Maitland High School

Maitland High School
Location
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Australia
Coordinates32°44′58″S 151°35′44″E / 32.74944°S 151.59556°E / -32.74944; 151.59556
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Former nameMaitland Boys' High School
TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoFrench: En Avant
(Go Forward)
Established1884; 140 years ago (1884)
(as Maitland Boys' High School)
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalPaula Graham
Teaching staff77.6 FTE (2023)[1]
Years712
Enrolment936[1] (2023)
Campus typeSuburban
Houses
  •    Scobie-Hughes
  •    Waddy-Portus
  •    McMullen
       Fraser
Colour(s)Black and white   
Websitemaitland-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Maitland High School (abbreviated as MHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on High Street, East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1884 as the boys only single-sex Maitland Boys' High School, in 1986 the school collaborated with Maitland Girls' High School, and now both schools are co-educational, with Maitland Boys' High School renamed as Maitland High School, and Maitland Girls' High School as Maitland Grossmann High School. Maitland High School enrolled approximately 936 students in 2023, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 17 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and seven percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education.

  1. ^ a b c "Maitland High School, Maitland, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. ^ "NSW Public Schools – Maitland High School". Enrolment Figures. New South Wales Department of Education and Training. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.