Queensland’s safest state high and primary schools as ranked by students
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Students at regional and remote Queensland schools are more likely to feel unsafe than their metropolitan counterparts, a Courier-Mail analysis reveals.
An analysis of individual student surveys from more than 1000 state schools found regional and remote schools dominated the list with the lowest safety ratings.
Of the 128 schools where at least one student in 2024 responded no to the question “I feel safe at this school”, 77 were regional or remote, compared to 51 in metro areas.
At Agnes Water State School, just one in four students said they felt safe, a dramatic drop from 2023 when 89 per cent of respondents said yes.
Thargomindah State School plummeted from 100 per cent in 2022 to 40 per cent in 2024.
Other schools where less than half of respondents felt safe included Benaraby State School, Calliope State High School, Mareeba State High School, Charters Towers State High School, Emerald State High School, Northern Beaches State High School and Townsville State High School.
In the South East, the worst-performing schools were Dakabin State High School, Brisbane Central State School, Caboolture State High School, Bremer State High School and Laidley State High School, where less than 60 per cent of students felt safe.
Cunnamulla P-12 State School recorded the biggest improvement, rising from 54 per cent feeling safe in 2022 to 100 per cent in 2024.
Cyber-bullying rates soar 80 per cent
The in-school safety concerns come as cyber-bullying complaints from Queensland children have soared by almost 80 per cent in four years.
The eSafety Commissioner received 1705 complaints of cyber-bullying from Queensland children between 2022 and 2025.
Reports jumped from 284 in 2022 to 515 in 2024, with 504 already recorded by October 31 this year.
A spokesman said more than half the complaints involved 12 to 15-year-olds, with Instagram the most common platform, followed by TikTok and Snapchat.
Kids Helpline virtual services manager Tony FitzGerald said Queensland children accounted for 20 per cent of all calls to the service in 2024.
“This indicates for us that this issue remains prevalent in the lives of young people,” he said.
Originally published as Queensland’s safest state high and primary schools as ranked by students
