Full list: Toowoomba’s richest and poorest schools revealed

New data has revealed Toowoomba’s richest and poorest schools after more than 80 schools from across the region were ranked. See the list here.

Toowoomba’s richest schools have been revealed with four schools generating a combined income of $500 million in the past five years.

The new data was released by the MySchool database with more than 80 primary and secondary schools ranked on their combined gross income between 2017 and 2021.

This was based on tuition fees, government funding and other sources of income including donations.

Toowoomba Grammar School earned more than $151 million across the five years, followed by Harristown State High School with $134 million and Centenary Heights State High School with $126 million.

Downlands College generated a five year income of $105 million, followed by Fairholme College with $88,220,368.

Despite the data for Brisbane-based schools indicating there was a significant divide between public and private schools, this was not the case for Toowoomba with four of the 10 richest being state schools.

However schools which recorded the lowest five-year incomes are all situated in rural areas including Karara, Pozieres, Mount Whitestone, Ma Ma Creek and Back Plains.

Queensland Association of State School Principals president Pat Murphy said schools in rural and remote locations were battling geographical constraints and were vastly disadvantaged in comparison to central schools.

“We are trying our best – teachers and principals are working hard, however there is definitely a funding divide,” he said.

“It’s something that does need to be addressed.”

Overall in Queensland, Brisbane Grammar School earned $310m across the five years, followed by Anglican Church Grammar School with $273m, and St Peters Lutheran College with $271m.

Kings Christian College and Brisbane Girls Grammar School rounded out the top five.