Pomona State School is a government primary school in Pomona, Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It was established on 31 August 1897. History Originally named Pinbarren Provisional School from its establishment until 1909, when it was upgraded from a provisional school to a state school, and renamed Pomona State School. The school cost £813 for a simple high-set timber building with one large room and a verandah. School district The local school district was a patchwork of small schools in what would become the Shire of Noosa. The 1910 establishment of the Noosa shire and Pomona being selected as a central hub saw Pomona State School become the main school of the district. Smaller schools closed with the expansion of Pomona State School and the eventual establishment of a school bus. Mill School Mill School was the first school to be opened in the district in 1874. Located by Lake Cootharaba two kilometres north of Elanda Point. Mill School was closed in 1892. Pinbarren Creek State School Pinbarren Creek State School was opened as a provisional school on 22 February 1905 and upgraded in 1908. The school closed in July 1939 just after the start of the Second World War. Cooloothin Creek State School Cooloothin Creek State School was established on 16 August 1915 located on the corner of Boreen Point Road and McKinnon Drive. The school eventually closed on 31 December 1936 from low attendance. Cootharaba Lake State School Cootharaba Lake State School opened on 23 August 1909. Located on the corner of Kildey's road and Lake Flat road it was closed during 1943. Ringtail State School Ringtail State School, was opened May 1912 and closed December 1943. The school was located on Ringtail road, west of the Pomona township. The building of Ringtail state school were pulled down in 1946, before being relocated to Pomona State School as a classroom. The building was transferred into the school library. 1940s expansion At the conclusion of the Second World War, the focus was shifted from fighting to education. The general concern was the lack of available higher education options, most students want to go on from primary school had to enlist in a boarding school. At the end of 1944, the Department of Education established the first secondary department for a public school in Queensland. The addition of 432 secondary students to the school became overcrowded, the remaining building's from