Kedron State High School was established in 1956 and enjoys a high public profile as an excellent north Brisbane academic public school. Enrolments are increasing to 1180 in 2010. The immediate area population derives from nine surrounding suburbs. The travelling population comes from sixty-nine different suburbs. These students could attend schools closer to their homes but, as a result of the public image of the school, choose to make their way to Kedron State High School for reasons relating to curriculum offerings and academic outcomes together with outstanding outcomes in instrumental music, social and cultural aspects of performance and personal growth. The school is Enrolment Managed (EMP) and the plan is available from the school website. A Special Education Program (SEP) has been part of the school campus since 1979 and caters for deaf students who are supported in mainstream classes for most subjects according to their educational needs. An English as a Second Language (ESL) unit was established in 2002 to provide support for the students who speak a language other than English as their first language and 2010 enrolments total 195 students. The school offers an International Student Program and at present about 60 students are enrolled with major representations from China, Japan, Korea and Germany. The school is an accredited member of the Council of International Schools. The school's LOTE programme offers Japanese, Chinese, French and Auslan and current enrolment (2010) across the programme is 540.