[2] The school's motto was formerly "Endeavour", named after the ship on which Captain Cook sailed into Trinity Bay.

This was also the name of an incentive scheme at the school, which encouraged the students to set themselves goals and endeavour to achieve them.

[3] Trinity Bay SHS has a Clontarf academy department on school grounds,[4] helping to engage young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men in their schooling community and employment.

Trinity Bay State High School offers multiple extra-curricular programs, in the areas of performing arts, visual arts, science, and sports.

[10] The rugby league program also includes the attainment of a Certificate II in Sport – Developing Athlete.