Compare government, Catholic, and independent schools in Logan.
Logan sits between Brisbane and the Gold Coast and educates a genuinely diverse community across 81 schools. John Paul College at Daisy Hill is the flagship — a large Prep-to-12 independent with the area's strongest academic record — and the private sector generally leads on results here, with St Philomena School at Park Ridge and Canterbury College at Waterford both performing well. The Catholic system's standouts are primaries, led by St Edward the Confessor at Daisy Hill. Government schools carry two-thirds of the area's enrolments, and the picture varies a lot by suburb: established communities like Springwood and Daisy Hill have solid, steady schools, while the huge growth corridors at Yarrabilba and Flagstone are still building theirs, with new campuses opening almost yearly. Average academic results across Logan sit below the Brisbane norm on our measures, but that headline hides real standouts — which is exactly the situation where comparing individual schools, rather than relying on postcode reputation, pays off most.
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