Southport State High School is a secondary school situated in Southport on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia. Southport State High School was the first public high school on the Gold Coast, celebrating its 100th Centenary in 2016. Originally opened in 1916 in Scarborough Street on what is now the site for Southport Central Towers, the school was moved to its Smith Street location in March 1955. 'Respice Finem' remains the school motto to this day, meaning 'to look to the end result'.