Applecross Senior High School

Applecross Senior High School
Applecross Senior High School in 2006
Location
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Ardross, Perth, Western Australia

Australia
Coordinates32°01′46″S 115°50′05″E / 32.0295114°S 115.8348206°E / -32.0295114; 115.8348206
Information
TypePublic co-educational high school
MottoAchieve
Established1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Educational authorityWA Department of Education
PrincipalPaul Leech
Enrolment1,731[1] (Semester 1, 2021)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Black, green, red and white     
Websitewww.applecross.wa.edu.au

Applecross Senior High School is a public co-educational high school, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Founded in 1958,[2] Applecross Senior High School has traditionally been one of the leading public high schools in Western Australia and consistently ranks academically within the top ten secondary schools in the state.[3][4][5] Applecross has produced two Rhodes Scholars.[6]

Applecross runs dedicated art, tennis and chess programs, and has traditionally been dominant in these areas.[7][8][9][10] It also runs Academic Extension classes, for those students talented in the areas of English, Maths, Science, Society and Environment, French and Japanese.

Like many Western Australian high schools, Applecross is a partially selective high school with out-of-area students accepted on a number of criteria.[11]

  1. ^ "Alphabetical List of Western Australian Schools" (PDF). WA Department of Education. Perth, WA: Government of Western Australia. 30 September 2021. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Applecross Senior High School". Applecross Senior High School. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  3. ^ Hiatt, Bethany (14 January 2019). "WA's top 10 public schools: Perth Modern School sets record for academic achievement". West Australian. Perth, WA. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Better Education '08 WA School Ranking". Better Education Pty Ltd. 2009. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Better Education '09 WA School Ranking". Better Education Pty Ltd. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference rhodes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Applecross special art student wins national gallery scholarship" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Chirag to represent Australia in Chess" (PDF). 20 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Australian Schools Teams Championships, 10th - 11th December, 2005". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  10. ^ "Applecross a tennis ace". Melville Times. 27 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  11. ^ Applecross Senior High: Out of area application. Retrieved 1 September 2019.