Pioneer State High School

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Pioneer State High School
Location
Pioneer State High School
Mackay
,
Queensland

Australia
Coordinates 21°05′45″S149°10′50″E / 21.0958°S 149.1806°E / -21.0958; 149.1806
Information
Type Public
MottoPride. Honesty. Success.
Established1986
PrincipalLisa Veney
Grades Year 7 to Year 12
Enrolment567 (2024)
Website https://pioneershs.eq.edu.au/

Pioneer State High School is a public, co-educational secondary school located in the Mackay suburb of Andergrove, Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education, with an enrolment of 567 students and a teaching staff of 51 as of 2024. [3] The school serves students from Year 7 to Year 12 [1] [3] and was established in 1986. [4]

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History

The school opened on 28 January 1986, [5] to serve the increase of the population in the area at the time. [6] It opened with 400 students in Years 8, 9 and 11. [4] In 1987, the school offered places for all year levels from Year 8 to Year 12. [4]

Demographics

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), through its Data Access Program, publishes annual school profiles that include demographic data. [7] These reports have been available since 2008 and provide information on enrolment figures, staffing, and student backgrounds. [7]

According to ACARA data:

Notable alumni

Alumni lists are available on the Names Database [8] and the school has a section of past students on its website. [9] Notable alumni include the Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman. [9] Carrol Baggow, a student at the school was chosen to be one of fifty members of the National Youth Roundtable for 2004 out of 663 applicants. [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Pioneer State High School | Schools Directory". Queensland Department of Education . Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "School Location 2024". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "ACARA Data Access Program: School Profile 2008 – 2024". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Archived from the original on 3 March 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "School History". Pioneer State High School. Archived from the original on 15 June 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2025– via The Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools". Queensland Department of Education . 14 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Andergrove | Queensland Places". The University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  7. 1 2 "ACARA Data Access Program". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts . 18 August 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Andergrove,: Pioneer State High School Alumni List at NamesDatabase™". The Names Database . Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2025– via The Wayback Machine.
  9. 1 2 "Past students". Pioneer State High School. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "50 Young Australians Ready For Roundtable". Parliament of Australia . 1 March 2004. Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.

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