Which Toowoomba school received most government funds

ONE Toowoomba school received more than $63.8 million in State and Federal Government money in three years - giving it the highest funding in the region.

The $15.4 million three-storey teaching block and new admin at Harristown State High School is now complete. Picture: Kevin Farmer

ONE Toowoomba school received more than $63.8 million in State and Federal Government money in three years - giving it the highest funding in the region.

The massive amount of money some schools have received from governments can be revealed after an independent compilation of figures from the MySchool website.

Harristown State High School, in Harristown, received more money from government coffers than any other school in the region, receiving $63.8 million over the three most recently available years.

Centenary Heights State High School, Centenary Heights, received the second highest amount of state and federal government funding with $61.2 million.

Toowoomba State High School in Mount Lofty was the third highest in the region receiving $61.2 million over the three year period.

Those figures include recent infrastructure investments in all three schools, including new classsrooms at Harristown, a new performing arts complex at Centenary Heights and redevelopments at Toowoomba State High School.

The figures reveal exactly how much money every school has received from government funding over 2015, 2016 and 2017 calendar years and how much money has been spent on capital projects over the 2015, 2016 and 2017 financial years.

Ropeley State School in Ropeley received the most government funding per student of any school in the Toowoomba region. The school, which had seven students in 2017, received $43,766 in government funding for each child.

Ma Ma Creek State School in Ma Ma Creek received $30,964 for each of its seven students in 2017, the Toowoomba region's second highest funding per student.

Over 2015, 2016 and 2017 financial years, Toowoomba Grammar School, in East Toowoomba, spent $13.6 million on capital expenditure, more than any other school in the Toowoomba region.

Over that same three year period Mary MacKillop Catholic College spent $12.8 million on capital expenditure, the region's second highest.

The Glennie School spent $9.4 million on capital expenditure over that period, the third highest in the Toowoomba region.

Region's most funded schools

Harristown State High School: $63.8 million

Centenary Heights State High School: $61.2 million

Toowoomba State High School: $58.9 million

Toowoomba Grammar School: $34.1 million

St Mary's College: $31.4 million

St Joseph's College: $29.3 million

Middle Ridge State School: $28 million

Rangeville State School: $27.9 million

Darling Heights State School: $27.4 million

Downlands College: $26.6 million

Region's least funded schools

Ropeley State School: $844,228

Kulpi State School: $1.2 million

Haden State School: $1.3 million

Emu Creek State School: $1.4 million

Back Plains State School: $1.4 million

Mount Whitestone State School: $1.5 million

Ma Ma Creek State School: $1.5 million

Brookstead State School: $1.8 million

Pilton State School: $1.9 million

Maridahdi Early Childhood Community School: $1 million

R egion's schools with the highest capital expenditure

Toowoomba Grammar School: $13.6 million

Mary MacKillop Catholic College: $12.8 million

The Glennie School: $9.4 million

Highfields State Secondary College: $8.9 million

St Joseph's College: $6.3 million

Centenary Heights State High School: $6.3 million

Downlands College: $4.5 million

St Ursula's College: $3.2 million

Concordia Lutheran College: $2 million

Glenvale Christian School: $2.7 million