Mossman State High School has been named as one of Queensland’s most improved schools following the release of the 2011 NAPLAN (National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy)  results.

Mossman joined Atherton State School, Cairns State High School, Caravonica State School, Edge Hill State School, Ravenshoe State School and Tagai State College as Far North Queensland’s most improved schools in the national assessment program tests for literacy and numeracy.

Mossman State High Principal, Deborah Kachel, said that while she has not had a chance to review the results in detail, it was pleasing that the school had improved.

"On first glance it looks as though we've done quite well, the kids have improved.

"We look at how students are going in the classrooms in terms of their class work because we're constantly looking at trying to improve, and students set themselves targets so they do have improvement against their own results."

Federal Education Minister, Peter Garrett, said the results were an endorsement of the Bligh Government's strong push to lift educational outcomes across the state.

"This is a terrific result for kids and parents, and with hundreds of schools across the state now benefiting from the Federal Government's record $65.4 billion investment in education, we can expect to see these strong results continue in future NAPLAN tests."

State Education Minister, Cameron Dick, said the latest NAPLAN results showed Queensland overall was continuing its improvement and narrowing the gap with other states.

He said Year 3 students were the standout performers in 2011, improving in all five test areas and posting the state's best result for any year level, with 95.2 per cent of students achieving the national standard for numeracy.

"The Year 3 students of 2011 represent the first full intake of Prep students and their results highlight the benefit of the Bligh Government's significant investment in this extra year of schooling," Mr Dick said.

"These results show that our move to introduce this extra year of school is starting to pay dividends when it comes to student performance.”

However, Shadow Education Minister, Dr Bruce Flegg, said the 2011 NAPLAN results were a clear wake-up call that much more needed to be done to lift the standard of education for Queensland students, as Queensland placed last of all the states across all year levels for reading.

“Queensland parents and their children deserve better education standards than what they are getting from this tired, 20-year-old Labor Government," he said.