IT MIGHT only be a two-hour drive, but home is a world away for four students at Fairholme College.

The Year 7 students call Aboriginal communities home. Leila Graham, Rachel Saltner and Marhella Saltner from Cherbourg in the South Burnett, started at Fairholme this year, joining Bindi Saltner from Woorambindi in Central Queensland, who started last year.

It is the most Aboriginal students the college has so far welcomed and it is doing what it can to make them feel welcome.

Laura McDonagh, who works in boarding support, said the school's program was moving slowly to ensure each student had a successful outcome.

"The reason it is working is because, like for all of our students, the support is really individualised," she said.

"We keep communication very open with their families. Because it is still early days, our focus it to have trips to community to really form a good relationship with Cherbourg and their families."

The girls were selected to attend Fairholme through the Reds Future Indigenous Leaders Program. They program identifies leaders and families who value education.

Marhella said while it was hard to leave home, it was exciting to attend Fairholme, something she never thought she would have the chance to do.

"I come from a small town called Cherbourg. It's only two hours away from here and it's just like your own small community, everybody knows each other and we just get along good," she said.

"(Here) I get to know more people and learn new things. Even though it's hard sometimes and I ring up mum and cry to her, but she says it's for the best. In the end you know it's worth it."

The girls are happy about getting the chance to be at the school.