The hub of the Mia Mia community was the school approved on the 17 April 1899, with the Mia Mia Provisional School opening 22 January 1900 with the first registration of pupils. The school’s first Head Teacher, Emma Milligan, had been transferred to the area earlier on 1 January 1900. On 1 January 1909 Mia Mia Provisional School was proclaimed a State School. Mia Mia State School closed 7 July 1967 in favour of a school transport service to Mirani State School. The school building was sold by auction in 1969, and the land and improvements purchased after the auction in 1970.
A photograph of the class of 1939