Yarrabilba State Secondary College
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| Yarrabilba State Secondary College | |
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 Yarrabilba State Secondary College, 2020 | |
| Location | |
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22-60 McKinnon Drive , , 4207 Australia | |
| Coordinates | 27°48′28″S 153°07′01″E / 27.8078393°S 153.1170387°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State secondary day school |
| Motto | Learning today, leading tomorrow[1] |
| Established | 2020[2] |
| Principal | Belinda Tregea[3][4] |
| Grades | year 7–year 12[5][4] |
| Gender | Coeducational[6]: 2 |
| Enrolment | 1,090[7] (August 2025) |
| Houses | Lorikeets, Osprey, Kingfishers, Rosellas[8] |
| Colours |
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| Mascot | Yarrabilba blue tongue lizard |
| Website | yarrabilbassc |
Yarrabilba State Secondary College (YSSC) is a secondary school located in Yarrabilba (Queensland, Australia), a locality of Logan City.[10][9][4]
The indigenous Australian Wanggeriburra clan of the Yugambeh language group occupied the land of Yarrabilba before the arrival of Europeans.[11] The suburb's name, and hence the school's name, are based on the word "Yarrabilba" meaning 'place of song' in Wangerriburra/Bundjalung language.[11]
Infrastructure
Construction
On 23 March 2019, the first sod of soil was turned in the $65 million project, led by Broad Construction, to build a state secondary school at Yarrabilba,[12] one of the eight schools built as part of the Palaszczuk government's investment of more than $450 million.[2] Construction was completed in 2019 and the school was opened in 2020.[2]
Computers
The Logan-based Social enterprise "Substation33", which repurposes technology, donated computers and laptops to the school, some of which were used by coding tutorial groups.[13]
School leadership
Students
Years
The school was opened for grades 7 and 8 in January 2020.[2][15]: 2 The school began incrementally offering the first classes of higher year each subsequent years, i.e. year 9 (2021),[16]: 2 year 10 (2022),[17]: 2 year 11 (2023),[5] and finally year 12 (2024).[5]
Student enrolments
In 2023, Yarrabilba State Secondary College was reported to have a maximum student enrolment capacity of 1,839 students.[18] The school's Programs of Excellence in Educational Excellence-Ecology and Sustainability, Sports Excellence- Fitness and Nutrition, Performing Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Yarrabilba State Secondary College has the following capacity to enrol:[18]
- 75 in the Program of Educational Excellence – Ecology and Sustainability
- 150 in the Program of Sports Excellence – Fitness and Nutrition (High Performance Sport)
- 150 in the Program of Educational Excellence – Performing Arts (Music, Dance, Drama, Public Speaking)
- 75 in the Program of Educational Excellence – STEAM
The school had 260 students on its first day.[14] Since then the trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:
| Year | Years | Boys | Girls | Total | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
| 2020 | 185 | 92 | - | - | - | - | 138 | 139 | 277 | [15]: 2 [19] |
| 2021 | 206 | 195 | 109 | - | - | - | 265 | 245 | 510 | [16]: 2 [20] |
| 2022 | 222 | 200 | 187 | 120 | - | - | 367 | 362 | 729 | [17]: 2 [21] |
| 2023 | 168 | 216 | 175 | 173 | 98 | - | 415 | 415 | 830 | [6]: 2 [22] |
| 2024 | 187 | 198 | 246 | 176 | 146 | 77 | 532 | 498 | 1,030 | [23][24]: 2 |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | 557 | 533 | 1,090 | [7] |
| 2026 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
House structure
The school's four sports houses are named after Australian birds:[8]
| House name | Colour | Australian bird |
|---|---|---|
| Lorikeets | Green | Lorikeet |
| Kingfishers | Blue | Kingfisher |
| Rosellas | Red | Rosella |
| Ospreys | Orange | Osprey |
