# Lowood State High School

Lowood State High School is a band 10 state high school in Lowood (Queensland, Australia), located 32 km north-west of Ipswich, an area administered by the council of Somerset.

## Administration

The school's founding principal was Peter Whitelaw and the current principal is Stacey Beu.
Principals of the School :
| Tenure | Tenure | Principal | Ref |
| Initial Year | Final Year | Principal | Ref |
| 2018 | Present | Stacey Beu | |
| 2013 | 2017 | Anne McLauchlan | |
| 1983 | 1984 | Peter Whitelaw | |

## Year Levels

Lowood school, the original pre-Lowood State High School version of the school, accommodated pre-school to year 10 students. In its founding year of 1983, Lowood State High School initially catered for years 7 - 11, expanding to include year 12 a year later in 1984. Since then, the school has continued to cater for students from years 7 to 12 inclusive.

## Students
### Student enrolments

For its initial two years (1983-1984) the school had a yearly enrolment of 250 to 300 students. In 2003, the school was reported to have an enrollment of around 700.$^{:2}$ The trend in school enrolments (August figures) has been:
Student enrolment trends :
| Year | Years | Years | Years | Years | Years | Years | Boys | Girls | Total | School Capacity | Ref |
| Year | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Boys | Girls | Total | School Capacity | Ref |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 311 | 279 | 590 | - | |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 373 | 315 | 688 | - | |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 376 | 352 | 728 | - | |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 378 | 373 | 751 | - | |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 376 | 371 | 747 | - | |
| 2019 | 149 | 139 | 138 | 124 | 93 | 61 | 366 | 338 | 704 | 849 | $^{:2}$ |
| 2020 | 147 | 148 | 134 | 126 | 110 | 77 | 373 | 369 | 742 | 849 | $^{:2}$ |
| 2021 | 146 | 161 | 145 | 133 | 107 | 91 | 390 | 393 | 783 | 849 | $^{:2}$ |
| 2022 | 122 | 140 | 157 | 143 | 96 | 74 | 371 | 361 | 732 | 905 | $^{:3}$ |
| 2023 | 132 | 120 | 132 | 152 | 93 | 67 | 368 | 328 | 696 | 905 | $^{:2}$ |
| 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | 356 | 308 | 663 | 905 | |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | 905 | |
Lowood State High School is currently being reported as having a maximum student enrolment capacity of 905 students.

## House structure

The school's four sports houses are named after Australian explorers, in particular those associated with the exploration of Queensland's Brisbane River:
Current house system$^{:31}$ :
| House name | Colour | Mascot | Australian explorers |
| Oxley | Green | Crocodile | John Oxley |
| Lockyer | Red | Lion | Edmund Lockyer |
| Logan | Blue | Shark | Patrick Logan |
| Cunningham | Yellow | Hornet | Allan Cunningham |

## School Hall
### Flood Refuge

The school's hall has been used as a place of refuge during the flooding of the local area, in particular, the floods of November 2023 in which the hall played a crucial role.

## Notable alumni

The following are notable alumni of the school:
Notable alumni :
| Name | Achievement |
| Tom Court | Shotputter and international rugby union player |
| Graeme Lehmann$^†$ | Mayor of Somerset Council |
| Dane Sampson | Olympic sporting shooter |
† - A graduate from Lowood school, the pre-Lowood State High School version of the school.