Emergency services say this year's schoolies attendees "aren't as drunk as they used to be" and are being far more well behaved than those who came before them.
Police say the majority of the weekend's issues stemmed from "toolies", with only six school leavers among 27 arrests, all of which were for minor matters, including public nuisance.
Gold Coast Acting Chief Superintendent Rhys Wildman said the change was good to see.
"Looking back at the last five years … the figures so far reveal that this cohort of schoolies are actually the best," he said.
"I'm sure that provides some relief to parents who are no doubt a bit concerned about sending their child down to schoolies, but they are being well looked after."
Acting Chief Superintendent Wildman said no school leavers had been fined in relation to liquor offences, but more than 200 had their alcohol tipped out over the weekend, along with nearly 100 non-school leavers.
"That's a really good record there," he said.
"While it sounds like a lot, it's not all that unusual when we consider the type of celebrations the school groups having … and when compared to previous years.
Less drunk, less assaults
Justin Payne of the Queensland Ambulance Service said the number of teens requiring aid in the emergency treatment centre over the weekend had been about half that of previous years.
"We're finding this is probably one of the best cohorts that we've had to deal with during a schoolies response," he said.
"Over the weekend, we've seen about 120-odd people through the centre.
"But even then the intoxication levels aren't as high.
Mr Payne said of the 120, only six required further treatment and transport to hospital.
He said the most serious incident from the weekend was endured by a teenager who was "dancing too hard" in the moshpit.
"That was a broken leg," he said.
"And we are seeing some minor injuries that occurred from roughhousing and mucking around with mates, but nothing significant.
'Respectful' interactions
Schoolies Advisory Group chairman Mark Raeburn said of about 53,000 school leavers who left grade 12 this year across the state, about 16,000 had come to the Gold Coast to celebrate this year.
The wristbands allow school leavers who have registered to attend Safer Schoolies events.
"In terms of wristbands, we've issued 12,550 wristbands, which means there's 12,550 schoolies in Surfers Paradise with our response wrapped around them," he said.
"But we've got 15,864 registrations, because this year – as opposed to years gone by – these schoolies are required to register to get their wristbands, so more will be coming, because more have been registered."
Mr Raeburn said volunteers had reported "respectful" interactions with school leavers, as well as witnessing them helping out mates and others outside their friendship circles.
