) 3325 6300	null	Albany Forest Drive	Albany Creek	4035	PO Box 40	Albany Creek	null	4035	Metropolitan	Dickson	Everton	Moreton Bay (R)	Albany Creek	314011382	Major Cities of Australia	2019 July	1367	null	54535033957	State	null	152.968606	-27.357634
190	Albany Creek State School	State School	Open	null	null	Prep Year	Year 6	Principal	10	10-Aug-20	www.albanycreekss.eq.edu.au	(07) 3264 0111	N	(07) 3264 0100	null	696 Albany Creek Road	Albany Creek	4035	696 Albany Creek Road	Albany Creek	null	4035	Metropolitan	Dickson	Everton	Moreton Bay (R)	Albany Creek	314011382	Major Cities of Australia	2019 July	850	null	22367474023	State	null	152.970666	-27.34586

The first row as JSON

As it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/latest/data.json
{
  "centre_code": "5817",
  "centre_name": "A B Paterson College (Arundel)",
  "centre_type": "Non-State School",
  "centre_status": "Open",
  "host_centre_code": null,
  "host_centre_name": null,
  "official_low_year_level": "Prep Year",
  "official_high_year_level": "Year 12",
  "officer_in_charge_title": "Principal",
  "school_band": null,
  "show_holiday_date": null,
  "internet_site": "www.abpat.qld.edu.au",
  "phone_number": "(07) 5594 7947",
  "restrict_contact_outside_teaching_hours": "N",
  "fax_number": "(07) 5594 7650",
  "actual_address_line_1": null,
  "actual_address_line_2": "10 A B Paterson Drive",
  "actual_address_line_3": "Arundel",
  "actual_address_post_code": "4214",
  "postal_address_line_1": "10 A B Paterson Drive",
  "postal_address_line_2": "Arundel",
  "postal_address_line_3": null,
  "postal_address_post_code": "4214",
  "education_geographic_region": "South East",
  "federal_electorate": "Fadden",
  "state_electorate": "Bonney",
  "local_government_area": "Gold Coast (C)",
  "statistical_area_level2": "Arundel",
  "statistical_area_level2_code": "309031235",
  "remoteness_area": "Major Cities of Australia",
  "enrolment_effective_date": null,
  "all_student_count": null,
  "campus_all_student_count": null,
  "abn": null,
  "sector": "Non-State",
  "non_state_sector": "Independent",
  "longitude": 153.360364,
  "latitude": -27.927672
}

{
  "centre_code": "5817",
  "centre_name": "A B Paterson College (Arundel)",
  "centre_type": "Non-State School",
  "centre_status": "Open",
  "host_centre_code": null,
  "host_centre_name": null,
  "official_low_year_level": "Prep Year",
  "official_high_year_level": "Year 12",
  "officer_in_charge_title": "Principal",
  "school_band": null,
  "show_holiday_date": null,
  "internet_site": "www.abpat.qld.edu.au",
  "phone_number": "(07) 5594 7947",
  "restrict_contact_outside_teaching_hours": "N",
  "fax_number": "(07) 5594 7650",
  "actual_address_line_1": null,
  "actual_address_line_2": "10 A B Paterson Drive",
  "actual_address_line_3": "Arundel",
  "actual_address_post_code": "4214",
  "postal_address_line_1": "10 A B Paterson Drive",
  "postal_address_line_2": "Arundel",
  "postal_address_line_3": null,
  "postal_address_post_code": "4214",
  "education_geographic_region": "South East",
  "federal_electorate": "Fadden",
  "state_electorate": "Bonney",
  "local_government_area": "Gold Coast (C)",
  "statistical_area_level2": "Arundel",
  "statistical_area_level2_code": "309031235",
  "remoteness_area": "Major Cities of Australia",
  "enrolment_effective_date": null,
  "all_student_count": null,
  "campus_all_student_count": null,
  "abn": null,
  "sector": "Non-State",
  "non_state_sector": "Independent",
  "longitude": 153.360364,
  "latitude": -27.927672
}

Query it without downloading

The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Build a query here and run it, then copy the URL or the code into your own work.

Try rows or aggregate for this dataset. The query builder needs JavaScript.

How filters work

Each filter is field=operator.value in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with ilike. Prefix not. to negate a filter, as not.eq.value.

Operator	What it matches
eq.value	Equal to the value.
neq.value	Not equal to the value. A blank cell does not match.
gt.value	Greater than the value.
gte.value	Greater than or equal to the value.
lt.value	Less than the value.
lte.value	Less than or equal to the value.
like.text	Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters. Case-sensitive.
ilike.text	The same as like, ignoring case.
in.(a,b,c)	Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma.
is.null	Blank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher.

Parameter	What it does
select	Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
order	field.asc or field.desc, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
limit	Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
offset	Rows to skip. The next URL in each answer sets it for you.
group	On aggregate, fields to group by, comma-separated.
metric	On aggregate, count, sum.field, avg.field, min.field or max.field, comma-separated. count when absent.
format	json, ndjson or csv. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put versions/<date>/ before rows or aggregate for an answer that never changes. /api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions lists the loaded versions. The 1 newest version is loaded; versions lists them.

The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a Retry-After header, a RateLimit-Policy header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same RateLimit-Policy. A client should wait the Retry-After seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. openapi.json describes this dataset's query paths for client generators and agents.

https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each queryable dataset is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.

What changed

One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.

2022-09-12
1,774 rows38 fieldsutf-8-sigd11ea41fa860

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (176 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

Questions

How do I download State and non-state school details as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/v/2022-09-12/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

Can I open State and non-state school details in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/v/2022-09-12/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 1,774 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/v/2022-09-12/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

How often is State and non-state school details updated?

Education releases it irregularly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

Can I use State and non-state school details commercially?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

Is this the official source for State and non-state school details?

No. The publisher is Department of Education, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

What coordinate system does State and non-state school details use?

The publisher names no datum. The coordinates are decimal degrees, read as WGS84 (EPSG:4326) and published as given. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects.

What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.csv so the change can be checked.

Queensland schools: locations, enrolments and catchments is 5 tables here, and each takes its version date from its own file.

Attribution and citation

The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used.

Department of Education, Queensland Government, State and non-state school details, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-school-details/v/2022-09-12/

The attribution alone is inside every file. Harvard is the author-date form a report or a brief asks for. Paste the HTML on a web page so the links carry.

Licence record

Department of Education states the licence, CC BY 4.0, on its own page, which was read and recorded here on 1 October 2026.

Every fetch reads the licence again and stops when it has changed. The fetch that made version 2022-09-12 read it from www.data.qld.gov.au on 3 October 2026.

Also published on

Hugging Faceload_dataset("National-Digital/qld-school-details")
Kagglewith a starter notebook
ZenodoDOI 10.5281/zenodo.23122703

Each copy carries the same attribution and links back to this page.

For agents and tools

datapackage.jsonFrictionless data package pointing at the latest version
schema.jsonTable Schema for every field
schema.xlsxthe same field list as an Excel data dictionary
versions.jsonevery version with date, rows, fields and hash
changes.jsondiff for every consecutive pair
manifest.jsonwhere the bytes came from and when
Query APIfiltered rows and counts without a download
openapi.jsonOpenAPI 3.1 for this dataset's query paths
explore/charts and dashboards in the browser, shareable and embeddable
index.mdthis page as Markdown

This page carries a schema.org Dataset record and is listed in /.well-known/ard.json and /catalog.json.

Source

Department of Education publishes this table on www.data.qld.gov.au. Questions about the content go to the publisher. Questions about the files here go to corrections.

Fetched 3 October 2026. Source SHA-256 d11ea41fa8605d0f…

Improve this dataset

This page is built from register/qld-school-details.yaml on GitHub. Anyone can propose a fix to it, such as a clearer description or a field the publisher renamed, as a pull request.

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