Mount Garnet State School is located in the Tablelands/Johnstone district and services the communities of Mount Garnet, Battle Creek, Innot Hot Springs and Silver Valley. It is situated on the south-western edge of the Atherton Tablelands on the Kennedy Highway just under 50 km from Ravenshoe, 90 km from Atherton and 195 km south west of Cairns. Mount Garnet is a small country town of approximately 300 people.