Murwillumbah High School

Murwillumbah High School
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Australia
Coordinates28°20′4″S 153°23′25″E / 28.33444°S 153.39028°E / -28.33444; 153.39028
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TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoLatin: Pergo, Periclitor, Perago
(I strive, I undertake, I achieve[1]: 3 )
Established1929; 95 years ago (1929)
PrincipalPeter Howes
Teaching staff50.1 FTE (2018)[2]
Enrolment440[2] (2018)
Colour(s)Navy blue and white   
NewspaperEndeavour
(fortnightly newsletter)
YearbookThe Parnassian
Websitemurwillumb-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Murwillumbah High School, (abbreviated as MHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on Riverview Street in Murwillumbah, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1929, the school enrolled approximately 440 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom nine percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Peter Howes.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Murwillumbah High School. New South Wales Department of Education. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Murwillumbah High School, Murwillumbah, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Murwillumbah High School". School Locator. NSW Public Schools. Retrieved 7 February 2011.