In 1964, the Sisters established a secondary school for girls called San Jose Catholic Secondary School (also known as San Jose College) on Twenty-Third Avenue.

On 29 January 1985, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School relocated to the San Jose site in Twenty-Third Avenue, while the San Jose College amalgamated with St Kieran's Christian Brothers College in Menzies to form the co-educational Mount Isa Catholic High School (later renamed Good Shepherd Catholic College) at the former St Kieran's site at Menzies.

[6][7] Mount Isa State High School opened on 2 February 1953.

[6][8] Mount Isa State High School's website has been archived.

[1] Parkside has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Spinifex State College is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls [15][16] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 817 students with 77 teachers and 71 non-teaching staff (58 full-time equivalent).