Mountain Creek State High School is the largest and most popular secondary school on the Sunshine Coast. It has had an enrolment of more than 2,000 students since 2001. The school's motto is quality, opportunity and excellence. The core values include a positive culture, trust honesty and credibility, innovation, an acceptance of personal accountability an orientation to action and celebration of success. Our statement of purpose reads: "An innovative and socially responsible school maximising learning outcomes for young people in a safe, secure and well ordered environment to prepare them for a productive future of active citizenship and employment in a global society." The school offers an extensive, differentiated curriculum which provides opportunities for a wide range of study options. Mountain Creek SHS is the only school on the Sunshine Coast to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma program. The school has had a cohort of international students from countries as diverse as Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland, New Caledonia, Italy, China and Nepal since 2001 and seeks to instil in its students a strong sense of international-mindedness. A successful graduate of Mountain Creek State High School will be employable, qualified for further education and training, skilled in the use of technology, socially responsible, self motivated, socially, culturally and globally aware, environmentally active and hard working and committed. Some unique features of the school include the split shift for senior and middle school students and the use of four semi-autonomous sub-schools to manage the school population of 2,000 plus. Facilities include a 25-metre heated pool, two fully equipped dance studios and a state of the art gymnasium and group fitness facility. The school plays an important part in the community through the hire of school facilities for community use.