Upper Mount Gravatt State School

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Upper Mount Gravatt State School
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Upper Mount Gravatt State School
1899 Logan Road, Upper Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°33′24″S153°04′47″E / 27.5566°S 153.0797°E / -27.5566; 153.0797
Information
School type Independent public, co-educational, primary
Established1929
PrincipalDerek Brady
Teaching staff39 (2023)
Years offered Prep - Year 6
Enrollment507 (2023)
Color(s)  Blue
  Light Blue
  White
Website Official website

Upper Mount Gravatt State School is an independent public co-educational primary school located in the Brisbane suburb of Upper Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education, with an enrolment of 507 students and a teaching staff of 39, as of 2023. [2] The school serves students from Prep to Year 6. [1] [2] The opening of the school unofficially established the suburb of Upper Mount Gravatt. [3]

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History

The community came together and cleared the grounds of trees and scrub for the construction of the school. [4] The budget of £1,117 for the erection of the school was given by the Public Works department in May 1929. [5] [6]

On 19 September 1929, the Department of Public Instruction (the Education Department) formally announced a school would open in Upper Mount Gravatt. [7] The school opened on 1 October 1929, [8] [9] with the official opening ceremony occurring on Saturday afternoon, 5 October 1929. [4] Approximately 300 people attended the ceremony, which was led by the education minister at the time, Reginald King. [4] The cost of the school was £1,123. [4] [10] It had 60 foundation students out of a capacity of 80. [4] [10] By the end of 1930, the enrollment had reached 81. [11]

In 1930, a proposal for the then tramline to be extended 3 miles (4.8 km) from Holland Park to the school was declined due to the population of the region not being significant enough to justify the extension at the time. [12]

2 acres were intended to be added to the school grounds in July 1952, [13] but was postponed until August 1953, with the land of the school increasing to 5 acres in 1953. [14] In 1973, as part of a scheme to improve schools in Queensland, the school received $48,477 to construct a library. [15]

On 23 October 1961 a majority of the school was destroyed by a fire, with most, if not all Admission Registers prior to this date being destroyed. [9] A new register was created, which began with the top grade (at this time it was Eighth) of the school and descending down in order. [9] Another fire occurred In June 2019, with a building being completely destroyed. [16] [17] The fire was treated as suspicious and the building needed to be demolished. [16] [17] The construction of a new building was completed in July 2021, with it officially opening on 3 November 2021. [18] The cost of the building was $9.21 million. [18]

Demographics

In 2023, the school had a student enrollment of 507 with 39 teachers (34.2 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (15.9 full-time equivalent). Female enrollments consisted of 243 students and Male enrollments consisted of 264 students; Indigenous enrollments accounted for a total of 7% and 49% of students had a language background other than English. [2]

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